Rintaro: Japanese Food from an Izakaya in California Hardcover – October 10, 2023

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.

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!

Great Father’s Day gift. Sturdy book

Fun cookbook to read. Beautifully illustrated. Some editorial oops that were not caught by whoever went over the proofs. Gyoza and oden look good. Noodle dishes, too.

The author has the abilities of a skilled writer and the artistic sensibility so characteristic of the Japanese approach to food. If you are AT ALL interested in Japanese cuisine, you must add this book to your collection!

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

A truly beautiful book! Coffee table quality, home kitchen utility. An excellent mid skill level cookbook. Lots of yummy recipes.

Bought it as a gift for my son-in-law. He LOVES it.