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Pros
This is a great cookbook if you love hot pot. It prevents the pot from cracking and leaking in the future. Hot pot cooking is pretty laid back, so you can substitute ingredients for the ones you can't find and it will still be great.
I love nabe dishes at japanese restaurants so it was a dream come true to find this book. I also use ono & salat's japanese soul cooking and japanese grill cookbooks. This cookbook is as much about what japanese hot pot is, as it is recipes on how... Read More
The food is accessible and. Very useful and artsy at the same time. The meals are quite tasty, and very economical.
Many of the recipes are traditional but there is room for creativity and experimentation. The remainder of the book divides recipes into categories based on whether vegetarian or by the type of meat is used as the main ingredient.
Cons
Reviewer says he couldn't make any of the recipes. The kindle edition is not compatible with the dictionary. Buyer beware, these are not gourmet chefs.
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My boyfriend and i have enjoyed the experience of tracking down ingredients we had never used before and impressing friends and... Read More
Havent tried any of the dishes yet but look forward to experimenting with the recipes once life slows down again with the oncom... Read More
As an american living in japan i feel i need a little help learning to cook with the ingredients and methods used in this country
So i am keeping the book anyway
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A pointer to a utube video would be really super
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- This product had a total of 471 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 21 2022.
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Making it yourself is a labor for purists
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But the ingredients are not available even in the asian stores unless you go to los angeles and we never go south to los angeles unless we are passing through it in the middle of the night
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I can only use one recipe from the entire book
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The book is well written but not practical for me
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So i am keeping the book anyway
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It would be hard to pick this book up without wanting to rush off to an asian market to get ingredients and start cooking
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My boyfriend was raised on campbells soup no offense to campbells but lets face it it isnt haute cuisine or fine dining and got all hohum about soup until this book came into our house
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would like to make more but some of the ingredients cause allergy issues or are expensive
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