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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
Food selection and preparation
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Food selection and preparation

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

Joe Tilden's recipes for epicures

Joe Tilden· 1907
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#3
Thomas Jefferson's cook book
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Thomas Jefferson's cook book

Kimball, Marie Goebel· 1938
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#4
Food for the diabetic
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Food for the diabetic

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

Hans Koeppe· 1896
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#6
The market assistant
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The market assistant

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

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

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

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

Chris Monroe· 2016
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#11
World of Warcraft
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World of Warcraft

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

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

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

Tammy Donroe Inman· 2013
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#15
At Home with Carolyne Roehm
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At Home with Carolyne Roehm

Carolyne Roehm· 2000
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#16
The Lost Supper
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The Lost Supper

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

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

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

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

Cheryl Moeller· 2012
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#21
Cover of The little boy cook
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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
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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
The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs
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The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs

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

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

Joel Denker· 2003
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#28
The Kitty Treats Cookbook
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The Kitty Treats Cookbook

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frank T. Orthoefer· 2015
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
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