Few home cooks prepare the dishes typically served in restaurants, and nowhere is that more true than in Japan. Fortunately, <i>Japanese Homestyle Cooking</i> introduces Western taste buds to the flavorful, delicious, and easy-to-prepare foods that Japanese home cooks make every day for family and friends.<BR><BR>Readers will delight in this easy-to-follow Japanese cookbook's step-by-step recipes—including how to use a rice cooker—and their families will love trying tasty new dishes such as <i>sukiyaki, shabu-shabu</i>, and <i>teppanyaki</i>. Many home style Japanese dishes are meat-free and instead feature seafood or tofu along with a wide variety of vegetables, making them perfect for vegetarians. Accessible and simple to master, the over 80 recipes in <i>Japanese Homestyle Cooking</i> are as authentic as they are delicious.