With over 500 full-color photographs and expert insights provided by leading archaeological authorities, Burmese Design & Architecture is a must-have for serious connoisseurs of architecture, design or Burma itself.It is the first book to showcase the amazing diversity of architecture, design and art found in Burma (Myanmar). Ranging from the monumental pagodas of Pagan (Bagan) to the architectural heritage of Rangoon (Yangon), religious as well as contemp...

Make classic sushi along with more artful and exotic rolls with this illustrated sushi cookbook.In this sushi making book, Japanese cooking expert Yumi Umemura offers eighty-five recipes that combine sushi rice with ingredients ranging from its time-honored partners to unexpectedly delicious ingredients—such as Thai fish sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, cooked meats like roast beef or chicken and French ratatouille—that infuse Japanese sushi with an unexpected and intern...

Quick & Easy Sushi and Sashimi contains everything you need to create over 40 recipes for a variety of Japanese sushi and sashimi.This sushi cookbook contains recipes for battleship gunkan sushi, California rolls, chirashi scattered sushi, egg wrapped sushi, hand formed nigiri sushi, hand rolled temaki sushi, inari tofu pouch sushi, inside out sushi rolls, maki sushi, sashimi, soups, and more. Recipes include:California rollsEgg wra...

Japanese Food and Cooking contains over 100 appetizing recipes, ranging from Japanese soups and salads to Japanese boiled and baked foods.Savory sukiyaki, delectable domburi, tempting tempura, and the many other palatable dishes contained in this cookbook are only one feature of this new and complete volume on Japanese cookery.Here are the exotic, fascinating, and tasty foods of Japan; the special condiments that make Japanese foods so successful; ...

Unlock all of the elusive secrets of sushi making with this astonishing sushi book!In Sushi Secrets, renowned sushi chef, Marisa Baggett shares with you both traditional and nontraditional sushi, all of them delicious and all of them very easy to make. This sushi cookbook teaches you everything you need to know to make delicious Japanese sushi for beginners. Marisa includes surefire recipes for making perfect sushi rice, tips on how to find and buy the fre...

Authentic Japanese food has never been this quick or easy!Quick & Easy Japanese contains everything you need to create over 30 healthy and authentic Japanese meals. This wonderful Japanese cookbook contains instructions to make all kinds of Japanese desserts, seafood, meat, fish, poultry, noodles, pickles, rice, salads, vegetables, and tofu. Recipes include:Sweet potato cakesPepper seared tuna with wasabiMild Japanese beef...

The Art of Japanese Architecture presents a complete overview of Japanese architecture in its historical and cultural context. The book begins with a discussion of early prehistoric dwellings and concludes with a description of works by important modern Japanese architects. Along the way it discusses the iconic buildings and architectural styles for which Japan is so justly famous—from elegant Shinden and Sukiya aristocratic villas like the Kinkakuji "Golden Pavilion" in Kyoto, to...

With over 180 photographs, Contemporary Asian Bathrooms presents the newest trends emerging in Asian home design.A talented new wave of designers based in Asia is creating chic modern interiors that fuse Western design ideas with traditional Asian motifs, materials and craftsmanship. The result is afresh and often playful new look at the modern bathroom-featuring basins carved from solid granite blocks, panels carved from solid granite blocks, panels and c...

"[Everyday Bento] is packed with ideas for fun, delicious lunches."—AlphaMom.comYour kids will look forward to what's in their lunchbox every single day with the delightful collection of recipes in Everyday Bento!The bento food movement teaches us that foods can be attractive, nutritious, fun and delicious all at the same time. Kids love to try foods that bring a smile to their faces, and will often eat things they wouldn't otherwise try. ...

Bestselling author and food writer Debra Samuels uses her unique skills and deep love of Japan to make the cuisine of her adopted country attainable in My Japanese Table.Bringing a wealth of experience and a great passion for Japanese cooking to the table, Debra introduces the aesthetics and quality food that are the hallmarks of Japanese cuisine. She learned through her years in Japan that true Japanese homestyle dishes are easy to prepare once you master...

All of your favorite Japanese recipes are right here in this cookbook!Japanese Favorites contains everything you need to create over 40 healthy and authentic Japanese classics. This cookbook contains recipes for appetizers, soups, tofu, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, seafood, rice, noodles, and desserts. Recipes include:Tempura batterClassic miso soup with tofuBraised daikon radishOkonomiyaki (Japanese pancake)...

Sri Lanka Style showcases 30 of the finest traditional and modern dwellings in Sri Lanka.Reflecting its location and status as a hub of Indian Ocean trade from time immemorial, the tropical island of Sri Lanka has always been open to the movements and patterns of world culture. Indigenous architects and cultural traditions, colonial incursions and the vagaries of living in a tropical environment have combined to produce a distinctive Sri Lankan architectur...