Make it Japanese: Simple Recipes for Everyone by Rie McClenny

Oh we are excited about cooking with this cookbook! Reading through it is like having a Japanese friend in your kitchen showing you how to make great Japanese food.   Make It Japanese reflects Rie McClenny journey from her birthplace of Japan to the United States and how she learned to cook heartfelt recipes from scratch, often using only ingredients from her local supermarket. Throughout her culinary career, from home cook to star of BuzzFeed Tasty’s “Make It Fancy” video series, she has drawn inspiration from the nourishing food her mother cooked throughout her childhood and her extensive knowledge of Japanese cuisine and ingredients that she brought to life in an American kitchen.We think in her first cookbook,  Rie is so smart in sharing just how approachable Japanese home cooking can be, no matter where you are.  She presents a collection of comforting, homestyle recipes that use just a handful of easy-to-find Japanese ingredients, such as soy sauce, mirin, and sake, and simple, e