Tabemasho! Let's Eat!: A Tasty History of Japanese Food in America by Gil Asakaw

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Tabemasho! Let's Eat! by Gil Asakawa Your favorite Japanese foods, home-cooked, packaged, or served in restaurants, and how they came to delight the American palate. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Your favorite Japanese foods, home-cooked, packaged, or served in restaurants, and how they came to delight the American palate.Tabemasho! Lets 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 (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. Table of Contents IntroductionGet Hungry!Chapter 1: Appetizers: The Ingredients That Make Up the Bento BoxChapter 2: First Course: The "Big Three" Japanese Foods to Americans -- Teriyaki, Sukiyaki and TempuraChapter 3: Entrees: Over a Century of Japanese RestaurantsChapter 4: Japanese American adaptations including incarcerationChapter 5: Rolling on: If you knew sushi like I knew sushi…Chapter 6: Oodles of noodles: Udon, Soba and of course, Ramen, the "it" foodChapter 7: Bowl me over: Anything on a bowl of rice is deliciousChapter 8: Sweet dreams: Desserts from manju to mochi ice cream with a side trip to HawaiiChapter 9: Nomimono: Soft drinks, hard drinks and tea, lots of tea Chapter 10: The real deal, Next on the menu, Fame and foodiesGlossaryOnline ResourcesBook List Review "Full of history, food facts, anecdotes, and businesses he recommends throughout multiple Japantowns in the country, even a well-informed foodie will learn something new about Japanese and Japanese American food, and be surprised by what they didnt know." —Akiko Minaga, Nichi Bei News"With the mainstream popularity of ramen, sushi, teriyaki, and other Japanese food staples, its hard to imagine that Japanese cuisine has not always been as well-embraced in the U.S. In Tabemasho! Lets Eat!, Gil Asakawa serves up an engaging look at how Japanese food evolved and blended with the American palate."—Maileen Hamto, Seattle Book Review"[Gil Asakawa] brings his entire life-experience to bear on everything from the hidden meaning of "Sukiyaki" (the first Japanese song to go to number one in America), the reason Calpis was renamed Calpico and the Japanese obsession with the Kit-Kat."—Jonathan Clements, All The Anime"Tabemasho: Lets Eat! is Asakawas informative and chatty exploration-cum memoir of the sundry Japanese foods he grew up with, mixed with his memories of first encounters with those victuals and his historical research on how many of those foods originated, with some actually reaching these shores to become as American as pizza pie."—George Toshio Johnston, The Pacific CitizenPRAISE FOR BEING JAPANESE AMERICAN"Being Japanese American is a superb guide to avoiding breaches of tact around Japanese friends, family, or visitors, regardless of ones own ethnic heritage or background, and is also chock-full of helpful ways to embrace, preserve, and treasure ones cultural identity."—Midwest Book Review"Offers a great opportunity for JAs to process their feelings and experiences in relationship to other JAs who, through their stories and photos, share empathy and understanding."—Asian Reporter"Teens who want to know a little more about contemporary Japanese American culture beyond all the history books about the World War II internment experience will find great information here..."—Voice of Youth Advocates, April 2005 Issue"A must-read book that will delight you with its humor and amuse you with its insights; for non-Asian, a must-read book if youre curious about what makes Japanese Americans tick."—John Tateishi, National Executive Director, Japanese American Citizens League"Part history, part photo album, part cultural document, part memoir, part language lesson, even part cookbook, Being Japanese American is an entertaining primer on many aspects of the Japanese American experience."—BookDragon"A lighthearted view into the unique lingo, idiosyncrasies and nuances of Japanese American life."—DiscoverNikkei.org Promotional Co-op availableNPR interviews, Books on Asia Podcast interviewNational print campaign/ galleys/ and e-galleys sent toThe New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Japan Times, Kyoto Journal, Japan Forward, Nippon, Nikkei Asian Review, LA Times, National Book Review, Book Forum, Book Riot, Booklist, BookPage, Foreword, Kirkus, Library Journal, NPR, Pop Matters, Portland Book Review, City Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Rain Taxi, SF Chronicle, Shelf Awareness, The Guardian, Washington Post, Seattle Times, JQ Magazine, Asian Review of Books, Books on Asia. Aslo food related outlets such as Bon Apetite, Saveur, Food Network, etc. Online/social media campaignauthor has an extensive web presence and is active on social media:Main website: : @GilAsakawaFacebook: tour infoVirtual talks with Japan Societies. In person book store and museum events in Colorado where the author resides. Excerpts inJapan Times, Books on Asia, Asian Review of Books, Asia Pacific Journal, Pacific Rim Review of BooksPromotion through the [authors/books] website: [/]Podcast interviews with book related podcasts such as Books on Asia, Asian Review of Books.Special outreach for reviews and interviews with the author to English-language Japanese media including NHK, The Japan Times, The Asahi Shimbun, Japan Today and more.Edelweiss and Netgalley digital review copies to the trade and blogs. Long Description Tabemasho! Lets 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. Review Quote "With the mainstream popularity of ramen, sushi, teriyaki, and other Japanese food staples, its hard to imagine that Japanese cuisine has not always been as well-embraced in the U.S. In Tabemasho! Lets Eat! , Gil Asakawa serves up an engaging look at how Japanese food evolved and blended with the American palate." -- Seattle Book Review "[Gil Asakawa] brings his entire life-experience to bear on everything from the hidden meaning of "Sukiyaki" (the first Japanese song to go to number one in America), the reason Calpis was renamed Calpico and the Japanese obsession with the Kit-Kat." -- Jonathan Clements, All The Anime PRAISE FOR BEING JAPANESE AMERICAN "Being Japanese American is a superb guide to avoiding breaches of tact around Japanese friends, family, or visitors, regardless of ones own ethnic heritage or background, and is also chock-full of helpful ways to embrace, preserve, and treasure ones cultural identity." -- Midwest Book Review "Offers a great opportunity for JAs to process their feelings and experiences in relationship to other JAs who, through their stories and photos, share empathy and understanding." -- Asian Reporter "Teens who want to know a little more about contemporary Japanese American culture beyond all the history books about the World War II internment experience will find great information here..." -- Voice of Youth Advocates, April 2005 Issue "A must-read book that will delight you with its humor and amuse you with its insights; for non-Asian, a must-read book if youre curious about what makes Japanese Americans tick." -- John Tateishi, National Executive Director, Japanese American Citizens League "Part history, part photo album, part cultural document, part memoir, part language lesson, even part cookbook, Being Japanese American is an entertaining primer on many aspects of the Japanese American experience." -- BookDragon "A lighthearted view into the unique lingo, idiosyncrasies and nuances of Japanese American life." -- DiscoverNikkei.org Description for Sales People a great resource for everyone who loves Japanese food there are 25,300 Japanese restaurants in N America (2018) (nippon.com) covers everything from where the food came from to how its enjoyed to the big names (Rocky Aoki for example) behind the scenes, including Social Media "food porn" aficionados and YouTubers author is very active in Japanese American social media and has a blog nikkeiview.com Details ISBN1611720680 Author Gil Asakawa Short Title Tabemasho! Lets Eat! Pages 216 Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1611720680 ISBN-13 9781611720686 Format Paperback Subtitle A Tasty History of Japanese Food in America Imprint Stone Bridge Press Place of Publication Berkeley CA Country of Publication United States Illustrations BW photos throughout NZ Release Date 2022-10-13 US Release Date 2022-10-13 UK Release Date 2022-10-13 Publisher Stone Bridge Press Publication Date 2022-10-13 DEWEY 394.120973 Audience General AU Release Date 2022-12-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:138175642;

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