I picked up this cookbook, Harumi’s Japanese Home Cooking, last week. I’m not normally one to own cookbooks, I find the web so much easier to find what I’m looking for. However when you’re trying to discover a new food culture, the web comes up short. I discovered lots of different dishes and variations on dishes in this book. It’s probably the best cookbook I’ve seen in ages. Luckily T&T has most of the ingredients I need for the recipes.

Harumi is well known in Japan and her first cookbook won “Best Cookbook in the World” after it’s publishing. Quite a feat for a home cook. “Home Cooking” is her second book, with three published so far.