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🍳 Cooking & Food · Japan

Best Cooking & Food Books from Japan

Food writing is one of the great minor literary traditions. Japan has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in cooking & food, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best cooking & food from Japan by editorial consensus.

#1
Cover of Food selection and preparation
cooking-food

Food selection and preparation

Marion Deyoe Sweetman· 1943
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#2
Cover of Joe Tilden's recipes for epicures
cooking-food

Joe Tilden's recipes for epicures

Joe Tilden· 1907
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#3
Cover of Thomas Jefferson's cook book
cooking-food

Thomas Jefferson's cook book

Kimball, Marie Goebel· 1938
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#4
Cover of Food for the diabetic
cooking-food

Food for the diabetic

Huddleson, Mary Pascoe Mrs.· 1923
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#5
Cover of Die Bedeutung der Salze als Nahrungsmittel
cooking-food

Die Bedeutung der Salze als Nahrungsmittel

Hans Koeppe· 1896
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#6
Cover of The market assistant
cooking-food

The market assistant

Thomas F. De Voe· 1866
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#7
Cover of Special events
cooking-food

Special events

Joe Jeff Goldblatt· 1990
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#8
Cover of Art of the Event
cooking-food

Art of the Event

James C. Monroe· 2005
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#9
Cover of Lost at Sea
cooking-food

Lost at Sea

A. A. Hoehling· 1984
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#10
Cover of Monkey with a tool belt and the maniac muffins
cooking-food

Monkey with a tool belt and the maniac muffins

Chris Monroe· 2016
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#11
Cover of World of Warcraft
cooking-food

World of Warcraft

Chelsea Monroe-Cassel· 2016
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#12
Cover of Amateur sugar maker
cooking-food

Amateur sugar maker

Noel Perrin· 1972
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#13
Cover of Eating, drinking, and visiting in the South
cooking-food

Eating, drinking, and visiting in the South

Joe Gray Taylor· 1982
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#14
Cover of Wintersweet
cooking-food

Wintersweet

Tammy Donroe Inman· 2013
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#15
Cover of At Home with Carolyne Roehm
cooking-food

At Home with Carolyne Roehm

Carolyne Roehm· 2000
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#16
Cover of The Lost Supper
cooking-food

The Lost Supper

Taras Grescoe· 2023
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#17
Cover of Eat to live
cooking-food

Eat to live

Joel Fuhrman· 2011
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#18
Cover of One recipe a hundred sauces
cooking-food

One recipe a hundred sauces

Linda Doeser· 2016
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#19
Cover of Delicious pizza
cooking-food

Delicious pizza

Linda Doeser· 2007
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#20
Cover of Creative slow-cooker meals
cooking-food

Creative slow-cooker meals

Cheryl Moeller· 2012
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#21
Cover of The little boy cook
cooking-food

The little boy cook

Joe Baxter Davis· 2012
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#22
Cover of Dictionary of food ingredients
cooking-food

Dictionary of food ingredients

Robert S. Igoe· 1983
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#23
Cover of Mucumber McGee and the Lunch Lady's Liver
cooking-food

Mucumber McGee and the Lunch Lady's Liver

Patrick Loehr· 2008
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#24
Cover of Secrets of the Garden
cooking-food

Secrets of the Garden

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld· 1999
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#25
Cover of The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs
cooking-food

The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs

Joel Salatin· 2016
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#26
Cover of Undersea Predators
cooking-food

Undersea Predators

Carl Roessler· 1984
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#27
Cover of The world on a plate
cooking-food

The world on a plate

Joel Denker· 2003
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#28
Cover of The Kitty Treats Cookbook
cooking-food

The Kitty Treats Cookbook

Michele Bledsoe· 1998
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#29
Serving people with food allergies
cooking-food

Serving people with food allergies

Joel J. Schaefer· 2011
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100
#30
Food in the Civil War era
cooking-food

Food in the Civil War era

Helen Zoe Veit· 2014
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
#31
A magyar zsidó konyha
cooking-food

A magyar zsidó konyha

András Koerner· 2017
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
#32
Ŏrini yŏngyang yori
cooking-food

Ŏrini yŏngyang yori

Kŭm-i Ch'oe· 2018
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100
#33
U.S. food expenditures, 1954-78
cooking-food

U.S. food expenditures, 1954-78

Manchester, Alden Coe· 1979
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
#34
Food, Sacrifice, and Sagehood in Early China
cooking-food

Food, Sacrifice, and Sagehood in Early China

Roel Sterckx· 2011
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score25/100
#35
Trait-Modified Oils in Foods
cooking-food

Trait-Modified Oils in Foods

Frank T. Orthoefer· 2015
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
Happy Children
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Happy Children
What Evolution Actually Built Your Child’s Emotions For
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