'Rice, miso soup, pickles is not just a recommended Japanese menu. It's a system, a philosophy, and an aesthetic.' Yoshi Doi
Not a cookbook, rather an exploration of the original form of Japanese cuisine, a simple bowl of rice, miso soup containing seasonal vegetables, and salty pickles. Yoshi Doi, Japan's best known chef, urges readers to adopt this traditional Japanese diet to make life and cooking easier - creating a routine, a modest way of eating that is in sympathy with the body, that nurtures and soothes the mind and which makes home a place of reassurance and comfort.
Rice, Miso Soup, Pickles: a Japanese simple menu for a long and happy life is for lovers of all things Japanese and reveals much about the country and its people. Japanese cuisine is a way of eating that embodies seasonality and simplicity; encourages health and longevity; and delights in the meditative power to be found in the repetition preparing a meal. . . . We all have much we could learn from it.
