The definitive Japanese cookbook. Over 400 recipes, organized by course and with deft, insightful commentary from author Nancy Singleton Hachisu – an Atherton native turned award-winning food writer.

Hachisu left California for Japan in 1988. Since then, Hachisu has written some of the most engaging literature on the subtleties of Japanese cuisine from hip urban trends to the traditional meals of rural farms. On trips home, she befriended David Tanis and the staff at Chez Panisse, bringing to the West recipes of farm-to-table Japanese cooking.

With Japan: The Cookbook, Phaidon presents the full range of traditional Japanese cooking on a grand scale. Join Hachisu for a meet-and-greet celebrating the release of this highly-anticipated new book.