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The Japanese Canon

Three thousand five hundred and sixty-seven entries

Contents
I
Overview & Cultural Context
Why this cuisine is its own thing — roots, history, the living movement.
299 II
The Land & Sea
Terroir — geography, climate, what grows and swims here.
51 III
The Pantry
The defining ingredients, named to species.
455 IV
The Method
The foundational techniques the cuisine is built on.
1,402 V
The Canonical Dishes
The dishes a serious practitioner is expected to know.
1,231 VI
The Beverage Tradition
Wines, spirits, ferments, tea and coffee.
11 VII
The Table & Service
How the food is served and eaten.
33 VIII
The Thread
Where this canon connects to others.
31 IX
The Lineage & Authorities
The masters, the literature, the sources entries anchor to.
12 X
The Network
The producers and purveyors who carry the real ingredients.
42
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The Table & Service

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The Japanese hotel breakfast—particularly the wafu breakfast served at ryokan and traditional hotels—represents one of the world's most sophisticated morning meal traditions. This chapter addresses both that composed meal culture and the material culture that sustains it: the ceramics, lacquerware, and vessels through which Japanese food service is conducted.

Japanese Hotel Breakfast Wafu Asagohan Culture
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Japanese · VII

The Table & Service

How the food is served and eaten.

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The Japanese hotel breakfast—particularly the wafu breakfast served at ryokan and traditional hotels—represents one of the world's most sophisticated morning meal traditions. This chapter addresses both that composed meal culture and the material culture that sustains it: the ceramics, lacquerware, and vessels through which Japanese food service is conducted.

Equipment And Tableware
Thirty-two entries
Japanese Pottery and Ceramics in Food Service Utsuwa · Japanese Hitotsutsuburi and Lacquerware: Urushi Craft and Food Service Vessel Tradition · Owan and Lacquerware Soup Bowl Tradition
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Japanese Hotel Breakfast Wafu Asagohan Culture
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