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Becoming Healthy Vegetarian, Seika Kamohara, PhD., Maruzen Library, 1999, 760 yen In this book, the author, Dr. Kamohara, who studied in Rockfeller University, NY, covers from the reasons to be vegetarians to the advantages of vegetarian diets. The writing is slightly too professional, though, it is easy to understand the essential points. He also gives clear answers to the questions such as if vegetarians could take enough nutritions, what microbiotics is, and so on. ISBN:4621052845
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The audiences of this book are supposed to be professional chefs but even novices of cooking world would appreciate it that the book shows lots of helpful information about vegetarian health. For example, the idea of USDA's Food Guide Pyramid is introduced and above all, Dr. Fujimoto suggests the way of Japanese style vegetarian diet. It is remarkable since most vegetarian books published in the U.S. can't satisfy those requests how much they were written well. Actually "Vege-dining" is based on McLanes' "Tastefully Vegan:Creative Vegetarian Cooking," but besides added nutritional information for Japanese vegetarians (or who want to try Japanese foods as vegetarians), there are several arrangements, such as the company list that offer vegetarian/vegan food here. You'll also find the recipes (all vegan) with full of variety from Western style to ethnic cooking are very useful to evolve your skills.
ISBN:4795238421
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This is the book for everyday recipes of Japanese-style vegetarian cooking. Most recipes are very simple including how to prepare Japanese vegetarian soup stock (DASHI) so that you can easily make many traditional Japanese dishes from miso soup to tasted steamed vegetables (NIMONO). It is fun to see Japanese festive dishes arranged vegetarian way as well. There is the Buddhist temple restaurant guide around Japan that you can enjoy vegan dishes. ISBN:4278037368
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KOEI HOSHINO, an Abbess at Sanko-in Temple and co-author of "Zen Vegetarian Cooking" (translated in English, Kodansha International), guides us to profound Zen Buddhist vegetarian cooking world, especially focusing beans. You'll be amazed how rich, colorful, satisfying beans can be just by seeing full-color pictures. It is also a great book for tofu lovers who seek for authentic way of cooking. Some of the recipes require time-consuming preparations but it is possible to find many helpful tips to eat beans/tofu products healthy, tastful way. ISBN:4093430667
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Mr. Mizukami, a famous writer, shows simple, but energetic vegan recipes that he learned in his childhood staying a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto. There are some vegan cooking books written by REAL Zen Buddhist monks but I strongly recommend this as the best. The main reason is his recipes look much more delicious than others'. That's probably because he could pick up very fresh vegetables from his fields in Nagano instead of supermarkets. Another powerful reason is he is recovered from heart attacks by this vegan diets. Mr. Mizukami is now in late 70s but he is still in good condition. This is also a good book for those who want to know about Japanese vegetables and way of cookings.
ISBN:4000233157
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This is one of the collections of Ms. Tsuruta's vegetarian books. For more than twenty years, she introduces Western way of vegetarian lives to Japanese people as a writer, translater, and vegetarian chef. She now lives in the countryside, two hours away from Tokyo, harvesting vegetables in her own fields with her husband, Edward Levinson, a photographer. Before "Mother Earth Kitchen," Ms. Tsuruta published a cooking book titled "Vegetarian Cooking (in Japanese also)" but the recipes are simpler and more beautiful in "Mother Earth Kitchen." To consider vegetarianism in Japan, her another book "Vegetarian Miyazawa Kenji" (Shobunsha) will be very impressive. Also, "Vegetarian No Bunkashi (or Historical Vegetarians East and West"(Shobunsha) is strongly recommended to learn vegetarian history from Pythagoras, Mohandas Gandhi to John Lennon. ISBN:4388056391
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