The Art and Craft of Japanese Cooking

In this striking, highly personal volume, acclaimed cookbook author Nancy Singleton Hachisu introduces readers to the regional chefs and artisans at the heart of Japan's unique food culture. "Nancy has dedicated her life to finding and revealing the local flavors and ingredients that have been cornerstones of Japanese cooking for centuries." —Alice Waters Note: This book is a fully revised and redesigned edition of Food Artisans of Japan, previously published in 2019 and since out of print. While the subject matter and recipes will be familiar to readers of that edition, the book has been extensively retested, edited and redesigned. In the words of the author, Nancy Singleton Hachisu: "In this last, and ultimately best rendition, the material can finely shine in a way it so so well deserves." In this striking, highly personal volume, acclaimed cookbook author Nancy Singleton Hachisu introduces readers to the regional chefs and artisans at the heart of Japan's unique food culture. Bringing to bear more than three decades of life in the Japanese countryside and over a decade as a food writer and champion of artisanal Japanese food traditions, she offers unique recipes, spectacular photographs and insightful essays about chefs and producers across Japan. The 140 recipes—created by seven remarkable Japanese chefs—use local, seasonal ingredients to deliver intense, sophisticated flavors in an approachable way. Each of these Franco-Japanese, Italianate-Japanese and classic, yet modern Japanese dishes have been meticulously tested in the author's home kitchen. Readers will find here: Essays on regional producers of artisanal food items ranging from sea greens and umeboshi to potato flour, air-dried fish, miso, soy sauce and Japanese malt whisky Refreshing starters such as…