Cooking With Japanese Foods explores over fifty different foods - from azuki beans to mountain yams. It explains what these foods are and looks at their origins, traditions, preparations, and easy-to-follow healthful recipes. It also provides helpful instructions on using the appropriate cooking utensils, and on seasonal menu planning. Dozens of orig inal illustrations and photographs clarify and highlight the many traditional processes and uses discussed.Anyone interested in creating simple, nutritious, and beautiful meals - meals that provide an appealing change of pace from ordinary fare - will thoroughly enjoy the wealth of information and wisdom contained in Cooking With Japanese Foods.