![]() ![]() ![]() Oishinbo is written by Tetsu Kariya, who is very. In the end, this is a book a recommend to anyone interested in Japanese cooking. Oishinbo, written by Tetsu Kariya and drawn by Akira Hanasaki, is one of the oldest of the food manga. Still I would not say this is an easy read, I did not read the whole book in one go, but ended thinking some time about some of theories in book. In my opinion, plain text is not suited for expressing the sensual nature of good food. One advantage of having this story expressed as a comic book is that drawing support the various theories and illustrates dishes and ingredients. Tetsu Kariya, the writer of Oishinbo, said in a 1986 interview that he was not a food connoisseur, and that he felt embarrassed whenever food experts read the comic. Even the book’s plot is extremely classic: the feud between a father and his son gives raise to a set of cooking competitions, where both try to prove that the other does not understand the true nature of japanese cuisine. The relationship between the quality of the ingredients and the cooking technique, the question if just cutting raw fish can actually be called cooking and the zen foundation of the tea ceremony are all explored. For all intent and purposes, Oishinbo is a small essay on japanese cooking and the underlying philosophy. One of the interesting aspects of manga is that japanese comic is not restricted to some type of story. ![]()
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