Gohan: Everyday Japanese Cooking: Memories and stories from my family's kitchen

Japanese home cooking is not fiddly or time-consuming, but quick and simple. It is made with seasonal vegetables and is based on the Japanese philosophy that fresh, seasonal food doesn't need much to enhance its natural flavor. "Gohan" means an everyday home-cooked meal, made with love.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 29 October 2023
Publisher: Smith Street Books

Practically every home-cooked Japanese meal revolves around rice, serving as the central ingredient alongside miso soup, pickles, tofu, and a piece of grilled fish at breakfast. It absorbs the sauce in a comforting donburi bowl or is wrapped in nori for the ultimate portable lunch, known as onigiri. Rice also graces the dinner table, often accompanied by pickled plums, mild Japanese curry, braised fish, or even a Japanese-style Hamburg steak.

The everyday meals, meticulously crafted by the loving hands of Japanese mothers and grandmothers, are the culinary heritage that Emiko grew up with. These dishes are the ones she prepares for her own children, offering simple yet satisfying fare like tamagonogohan (stir-fried egg and rice), soba noodle soup, Japanese curry, yakisoba, and miso soup, made with whatever seasonal vegetables are available.

Contrary to popular belief, Japanese home cooking is not intricate or time-consuming. It is quick and remarkably simple, thanks to the Japanese philosophy that fresh, seasonal food doesn't require much to enhance its natural flavor.

"Gohan to me means the everyday home-cooked meal. Nothing fussy. It's quick and easy, but nourishing. A meal made with love."

Weight: 1228g
Dimension: 248 x 208 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781922754523