The Manga Cookbook: Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and More! by The Manga University Culinary Institute, Chihiro Hattori Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Manga Cookbook: Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and More!
Book Review: Great Fun
Summary: 4 Stars
This is such a fun book. My kids are having great fun learning Japanese cooking with this one.Book Review: Great book for bento
Summary: 5 Stars
I am active on LJ's bento community and was happy to find this book. It is GREAT if you are into bento. There isn't much out there in English for bento (I have several Japanese bento cookbooks), and this has very clear, easy to understand instructions for all kinds of Japanese recipes, and includes a whole bento section on how to pack a box and suggestions of what to include. Step by step instructions for making a train bento, and garden bento, also instructions for making several decorative foods to go in bento.
It's organized really well, with recipes and illustrations, then a page of text that tells about the recipe or food item - history, culture, stuff like that. For example, I finally learned about those traditional bento of scrambled egg, ground meat and sliced snow peas over rice. They're called Soboro, and there are some examples of making pretty bento with that. The recipes look easy enough that my 12-year-old said she wanted to try some.
All in all, I wish I'd found this book a year ago when I started being interested in bento, but it's not just for newbies. I am seeing recipes in here that I really want to try, including some cute bento ideas that I haven't seen or thought of. Lots and lots of recipes, it's a thicker book than I expected.
If you are a big Manga fan, you might expect the book to be read back to front/right to left, Manga-style, but it's not. It's American manga, which is fine with me. Very easy to read. Much more helpful and "how to" than the (very cute) "Face Food" book.
Book Review: Great for Kids, but too simple for Adults
Summary: 4 Stars
If you're looking for a basic introduction to Japanese food, this works. If you're looking for something that gives you some Japanese recipes that don't require a lot of obscure or strange ingredients, this also works. In general, this makes a great kid's cookbook, but not much more. The recipes are all very simple, and while the art is cute, it just doesn't have enough content to be considered a true cookbook in my opinion.Book Review: Great recipes, beautiful pictures and illustrations
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this book for my daughter, a huge manga fan. She loved reading about how each of the recipes were made and the index of ingredients was really helpful. We're going to try some of these recipes as soon as we can!Book Review: J Gibson "loves to cook"
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought 3 of these "Manga" cook books and love them.
They made perfect gifts for our grandchildren. Now they can learn to cook healthy.
The design and instructions are wonderful.