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Debunking the myths surrounding the complexity and accessibility of Japanese food, Reiko Hashimoto´s new book is packed full of delicious dishes for a sustainable, slimming diet and long healthy lifestyle

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Reiko Hashimoto explores the benefits of the Japanese diet - slim physique, stable blood sugar, increased joint flexibility and a longer lifespan - and provides an insight into key Japanese fresh and store cupboard essentials.Debunking the myths surrounding the complexity and accessibility of Japanese food, the 100 recipes included here are constructed with easy to follow instructions and vary from basics to technically complex, perfect for all those wishing to perfect the art of Japanese home cooking. Beautiful photography from Jodi Hinds complements Reiko´s recipes and introductions.
With Japanese food so enjoyed in restaurants across the country this is the perfect book for home cooks.

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Preface
Introduction: Cook Japan, Stay Slim, Live Longer
Equipment and utensils
Storecupboard ingredients
Fresh ingredients
Basics
Vegetables
Fish
Poultry
Meat
Tofu
Rice
Noodles
Seaweed
Sweets
Index

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Reiko Hashimoto has been teaching people the joys and pleasures of Japanese cooking via the cookery school classes she runs from her south-west London home for more than ten years. Prior to this, she taught Japanese cooking to the foreign community in Tokyo. She has travelled extensively over the last 25 years, learning the ways and means of a variety of food cultures. Food is her passion.

Reiko Hashimoto was born and grew up in Kyoto, Japan and counts herself as fortunate to have had a mother who cooked fresh food for every meal, every day. In simple moments such as watching her mother grating dried fish into bonito flakes for dashi stock, and having become used to cooking with an abundance of fresh vegetables which changed with the seasons, Reiko´s dedication to authentic Japanese flavours was born.
Twelve years ago, after travelling the world and becoming educated in international cuisine, Reiko settled in London and opened her cookery school, Hashi Cooking. Here she teaches Japanese cooking to students from amateurs to chefs of the Cordon Bleu, teaching beautiful, traditional and healthy dishes while debunking the myths surrounding Japanese cooking as complex and mysterious.

hashicooking.co.uk / @hashicooking

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