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When it was first published?? Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art changed the way the culinary world viewed Japanese cooking?? moving it from obscure ethnic food to haute cuisine.

Twenty-five years later?? much has changed. Japanese food is a favorite of diners around the world. Not only is sushi as much a part of the Western culinary scene as burgers?? bagels?? and burritos?? but some Japanese chefs have become household names. Japanese flavors?? ingredients?? and textures have been fused into dishes from a wide variety of other cuisines. What hasn't changed over the years?? however?? are the foundations of Japanese cooking. When he originally wrote Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art?? Shizuo Tsuji?? a scholar who trained under famous European chefs?? was so