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A review by bookishblond
Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen by William Doyle, Naomi Moriyama
4.0
What a nice find straight from the clearance shelves of Half Price Books! I'm a sucker for Asian cooking and diet books, so of course I picked this one up. It was definitely worth the $2!
The cutesie title is misleading: it's an obvious reference to the bestselling [b:French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure|106882|French Women Don't Get Fat The Secret of Eating for Pleasure|Mireille Guiliano|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1171567893s/106882.jpg|1770059], a marketing scheme to sell more books. Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat is less of a diet book and more of an exploration of the ties between food, family, culture, and history, with many delicious recipes sprinkled between stories.
The cutesie title is misleading: it's an obvious reference to the bestselling [b:French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure|106882|French Women Don't Get Fat The Secret of Eating for Pleasure|Mireille Guiliano|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1171567893s/106882.jpg|1770059], a marketing scheme to sell more books. Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat is less of a diet book and more of an exploration of the ties between food, family, culture, and history, with many delicious recipes sprinkled between stories.