Japanese Dishes for Wine Lovers

Wisconsin Bookwatch, June, 2005

Japanese Dishes For Wine Lovers

J. K. Whelehan

Kodansha America, Inc.

575 Lexington Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10022

www.kodansha-intl.com

4770030037 $25.00 1-800-451-7556

Enhanced with advice about wine pairing by J. K. Whelehan, Japanese Dishes For Wine Lovers by Machiko Chiba (winner of many awards for cooking in Japan and founder of her own cooking school in Sendai, Japan) is a very special culinary guide focusing on pairing red, white, dry, and sweet wines with diverse Japanese dishes. Showcasing both traditional and non-traditional combinations, the dishes showcased in this enthusiastically recommended addition to any kitchen cookbook collection offers the enhancement wine has to offer to 61 contemporary Japanese dishes. Beautifully illustrated and offering easy-to-follow step-by-step preparatory instructions, these extraordinary recipes range from Crispy Onion Salad with Chirimenjako; to Mushrooms and Okra Sauteed in Butter and Soy Sauce; to Pork and Plum Stir-Fry; to Oysters on the Half Shell with Japanese Dressing, Japanese Dishes For Wine Lovers is a veritable "how to" manual for enjoying wine with dynamic, innovate, mouth-wateringly delicious Japanese cuisine.