Just One Cookbook - Essential Japanese Recipes. Namiko Chen

      

      JUST ONE

      COOKBOOK

      ESSENTIAL JAPANESE RECIPES

      RECIPES + PHOTOGRAPHY

      NAMIKO CHEN

      JUST ONE COOKBOOK SERIES

      Copyright © 2013 by Namiko Chen

      (www.justonecookbook.com)

      Photographs Copyright © 2013 by Namiko Chen

      eBook Design by Divya Yadava

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      Published in eBook format by eBookIt.com

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      ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-2144-5

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      INTRODUCTION

      

I learned almost everything I know about cooking Japanese food from my mother. When I was young, every evening, she would call me into the kitchen to cut veggies and help prep ingredients for dinner. She would not actually let me do the cooking, but I soon began to develop my skills, prep after prep. Needless to say, prepping food wasn’t my favorite thing to do growing up! At the time I didn’t know this, but all the prep work my mother guided me through would not only come in handy later in my life; this knowledge she gave me would soon become essential to my life.

      When I left Japan at age twenty to attend college in the United States, I longed for one of my mother’s home cooked Japanese meals. I soon realized that the only way to enjoy home cooked Japanese food was to cook it myself! Thanks to the time I had spent with my mom in the kitchen, night after night, I was able to create and enjoy a piece of home through cooking.

      My mom was the one who taught me the fundamentals of Japanese cooking, guiding me through the different cooking methods. When I actually started to cook, I knew how to prepare ingredients; the actual cooking part became easier as I spent years watching my mother work her magic. I am now using all the tips and tricks she taught me to prepare home cooked Japanese meals for my husband, my son, my daughter and my friends here in the United States.

      Preparing Japanese recipes for my family and friends grew into sharing recipes on Just One Cookbook for two reasons. First, I wanted to create a place where all my recipes could live so I could pass them on to my children. My own mom never kept her recipes – how I wish she did! The second reason I created Just One Cookbook was to share quick and simple recipes with my friends who wanted to make Japanese food at home, but didn’t have much experience in the kitchen.

      In this Essential Japanese Recipes cookbook, I collected the most popular Japanese recipes from Just One Cookbook over the past 3 years. I hope you’ll enjoy these recipes as much as my family and readers do. I want to thank the readers who inspired and encouraged me to create this cookbook. You’ll find that these recipes are easy to prepare and the ingredients are rather easy to find. I hope as you prepare each appetizer, dish or dessert you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how delicious they taste.

      Happy Cooking!

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