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Rice

80 Easy Rice Recipes, From Mochi to Miso and Sushi to Sake
By Makiko Sano
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A glorious celebration of rice with 80 delicious recipes and text that explores preparing, cooking and storing this magnificent hero ingredient. Affordable, versatile, delicious and satisfying, rice is a staple in Asian cuisine, a favourite ingredient that forms the backbone of tasty recipes enjoyed the world... Read More
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A glorious celebration of rice with 80 delicious recipes and text that explores preparing, cooking and storing this magnificent hero ingredient.

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A glorious celebration of rice with 80 delicious recipes and text that explores preparing, cooking and storing this magnificent hero ingredient.

Affordable, versatile, delicious and satisfying, rice is a staple in Asian cuisine, a favourite ingredient that forms the backbone of tasty recipes enjoyed the world over. Building on the success of her first book Ramen, this second collaboration with author Makiko Sano follows her winning formula, celebrating Japan's deep connection with rice with 80 delicious Asian recipes.

Featuring gorgeous colour recipe and step-by-step photographs, chapters include Kake Gohan, Donburi, Rice Noodles, Onigiri, Rice Cooker Dishes, Rice Flour, Savoury Rice, and Rice Paper, with gluten-free meal ideas in each section. Along with expert advice on how to cook the perfect rice, how to make a meal in a rice cooker, and how to overcome the many challenges faced when cooking rice, this is the go-to rice cookbook.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035424450

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: OH

Illustration: Over 100 colour food photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 185.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 705g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Tokyo-born Makiko Sano owns and runs a popular Japanese restaurant, sushi school and catering company, Suzu House, in Hammersmith, London. She wrote SushiSlim (2013, translated into 16 languages), which won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award, and Shoku-iku: Japanese Conscious Eating for a Long and Healthy Life (2016, translated into 8 languages), and most recently Welbeck's Ramen (2023) which topped the charts.

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