Books Details
Author : Richard Hosking Pages : 224 pages Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Language : ISBN-10 : 4805313358 ISBN-13 : 9784805313350
Books Descriptions
Nominated for the Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year Award, this
timeless volume is the first and only book of its kind on the subject.A
Dictionary of Japanese Food helps food lovers around the world decipher
the intricacies and nuances of Japanese cooking and its ingredients.
Definitions in ordinary cookbooks and standard dictionaries?such as
akebia for akebi, sea cucumber for namako, plum for ume?can be
inadequate, misleading, or just plain wrong. Richard Hoskings eliminates
the mystery by ensuring that each entry in the Japanese-English section
includes the Japanese term in Roman script; the term in kana or kanji or
both; a Latin name where appropriate; an English definition; and, for most
entries, a short annotation. The English-Japanese section defines
important English food terms in Japanese and annotates those needing
explanation. One hundred small line drawings make it easy for readers to
identify everything from mitsuba to the okoze fish, and seventeen
appendices address the
