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Tabemasho! Let's Eat!: A Tasty History of Japanese Food in America - Paperback

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by Gil Asakawa (Author)

Your favorite Japanese foods, home-cooked, packaged, or served in restaurants, and how they came to delight the American palate.


Tabemasho! Let's Eat! is a tasty look at how Japanese food has evolved in America from an exotic and mysterious-even "gross"--cuisine to the peak of culinary popularity, with sushi sold in supermarkets across the country and ramen available in hipster restaurants everywhere. The author was born in Japan and raised in the U.S. and has eaten his way through this amazing food revolution.


Author Biography

Gil Asakawa is the author of Being Japanese American (Stone Bridge Press). He is a nationally known journalist, blogger, and speaker about Japanese and Japanese American culture and history. He is also a foodie and an amateur chef who writes about food and posts photos of food on social media and on his blog, NikkeiView.com.


Number of Pages: 216
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8 x 5.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 30, 2022

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