Tender kabocha squash simmered in savoury katsuo dashi seasoned with soy sauce and sake.
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Get Mello freeJapanese-American food writer and founder of Just One Cookbook
Namiko Chen, known to readers as Nami, is a Japanese-born food writer and recipe developer based in California. She founded Just One Cookbook in 2011, originally to teach her children her family's recipes, and it has grown into one of the most widely referenced English-language resources for Japanese home cooking, alongside a bestselling cookbook of the same name.
Her recipes focus on authentic, approachable Japanese home cooking, dashi-based soups, simmered dishes like nikujaga and buta no kakuni, rice bowls, and pantry staples such as miso, soy sauce, and mirin used in classic proportions. She writes with an emphasis on technique and ingredient substitutions for cooks outside Japan, favouring clear, tested methods over shortcuts.
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