Hiroko's American Kitchen

Incorporating Japanese flavors into your everyday menu can be easy, using six easy sauces to create 125 quick and delicious recipes. Best-selling cookbook author Hiroko Shimbo shares the key to marrying Japanese and Western flavors, with recipes like the rice dish takikomi gohan with corn, butter, and choyu; salmon in dill daikon broth; and uguisu-mochi (a Japanese sweet with sweet adzuki bean paste wrapped in gooey rice flour). These recipes highlight a new and simpler approach to Japanese cuisine, using ingredients that many home cooks already have in the kitchen (or can easily purchase)—and prepared and served in ways that complement established tastes and dining habits. In other words: delicious, healthful Japanese dishes designed for the American kitchen and the American diner.