This is a very interesting cookbook. I am rating it although I have not cooked from it and I have had it probably since its 1st printing. This book explains in illustrated detail the how-to do it. Check of Preparing Octopus. Although I have prepared squid and cleaned squid..not fun.. check out pages 248 to 250 all the steps from selection to cleaning and cooking the Octopus! ( )

As far as I know the only book on Japanese food you'll ever need. A standard. ( )

Tsuji is to Japanese cooking in America as Julia Child is to French. If you want to cook Japanese meals or learn what it is your eating at Japanese restaurants, this will be a well-worn reference. It's not just a recipe book, it's more like Joy in that it goes through general principles of cooking from salad to dessert to the art of pickling. I read this one cover to cover. ( )