Bringing balance, colour and flavour to the family table, osozai are everyday dishes in
Japanese home cooking. Bright salads, quick pickles, simmered vegetables and satisfying
mains - simple, home-style dishes designed to fit everyday life and be enjoyed together.
Featuring 80 accessible recipes made for sharing, this cookbook showcases the food Meg
grew up eating - pumpkin nimono, hakusai pickles - and the food she now cooks at home
for friends and family - kara-age, miso butter corn, smashed cucumber and edamame salad.
Whether you're new to miso, dashi and mirin or looking to build a regular spread, you'll find
dishes to cook on repeat and make your own. This is modern Japanese cooking at its best:
thoughtful, nourishing and full of joy.
'This book is so much more than the dishes. It's about
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ISBN
9781460769317
Publish date
01 September 2026
Page count
240
Dimensions
236 x 198 mm
About the author
Meg Tanaka is the co-founder and food director of CIBI, a lifestyle concept brand established in
Melbourne, Australia in 2008 together with her husband, co-founder and creative director Zenta
Tanaka. What began as a small cafe and design store has grown into a cross-cultural platform
spanning food, design and everyday living, with locations in Melbourne and Japan, including
Tokyo and Okayama.
