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Effortless Japanese Cooking

Super Delicious Homestyle Recipes
By Akino Ogata
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This cookbook invites us to taste not only the food, but the love, memory and legacy that live within every dish. β€” Lani Yamasaki, Founder of Live Lokahi, Hawaii This original new cookbook from Akino Ogata, creator of the popular English-language YouTube channel 'Kitchen Princess Bamboo',... Read More
Format: Hardback
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This original new cookbook from Akino Ogata, creator of the popular English-language YouTube channel 'Kitchen Princess Bamboo', features over 100 homestyle Japanese recipes.

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This cookbook invites us to taste not only the food, but the love, memory and legacy that live within every dish. β€” Lani Yamasaki, Founder of Live Lokahi, Hawaii

This original new cookbook from Akino Ogata, creator of the popular English-language YouTube channel 'Kitchen Princess Bamboo', features over 100 homestyle Japanese recipes. Akino's mission is simple: she wants to show you how to cook Japanese dishes at home that taste as goodβ€”or betterβ€”than what you've tried at restaurants. Her signature tips, tricks, and simple step-by-step instructions have earned her 340,000 subscribers.

Effortless Japanese Cooking has everything you need to succeed even if you've never cooked Japanese before, including:

  • Secrets for making classic dishes like tempura and sushi taste better than ever
  • Hacks for recreating restaurant favourites like Curry Udon and Japanese Hamburger Steaks
  • Key seasoning ratios that let you cook Japanese food with confidence
  • Ingredients that are affordable and easy to find
  • Homemade sauces like Teriyaki and Ponzu that taste so much better than store-bought
  • Akino's legendary Fluffy Japanese Pancakes and other standout desserts like Sakura Mochi and SoufflΓ© Cheesecake
  • And so much more!

Akino also shares memories of her journey to becoming an accomplished cook and stories from a lifetime of enthusiastic eating. Her friendly, positive approach to foodβ€”and lifeβ€”are irresistible!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9784805319826

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 October 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Tuttle Publishing

Illustration: 106 recipes plus variations, 270 photos (135 step-by-step)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 513g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Akino Ogata is a professional pastry chef and the creator of Kitchen Princess Bamboo, a YouTube channel where she shares authentic Japanese home cooking, family favorites and trending recipes with over 370,000 subscribers from around the world. She spent part of her childhood on remote Amami Island, where she developed an appreciation for natural, seasonal ingredients, and now lives in Nara, Japan. Akino's mission is to show food lovers around the world that cooking Japanese is easy, nourishing and super delicious.

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