Rintaro: Japanese Food from an Izakaya in California

Written through the Northern Californian lens of Sylvan Mishima Brackett (though distinctly Japanese) this lovely in depth compendium on Japanese cuisine and drink culture via his restaurant Rintaro and his personal life is a standout in its field! I cook for a living and have devoted a lot of my time to researching, and thinking about Japan and it’s cuisines: plural in that there are so many lovely regional takes on classical canons that one can encounter micro-regions with their own variations, flavors, and colors with the changing seasons to boot! Chef Mishima Brackett documents very well that idea of regionality and seasonality with variations that to me, speak to the true spirit of Japanese cooking and love. I look forward to cooking through the recipes and have already very much enjoyed reading the headers to them, coupled with his stories throughout his life, and the gorgeous details and nuances presented, not to mention the beautiful photography and informal, yet refined design! Thank you chef!

Beautiful, inspiring and thoughtful. Every chef should own this.

Exciting cookbook. Has some tips other Japanese cookbooks do not. Contains information not normally found in other Japanese cook books. Fast service and the product came well packaged and delivered.

Gorgeous book, from a talented chef and an amazing food writer! It was the highly coveted prize for our school raffle (along with a gift certificate to the restaurant, natch).

Very comprehensive.

If you haven't eaten at Rintaro and are into authentic culinary experiences you need to go there then buy this book.

Gives a basic understanding of some of the popular Japanese dishes. Has good images and plenty of step by step directions to create a great tasting dishes. As always, you can tweak it here and there and try out something new/fusion or build on whats there for more Japanese regional favorites. It's a good guide for building a good dashi that's a starter for dishes you want to make. Info on tools and pots/pans to create these dishes are also there. Good comprehensive book if you want to learn about how and why of Japanese dishes.

Great Father’s Day gift. Sturdy book

Lovely book, great quality and exciting recipes

But please beware the quantity specified for S&B brand curry powder in the beef curry rice recipe, pages 221-222! The recipe calls for 60 grams, which equals nine tablespoons. In other Japanese curry recipes, three tablespoons was plenty hot, so I used this amount and it was perfect. Nine tablespoons of S&B brand curry powder might render this dish almost inedible. So I advise caution on the amount of S&B curry powder. Otherwise, this excellent cookbook offers clear instructions and useful photos.

Buenas recetas y buena fotografia, bien ensamblado y estructurado.

Amazing book to recreate the delicious skewers you eat in Japanese izakayas, with step by step meat and fish cutting techniques.

とても素敵なほんですが、レシピは今からですね！すてきなしゃしんを見て頑張ります。