This is part travelogue (with stories of random Japanese kindness and visits to sumo stables and other sights) and part food biog and these two aspects come together perfectly to create a fascinating book throughout. This is written with great humour and the parts with his young boys add another dimension to what could be a rather staid book. The health benefits of Japanese food are espoused here and it is truly amazing just how beneficial for you some of the food is. Michael visits high class restaurants and street vendors in almost equal measure and shows us how various ingredients (miso, sake, tofu and soy to name a few) are grown and processed and how they can be used to best effect in cooking. Michael Booth and his family spent three months in Japan experiencing the unique dishes and ingredients the country has to offer and through their eyes we get a deeper insight into both Japanese food and it's compelling and fascinating culture. `Sushi and Beyond' is the story of one man's culinary travels around Japan. What do the Japanese know about food? Perhaps more than anyone on else on earth, judging by this fascinating and funny journey through an extraordinary food-obsessed country.
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They also ask, 'Who are you?' to the most famous TV stars in Japan. Less happily, they trash a Zen garden, witness a mass fugu slaughter, are traumatised by an encounter with giant crabs, and attempt a calamitous cooking demonstration for the lunching ladies of Kyoto. Along the way, they dine with - and score a surprising victory over - sumos meet the indigenous Ainu drink coffee at the dog café pamper the world's most expensive cows with massage and beer discover the secret of the Okinawan people's remarkable longevity share a seaside lunch with free-diving, female abalone hunters and meet the greatest chefs working in Japan today. Accompanied by with two fussy eaters under the age of six, he and his wife travel the length of the country, from bear-infested, beer-loving Hokkaido to snake-infested, seaweed-loving Okinawa. Inspired by Shizuo Tsuji's classic book, Japanese Cooking, A Simple Art, food and travel writer Michael Booth sets off to take the culinary pulse of contemporary Japan, learning fascinating tips and recipes that few westerners have been privy to before. Their creativity, dedication and ingenuity, not to mention courage in the face of dishes such as cod sperm, whale penis and octopus ice cream, is only now beginning to be fully appreciated in the sushi-saturated West, as are the remarkable health benefits of the traditional Japanese diet. The Japanese go to the most extraordinary lengths and expense to eat the finest, most delectable, and downright freakiest food imaginable. Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements.
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