Easy Japanese Cooking: Noodle Comfort

Easy Japanese Cooking: Noodle Comfort features a collection of more than 50 delicious, easy-to-make noodle recipes. There is also a section of side dishes and dessert recipes to accompany your noodle entrees. Categories and recipes include:

Chinese Noodle Dishes:
· Basic Noodles / Cold Noodles / Sesame and Chicken / Cold Basic Noodles / Minced Pork and Cucumber / Thai Noodles / Tofu and Kudzu Sauce / Ramen Noodles / Chicken Soba

Udon Soba (Wheat Noodle, Buckwheat Noodle) Dishes:
· Curry Udon / Curry Soba / Healthy Vegetable Soba / Plain Noodles / Cold Noodles with a Warm Sauce / Duck Meat and Noodles / Miso Noodles / Stewed Noodles / Miso Pork Noodles

Fried Soba Dishes:
· Ham and Bean Sprout Soba / Kudzu Sauce and Fried Soba / Ham and Omelet Fried Soba / Crunchy Soba

Rice Vermicelli, Vietnam Noodle, Cold Noodle Dishes:
· Fried Vermicelli / Vietnam style chicken and Noodles/ Korean Cold Noodles

For the Love of Noodles, Do It Right!:
· Roast Pork and Noodles / Fried Rice Cakes and Udon / Shrimp Tempura Noodles / Handmade Noodles / Potato Gnocchi / Simmered Dough Balls and Noodles

Pasta Dishes:
· Vongole Bianco / Seafood Marinara and Linguine / Carbonara / Mushroom Fettuccine / Ricotta, Egg and Tomato Spaghetti / Meat and Spinach Linguine / Crab and Cabbage Fettuccine / Potato and Basil Spaghetti / Chilled Eggplant and Anchovies Angel Hair / Spinach Lasagna / Penne Creme Gratin

Thin Wheat Noodle Dishes:
· Oyster / Noodle Jumble / Fresh Water Clam Cream Noodles / Simple Noodles / Onion and Okra Noodles / Cold Soumen Noodles / Coconut Milk Curry Asian Noodles / Pork and Sesame Noodles / Korean Soumen

Small Side Dishes and Desserts:
· Japanese White Radish and Soy Sauce / Cabbage and Miso Mayonnaise / Grilled Eggplant and Spicy Oyster Sauce / Pickled Vegetable / Fried Eggs / Deep Fried Bean Curd / Celery and Red Pepper Marine / Scallop Carpaccio / Fruit Tomato and Cheese / Milk Jelly / Strawberry Yogurt Jelly / Lemon Syrup and Tea Jelly

Born in Tokyo in 1972, Kentaro Kobayashi studied art in school, and after Musashino Art School, he started working as an illustrator. His mother--cooking personality and award-winning cookbook author, Katsuyo Kobayashi--is known by millions in Japan for her TV show, Today's Cooking, and not only challenged, but also proved victorious against Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi in 1994, handily vanquishing him in the "Potato Battle" episode of IronChef, one of the few female chefs to ever win in Kitchen Stadium.

No surprise that Kentaro turned his attention to cooking. Like his mom, he is known for creating fun, easy-to-make recipes--albeit with a more Western flavor--and also has appeared on television, magazines, and radio, becoming popular with the motto "Nice and easy, practical food with style." He is known to have revolutionized Japanese conceptions of good eating. His best-selling cookbooks are all about transforming convenience-store products
into attractive hot meals.

He frequently incorporates his artistic training working as a chef and illustrator for magazines and book stores, creating logos, and has co-authored works with his mother. To date, Kentaro has authored or co-authored more than 15 cookbooks.