Dictionary of Japanese Food

This is an amazing book!

It's comprehensive in its approach to Japanese food ingredients, had tons of appendices to delve into all the obscure details ("what constitutes sansai?") and gives the food terms in both hiragana and kanji (when applicable.)

It's a dictionary not a recipe book but it's one of the best buys the CC has ever made. It's also quite cheap.

Haul thee to a library!