| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 327 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
"An Anthony Bourdain Book." |
| Contents |
Foreword: In correspondence with Bourdain -- Tokyo. Plus: Know before you go, food groups, in the raw, one night at a love hotel -- Osaka. Plus: Operation Izakaya, Wagyu 101, the knife makers of Sakai -- Kyoto. Plus: The art of gift giving, Japan's greatest food journeys, Gaijin glossary -- Fukuoka. Plus: The ramen matrix, dream machines, fear not! -- Hiroshima. Plus: The evolution, the eight wonders of the Japanese convenience store, deep fried -- Hokkaido. Plus: Amazing shit in the middle of nowhere, one night with the Salarymen, on a stick -- Noto. Plus: One night with the Geisha, the beauty of bento. |
| Summary |
"An innovative new take on the travel guide, Rice, Noodle, Fish decodes Japan's extraordinary food culture through a mix of in-depth narrative and insider advice, along with 195 color photographs. In this 5000-mile journey through the noodle shops, tempura temples, and teahouses of Japan, Matt Goulding, co-creator of the enormously popular Eat This, Not That! book series, navigates the intersection between food, history, and culture, creating one of the most ambitious and complete books ever written about Japanese culinary culture from the Western perspective,"--Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
Food habits -- Japan.
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Food tourism -- Japan.
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Goulding, Matt -- Travel -- Japan.
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| Added Author |
Thornburgh, Nathan, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780062394033 (Hardcover) |
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0062394037 (Hardcover) |
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9780062394040 (eBook) |
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