Sushi and sashimi are by now global sensations and have become perhaps the best-known of Japanese foods, but they are also the most widely misunderstood. Oishii: The History of Sushi reveals that sushi began as a fermented food with a sour taste, used as a means to preserve fish. This book, the first history of sushi in English, traces sushi’s development from China to Japan and then internationally, and its evolution from street food to high-class cuisine. Included are historical...

Sake, Japan’s iconic rice-based alcoholic drink, has been central to Japanese culture for over 1,300 years. Traditionally made with rice, water and kōji mould, it was consumed in early brewpubs and was vital to samurai rituals and festivals. Sake’s story includes homebrewers like clan matriarchs, ancient princes and modern political activists who defied laws to keep homebrewing alive. Temples refined sake-making techniques, laying the foundation for a thriving industry that became a major ...

In 2013 ‘traditional Japanese dietary culture’ (washoku) was added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Washoku’s predecessor was ‘national people’s cuisine’, an attempt during the Second World War to create a uniform diet for all citizens. Japan’s Cuisines reveals the diversity of Japanese cuisine and explains how Japan’s modern food culture arose through the direction of private and public institutions. Readers will discover how tea came to be portrayed as the...

壽司，日本飲食文化中的一顆璀璨明珠。這道如今風靡全球的日本料理，其實一開始並非我們今天熟知的米飯與新鮮魚肉的結合，而是作為保存魚肉的發酵食品。在中古時期，壽司從街頭小吃逐漸走向貴族宴席，見證了日本社會結構的變遷與美食文化的昇華。壽司不僅僅限於冷食，歷史上還有熱壽司、木屑壽司，甚至熊肉壽司等特殊風味。古代的美食家們曾經描述過一些帶有刺鼻氣味的壽司，例如「魚鷹壽司」，其風味與現今的南韓生魟魚片相似，這些都是今天難以想像的珍稀美食。戰後，壽司經歷了重大變革，特別是在軍事占領期間，握壽司的尺寸變得更小，讓食客能夠品嚐到更多不同種類的魚料，這種變化也促使壽司文化迅速傳播至全球。本書將帶你深入探討壽司的發展脈絡，從古老的發酵食品，到如今的國際料理，涵蓋了飲食文化、製作技術、美學觀察及其背後的精神符號。＊注意——這本書充滿了誘人的食材描述，讓你讀著讀著便口水直流！＊書中穿插了二十多道歷史與創新食譜，讓你在飽讀之餘，還能大飽口福。＊台灣首部壽司歷史專著，懂吃到吃懂就看這一本。美味推薦...

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How did one dine with a shogun? Or make solid gold soup, sculpt with a fish, or turn seaweed into a symbol of happiness? In this fresh look at Japanese culinary history, Eric C. Rath delves into the writings of medieval and early modern Japanese chefs to answer these and other provocative questions, and to trace the development of Japanese cuisine from 1400 to 1868. Rath shows how medieval "fantasy food" rituals—where food was revered as symbol rather than consumed—were continued by early ...

Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs. This book provides practical and research-based chapters that offer greater clarity about the particular kinds of reflection that matter and avoids talking about teacher reflection generically, which implies that all kinds of reflection are of equal value. This book addresses five very pertinent concepts: (1) teacher reflectivi...