NOBU MATSUHISA

Nobus restaurants are known the world over for the quality of their ingredients and for the skill and originality with which the food is prepared and presented. Now, in this first cookbook by Nobu to focus on vegetable dishes, the master chef shares his expertise and deep knowledge of Japanese cuisine in sixty recipes that showcase vegetables in all their variety. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on fine and healthy Japanese dining. Nobu uses a wide range of cooking techniquesfrom marinating and pickling to steaming, roasting, boiling, frying, grating, etc.to bring out the full flavors and textures of the vegetables. He also introduces tofu and yuba, both traditional Japanese ingredients made from soybeans, and offers ten recipes for vegetable sweets and fifteen for cocktails.

Nobu Matsuhisa is in a class of his own and his restaurants remain very much the places to eat.In "Nobu West", the first of his books to be written and published originally in English, he collaborates with Mark Edwards, Head Chef at Nobu London to create over 120 Westernised Nobu recipes. Working with seasonal produce in the kitchens of the Nobu restaurants in London, Nobu and Mark have made the unique Nobu repertoire more accessible, simpler and even more delicious.The range of recipes include: Crispy Skin Poussin with Spicy Lemon Garlic, Dover Sole with Spicy Onion Ponzu, Iberian Pork with Soy and Ginger, Mediterranean Shrimp Ceviche, Rice Pizza and Suntory Whiskey Cappuccino. Filled with advice on sourcing and preparing ingredients and essential cooking techniques, the book is immediately more accessible to those less familiar with Japanese food and culture.Enticing photographs of the finished dishes by master Japanese photographer Eiichi Takahashi, as well as numerous step-by-step sequences act as an invaluable guide to the cook and make this one of the most beautiful cookbooks of 2006.

Incluso para aquellos que nunca han comido en uno de sus restaurantes, el nombre Nobu evoca un mundo mágico de platos extraordinariamente deliciosos, en un ambiente moderno y glamouroso.En Nobu hoy presenta una estimulante muestra de como se ha seguido desarrollando su repertorio, enriquecido por sus viajes y su experiencia, asi como por un fertil cruce entre las cocinas de las naciones donde ha abierto restaurantes.Se encuentran originales delicias, como el somen de calamar y corazones de palmito y el carpaccio de pulpo y palmitos, guiños a la alta cocina occidental en platos como caracoles de mar con salsa de mantequilla...

Nobu Matsuhisa still stands above all the other great world-class chefs in being the only one who is truly celebrated internationally. His ever-expanding empire of fabulously fashionable restaurants in the USA, UK, Italy and Japan now numbers thirteen and they still remain very much THE places to eat and to be seen in each of those cities.In Nobu Now, he gives readers an exhilarating taste of how his repertoire has developed, constantly expanded by his travels and experience, as well as the rich cross-fertilization with cuisines of the nations in which his empire now operates. For the first time, Nobu ventures beyond his favourite seafood into meat and poultry dishes, applying his usual principles and using his signature sauces, as in his Kobe Beef with Anticucho sauce and Foie Gras with Miso. For the vegetarian, there are treats like Tomato and Vegetable Ceviche, Watercress and White Asparagus Salad with Watercress Dressing and Avocado Egg Pudding while the desserts section really underscores the breadth and diversity of his repertoire. The art of using very simple techniques to bring out the latent flavours in the very best of ingredients is still at the heart of Nobu''s cooking. In Nobu Now he amply demonstrates the essence of Japanese cuisine and quite how far this tenet can be applied.The result is the food that his legions of admirers all over the world absolutely adore - light, modern, clean and fresh.