Chicken

My new favorite cookbook is a Japanese-English paperback called (at least in English) "Traditional Japanese Recipe Book with English Translation." Not the most evocative title, for sure, but the book's packed with great recipes, techniques and useful information.

This gorgeous hot pot, Mizutaki is one of my favorites, a rustic dish that hails from Hakata, an old section of the southern Japanese city of Fukuoka. It's simple, down-to-earth and a snap to prepare (like all hot pots!).

With the publication of Tadashi Ono's and my cookbook, Japanese Hot Pots, coming up on September 22nd (soon!), I've naturally been thinking a lot about these irresistable one pot meals.