A review by zellm
The Gaijin Cookbook: Japanese Recipes from a Chef, Father, Eater, and Lifelong Outsider by Ivan Orkin, Chris Ying

3.0

Some great, more simple than expected reviews for Japanese classics. Although not super authentic, the author does explain why this is. I was a little put off by the random shifts in tone and swearing, as another reviewer stated, but that's a minor critique. It was a little weird reading this from a white author, as there are sometimes overtones of "this is a super weird foreign thing but I've learned to appreciate it" and "ooh Japan is so cool" in almost a fetishizing way. I'm not sure about this one.