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January 2015 Email Subscriber Giveaway (Worldwide) (Closed)

This giveaway is exclusive to Just One Cookbook Email Newsletter Subscribers!

I’m giving away 2 (two) $50 Amazon Gift Cards to my email newsletter subscribers.

Or you can choose another option, Nami’s personal shopping assistance!

I often hear from readers that they have a hard time finding certain Japanese ingredients in their country (that I use in my recipes).  E.g. dashi packets, matcha (green tea) powder, otoshibuta (drop lid), etc etc…

So if you have specific Japanese products that you can’t find in your country and would prefer them over the Amazon gift card, I’d be happy to buy and ship them to you instead.  However, please keep in mind that the cost of the product and shipping fee has to be under $50.

I cannot guarantee if I can find what you want, but I’ll definitely do my best.  Please note, items I cannot ship include perishable food or heavy kitchen gadget like takoyaki grill.  We can discuss more details if you find out you’re one of the winners. 🙂

I thought this is one way that I can help out Just One Cookbook fans and readers.  If this is something you like, I can do this again (so please mention it in the comment below).

Important Rule:

  • You can enter ONLY one comment per subscriber.
  • Your email entry has to match with your email address in my {Free} Email Newsletter Subscription list.
  • In the comment box below, write any feedback you may have for me, or just say hello.

Two (2) winners will be selected via Random.org and announced on Sunday, February 1, 2015. This giveaway closes on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 12 p.m. PST.  The winners will be contacted via email, so please include a valid email address in the email address entry box.

Full Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by yours truly.

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Thank you for participating this giveaway!  The winners are….

Winners

Congratulations K (#498) and Doris D’Adamo (#388)!  I’ll be contacting you shortly…

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  19. John Lindgren

    I always enjoy seeing your newsletter pop up in my e-mail. This website has been a great resource for learning about Japanese cooking, and it’s easy for even a novice like me to understand. Thanks! 😀

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  32. Suzanne M. Mills

    I just love your recipes! They may be mostly Japanese but I’ve found they are very similar in a lot of ways to the Korean recipes my stepmom always made (but wouldn’t share her recipes with me, lol). This is such a wonderful giveaway you do for us! Thank you and good luck everyone!

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  36. Reese

    Hi Nami! Thanks for holding this contest, I love using your recipes and it is because of yor website I learned the proper way to cook rice! The washing step has made all the difference. 🙂

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  44. Joy

    Thank you Nami!!! Love your newsletters and really love your recipes, tips and videos! They are so user-friendly and they just work! I’ve used your recipes for many dinner parties now and all our guests love the result! : ) Thank you again for all your help! Best wishes.

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  63. Ooh, what a hard choice! I love shopping on Amazon but I have an awful time finding ingredients here in suburban Philadelphia. I would love to have yuzu, and sakura leaves and green tea kit kat and… decisions decisions! 🙂

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  73. Barbara

    Just stopping by to say, “konnichi wa”. I love your recipes and website!
    Good to know that I have you as my resource to purchase Japanese products. Sometimes, it is hard to find specific items. Thank you!!

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  78. H. Pablo Barreyro

    I appreciate your recipes, your ideas, your simple but useful ways. I’ve traveled Japan from Nagasaki to Sapporo, and I’m now exploring at home many of the dishes I encountered in my visits. Many thanks, and congratulations…

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  98. eliza

    I love your site Nami! I love that your recipes are authentic. I have been using your smoked ribs recipe for the past two years because I also own a Weber smoker. Best recipe EVER! My husband, who is Japanese (I am Chinese), loved the croquettes.

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  100. I love your posts and especially asian food having travelled a lot in the far east. Unfortunately here in Guatemala it is very difficult to find the right products for your excellent recipes. Keep up with the good work and regards
    Mark

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  116. Min Z

    I found this website recently and love your recipes! I tried the simple soba noodle you suggested for New Year. The recipe was so easy to follow and it turned out very well. Thank you! Also, thank you for the drawing that is so kind and generous of you.

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  120. Erica

    Hello Nami, I have enjoyed your blog and many recipes in JOC since I joined you recently. I stopped searching for recipes elsewhere since I found JOC. You did a great job!
    Best wishes from UK, Erica

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  132. Merlin Wilson

    Hello Nami! I always look forward to your newsletters for your recipes and wonderful pictures. I’m trying to get into Japanese cooking myself and your recipes give me confidence that I, too, can make these beautiful dishes. Keep posting and I hope you have a wonderful year!

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  135. Bill Adkins

    I just found your blog and it is a dream come true. Lived in Japan with family and miss the food so try to cook when I can. Your suggestions “how to make…., if you don’t have…” are sensational. Thanks!

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  137. Alec El

    The five reflections. I reflect on the work that brings this food before me; let me see whence this food comes. I reflect on my imperfections, on whether I am deserving of this offering of food. Let me hold my mind from preferences and greed. I take this food as an effective medicine to keep my body in good health. I accept this food so that I will fulfill my task of enlightenment.

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  146. Samantha

    Thank you for all the great recipes. I made ozoni for oshogatsu this year and my boyfriend and I loved it! I haven’t had it since I was a kid and he’s never had it even though he’s Japanese! Keep up the great work!

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  149. I spent time on Okinawa years ago in the Air Force, and I really enjoy seeing recipes that remind me of my time there. Now I’m a vegan and I’m delighted to see many recipes that are already vegan, or that I can fairly easily vegan-ize. So happy I stumbed across your site, thank you!

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  155. Kara Demeio

    This sounds like it could be useful for birthdays or holidays this spring…i d like to use these if i win to make others happy enough in time for the end of the first frost! Thanks Nami! Oh i got my own taiyaki pan after my belgian waffle maker fell ..into two! Then i decided to try it . Sure enough your recipe was spot on! Thanks again!

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  158. May Li Tan

    H Nami, greetings from Stuttgart, Germany! I love your blog and the way you present your recipes. I started trying out Japanese recipes because of your blog and am proud to say they are now a regular part of our diet. Everyone loves them so thank you!

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  160. Cat

    I have to say, my favorite part of your recipes is the little cultural excerpt that goes with them! The extra information is always interesting. Thanks so much for this site! The recipes and the ideas they spark in me are fantastic!

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  163. Hey 🙂
    I don’t cook that often but I’ve found a lot of interesting recipes here and they’re not too hard to cook eithet which is perfect. And some takes so little time too, which I love hehe Thank you for sharing your recipes with us 😀

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  164. Barbara F Richardson

    Nami:
    I am a new subscriber. You bring so much inspiration and love to you recipes. I love that you make cooking fun. The step by step directions and pictures must it impossible to mess up. I am going to make the Korean pancakes tonight for my family.
    God Bless.
    Barb

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  167. Maritza Lam

    First, thank you for your hard work. it is impressive to provide recipes, step by step instruction as well as elegant presentation. I do recommend my friends and family to your blog. Once again thank you.

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  182. Rita Bohn

    I lived and worked in Japan for fifteen years and have recently retired in the U.S. I was thrilled to find your website so that I can once again enjoy the wonderful dishes I savored while in Japan. Thank you.

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  189. Summer

    Hi Nami!

    I just moved to the States, and have been coming to your site for my dinner rescues (it’s really expensive to eat out and I’m missing Asian food alot). Thanks so much for all the recipes!

    Cheers,
    Summer

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  191. Martin Paull

    Nice idea. In L.A. I don’t generally have trouble with ingredients but sometimes. I also like when you show photos of ingredients because it makes it easier to look. I don’t read or speak any Japanese.

    Your recipe for miso ramen was one of the best things I’ve ever cooked. All loved it.

    Great blog!

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  192. Rosemary Griffis

    I thoroughly enjoy your newsletters. Even though I live in Oklahoma City (grocery wasteland), we have a large Oriental population with a great Vietnamese grocery store and a Chinese store. Both carry Japanese, Thai, Indian and other Asian products and produce.

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  199. Katerina T.

    That’s really cool! It is really nice of you to host a giveaway but I am especially pleased about your offer to go to the trouble to shop and ship items to your subscribers. That’s really sweet!
    Have a nice day!

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  214. Cathy Hoss Poole

    Your recipes are reminiscent of some of the meals my awesome Japanese mother made for me before she passed. I never got the chance to get her incredible recipes because I was ignorant and just thought she would be around forever. Thank you for giving me the opportunities to make food that reminds me of my war and fuzzy childhood with my amazing mother. I am a horrible cook so your “Just One Cookbook” helps make things easier for me and much tastier as well. Thank you and please keep the yummy recipes coming!!

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  215. Vicky Loo

    Hi Nami,

    Thank you for all your wonderful postings. Before I get to know your blog, I have the impression that cooking Japanese food will be difficult and tedious but your recipes made cooking Japanese food so much easier than I have imagined 🙂

    Keep up the good work and Gambateh 🙂

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  217. Jay

    Hi Nami! Thank you for making your recipes easy to follow and for bringing Japanese cooking and cuisine to the world! Although I can’t visit or be in Japan as much as I would like, experiencing the culture through the food is the next best thing!

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  234. Paula Augusta

    Hi Nami, I am a stay at home wife resides outside of my home country. I begin to cook very often for my husband and I find your website is really helpful to prepare my everyday home cooking. With easy step by step, complete with picture and video, you help me a lot. I hope your website will last forever. I often afraid what happen one day if your website is closed down. I think I am going to freak out. Keep up the good work!

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  243. Christina Swanson

    I’m so glad I found your blog! I lived in Japan, outside of Osaka, from age 1 to 16, 1953-1969. It’s wonderful to see recipes for food that I enjoyed then. Your mention of the takoyaki grill takes me back. I used to buy it in the shotengai, walking home from the train station…loved it!!! 🙂

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  247. Your blog is a treasure trove of recipe goodies! Your instructions and pictures are perfect for someone like me who is just getting into Japanese cuisine. The results always turn out delish! Many thanks!! 🙂

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  260. Shawnie

    I love this blog/website I learn so much and realized that I was making ramon the wrong way. Now I make ramon the right way or the authentic way and I can’t even begin to tell you how much better it taste. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge!

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  294. Casey Haven

    Since I make Japanese dinners at least once a week (more often when I need to loose weight) I find your web site a great resource. The recipes are authentic and easy to follow. I think it’s the best Japanese cuisine site on the entire internet!

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  297. Kim Reed

    I was born in Japan but my mother never cooked traditional dishes. I am trying to get back to my roots & found your website & newsletter. It makes me happy that I can learn to cook some dishes from my home land.

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  300. Trevor

    As someone who loves the Japanese culture and also loves to cook, your website has been excellent for learning new recipes, techniques, and bringing unique flavours to my little corner of the world. Thanks again for everything you do!

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  310. Catherine Howard

    Thank you so much for your recipes and How-to’s, I’m learning Asian cooking and it has been invaluable to learn the details that make the difference in a recipe. Until now I’ve had difficulty getting the flavors right, but with your recipes, it always comes out great!

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  333. Agata

    Hi, Nami! All of these giveaways are so kind of you! I love the idea of personal shopper – there are so many products I could never find even in online shops here, that I would have a really hard time deciding what I’d like to try the most; I think I would go with the ingredients you use for dressings and bases of “the most Japanese” dishes, as I would call them – these are the ones that are to be found in most of your recipes and the ones that block me from making them taste like they really should! I hope I get lucky this time 🙂

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  334. Renee Equila

    I live in Hawaii, but I am not able to get many Asian recipes of my family’s favorite dishes of Japanese food. Many families here cook using family recipes that may not be shared to others. Seeing that there is a blog and site to refer to is awesome! I love to cook and host dinners for family and friends. I am looking forward to cooking many more Asian dishes thanks to your blog!

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  336. Jessica Clauberg

    I love your recipes! I’ve started making bento boxes as a way to make day trips with my boyfriend easier, and you’ve given me so many ideas that are regularly used in my rotation!

    Thank you for all your hard work c:

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  339. Linda Wong

    Hi nami – I love your blog. I have learned how to make authentic miso soup from your site and my husband love it so much. Every time I made it and he always said it’s better than the restaurants. Thank you!

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  341. Karen Ofsink

    I love your web site!!! I have traveled to Japan, have had a Japanese husband and have two half Japanese sons. I love your recipes because they are authentically Japanese, not an American rendition of Japanese food. They are easy, and carefully thought out, which makes them very clear to follow. Thank you for all of your hard work!!

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  347. Donna

    Would love to have a tamago pan like the one you Mom sent you. As you did before, I am still using my round frying pan and the result is not quite the same. I wanna make it like you do!

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  352. J

    I’ve been meaning to write for some time now. I just wanted to say thanks for all of the work that you put into the website. It’s a really great resource for Japanese cooking.

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  362. Hi there I love your blog…our family loves Japanese food but I. Our little community of Gibsons it is very hard/ impossible to get Japanese ingredients. I have to take a ferry over to Vancouver to find the and that is costly and time consuming. Hoping to win so I can ask you to be my personal shopper…..:)
    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Pam(and family)

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  371. Meilani

    I really like your blog, I find your blog is an awesome japanese recipes blog ever that I have seen!! I really hope I have a taiyaki pan. My kids wanna try taiyaki, but I couldnt find any taiyaki pan here. Yeah I know taiyaki pan is heavy kitchen gadget too 🙂 . Anyway I love every matcha recipes, but I couldnt find any good quality matcha here. Keep improving for JOC!!! Cheers!!

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  375. Grace Wang

    Hi! I love the authentic-ness of your recipes, the pretty pictures, and especially the step-by-step ones. Also your blog often mentions Taiwan, which gets me really excited cuz I live there. 😀

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  388. Doris D'Adamo

    Your recipes inspire me to cook more Japanese Recipes at home. I am half-Japanese and am an ESL tutor to Japanese students and I showed them a photo of the Ozoni I made on New Year’s Day using your recipe with the shiro miso. They told me it looked delicious and then whipped out photos of their New Years foods they made, which were Ozoni for breakfast and then beautiful Osechi for supper….of course their Ozoni looked perfect like your photo and mine looked so sloppy next to theirs and yours. They’ve never seen Ozoni with miso, so they must be from regions that use a clear dashi broth.
    Thank you for keeping in touch with my Japanese foodie roots!
    Doris

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  391. Kristy Mays

    I miss yuzu, unagi and sakurabon from Japan. But I think they would be too expensive to post to Australia. I love the recipes and the simple presentation. Being able to cook “real” Japanese food is a delight.

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  395. sally

    I am a huge fan of Chinese food, and Thai; and am excited to learn more about Japanese cooking. I especially like your “how to do it” section.

    My first attempt at onigiri balls was not great – and am going to try them again. My son mastered them quite easily and is encouraging me to experiment. He is the one that gave me your website.

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  399. Cam Grant

    I lived in Japan for 3 years a long time ago – 1976 – 1979. My ex was in the military and my daughter was born there. Always loved the food, my Aunt is Japanese also. She met my Uncle when he was stationed there many years ago. They are still married!! My granddaughters also love Japanese food as much as I do. I can’t eat Chinese food anymore. It just doesn’t taste good to me anymore. I had as bunch of recipes when I left there but I haven’t been able to find where I put them. Anyway I was looking for a recipe on the internet one day when I found your website. Signed up right away!!

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  415. Fumiko Wellington

    I love Just One Cookbook! My mother was Japanese, and I grew up eating rice 3 times a day!
    It’s great to learn some recipes I don’t yet know, and most of them easy and relatively quick to prepare.
    Thank you, Namiko-san!

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  425. Kersti Pinzon

    This is the best resource I have found for Japanese cuisine. My husband is super picky and he’s loved everything I have made off the site’s recipes, allowing me to make healthier meals that my husband who could survive off pizza and hamburgers enjoys.Thank you so much for all that you do!

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  430. Patricia Nicholls

    As I love visiting Japan,& everything Japanese,I love getting your emails,& particularly the Japanese recipes. I do a lot of Japanese cooking at my home in Australia. They are very easy to follow. We have a couple of very good Japanese supermarkets here in Melbourne,so that makes it a little easier to cook Japanese. We can’t get everything though,but enough to make most dishes.
    qりがちうぎざいますNami,
    Patricia.

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  444. Priscilla S

    Nami, i have always loved your recipes with all the clear steps, pictures and helpful instructions. It really makes cooking exciting and enjoyable. Please continue with the blog, i am sure many people love it as much as i do.

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  446. Josette

    Hi Nami,
    Just want to say that I love your blog and look forward to every new one arriving on my computer!
    I am lucky here in Phoenix, Az as I can find most if not all of the Japanese products required in your recipes.
    Thanks again for your lovely blog!
    Be well,
    Josette
    PS. By the way I am French born and one of my favorite cooking is Japanese. Vive la France! Vive le Japon!

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  449. Cherie

    Konnichiwa, Nami Chan!

    Happy new year!

    One of my favorite desserts here in Japan is the chocolate cake rolls. There were many at Christmas time, but also I enjoy getting them from bakeries like Custard or Cozy Corner year round. The cake and icing is soooo light and wonderful! There is usually strawberries, bananas and blueberries with it too. You shoulda me this your next recipe! I would love to learn!

    Also, I love Kabocha, do any more Kabocha recipes would be appreciated too!

    Take care!

    Cherie in Ebina

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  459. Sue Chua

    Hi Nami. I have been enjoying reading your blog. You always sound cheerful. Most of your recipes are easy to follow. This is definitely because of the clear instructions and nice videos you and your husband have done for all recipes. Thanks a lot for all these efforts!

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  466. Nancy B

    Hello….I enjoy your newsletters very much. My son will be home, after two years in Japan, in April, and I can’t wait to try your recipes for him! Thank you so much for posting them!

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  470. Sharron Gray

    I love your blog as it makes me jump back to the 8 years I lived in Japan and tried to learn to cook as many Japanese dishes as possible. It also helps me cook some new dishes or ones I had forgotten about.
    And best of all easy to follow your writing and pictures.

    Wishing you and your family health and happiness for the New Year.

    Sharron

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  484. Sarah

    I have considered trying to shop online for japanese and other foreign food ingredients that don’t get imported but it’s not easy. Having someone else find it for you would definitely help!!
    I am going to the Asian supermarket soon to try out a few of the recipes I’ve seen on your blog so wish me luck:)

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  490. Fi

    Thank you for your wonderful website Nami! It’s been immensely helpful in giving me inspiration for my meals and exposing me to the delicacies of Japanese culture as well!

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  491. Hi Nami – I used to live in Japan, (Utsunoimya, Tochigi) and MISS all the wonderful food there. I am so happy to have found your website. The recipes are awesome, easy to follow and with great results (not always easy for us novice chefs!)

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  492. hi,
    am truly blessed to have seen and been receiving e-mails from you. at my age, I still love to cook and learn new recipes though I have to temper my appetite due to my health condition. thank you a million
    cora

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  500. Karin Wilfinger

    Just One Cookbook is a fantastic website. I love the detailed overview and step by step guides, not to mention that the videos themselves are also a great help. Incredibly informative and with delicious results.

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  503. Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway, Nami. This this very considerate and generous of you. Just wanted to tell you that I really enjoy reading your posts and especially the travel reviews. I might take the kids to Japan and Taiwan this summer and definitely will follow your recommendation and suggestions. So, keep them coming! 😉

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

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  508. Hi Namiko, I’m always impressed by your attention to detail and your desire for perfection. It’s evident and your viewers most definitely take notice. Because of this, your videos are so wonderful to watch and re-watch. I can’t think of any other way you need to improve! Keep up the fantastic work! Sandra

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  526. Michele Imai

    Hi Nami-san, I am entering your contest and I love the whisk that you use in your videos. It is a very tiny whisk that I have seen you use for eggs or sauces.

    Also, I have tried several of your recipes and they are all delicious, although one of my favorites is your ground chicken/tofu meatballs. yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumy! Oishi!

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  540. Debbie fettes

    I love every recipe I have made from you. I am half Japanese so was raised eating good authentic Japanese dishes. My mom passed away in feb 2008, so I can’t call and ask for substitutions etc. when I can’t find something. But, I turn to your cookbook and can find anything, that is another reason I’m grateful for your website and your justonecookbook!!!!! Thank you

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  546. WT Ng

    Nami-san,
    Thanks to your wonderful blog, i now can cook japanese food for my family instead of only eating japanese food in restaurants. Love reading about your travels too and learning about the japanese culture and traditions. Please continue writing. All the best in the new year to you and your family!

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  549. Lee Jia Pei

    Hello, I am 15 years old but was inspired to start to cooking after stumbling upon your recipes. To date, I have tried quite a few of your recipes and really thankful for your guide. Love your Japanese Katsu and baked tonkatsu recipe 🙂

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  551. Olivia Jap

    I love how you make cooking simple. Being a working spouse, most of the time it’s hard to cook a decent dinner meal for your husband. The rest being either too tired or too late (due to overtime). But now I have no excuse not to cook anymore because you have made so easy. Thanks #justonecookbook !

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  560. Amelia Sinacola

    Hi Nami,

    Thank you for sharing all your wonderful recipes! We are looking forward to finally trying out your baked Tonkatsu but in an Airfryer instead of an oven!

    Looking forward to your newest additions,
    Amelia

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  565. Eha

    A big ‘hello’ Namiko-san! Hope you and the children are well, healthy and happy! After all tho years of reading your wonderful posts simply cannot believe all those who have suddenly had time to be here 🙂 ! I just wonder ‘why’ 😀 ?!!

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  571. Rona Alba

    Hi Nami,

    Thank you for sharing your recipes and the easy to follow step by step instructions. The pictures too were amazing and mouth watering. Love your blog. I received your bento cookbook for Christmas, can’t wait to try the recipes.

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  581. Minnie

    Hi Nami

    I love your simple recipes! I’ve just relocated from singapore to Melbourne and I’ve been cooking from your recipes for our meals here in Australia. Even my 11 year old son, Matt, found your videos easy to follow and cooked teriyaki salmon from your simple recipe.

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  595. Ava

    Hi Nami, Hubby and I are sooo looking forward to our Japan trip by next year. Needless to say, your travel posts will be requisite reading for me, especially on Kyoto and Osaka. We plan to visit a Filipino-American missionary family in Kagoshima, and I’m hoping to try cooking some of your recipes seeing that the ingredients will be available there. But would definitely love to get some practice before then. Lots of love, from the Philippines!

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  611. Alicia

    Hi nami.
    Thank you for the awesome recipes. Having the other half as a chef is always not easy. But you had gave me a lot of inspiration in improving my cooking skills to be able to serve my other half well. Thank you so much for the wonderful and tasty food recipes. He loves it too.

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  616. Maybelle

    Hello Nami! I love that you have these giveaways, even to your readers overseas. I can’t recall how I found your blog a few years ago, but I always love to see your email in my inbox! Hope I have a chance to win… ^o^

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  631. Joyce

    Hi Nami,
    I totally love your videos/recipes. The thing that I love most about it is that it doesn’t take a lot of ingredients to make your dishes. Due to my job, I live outside of the US on postings that take me around the world so having Japanese “comfort food” brings a bit of home wherever I am. Thanks very much!

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  639. Sam Bear

    Your blog has been one of the very first blogs I’ve followed since the beginning of my blogging adventure! For that I am thankful and all your recipes I have made have been a smashing success!

    Thank you for this giveaway!

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  640. Chika Griswold

    Love your blog, Nami-san! My mom is Japanese and an amazing cook, but it’s always been difficult for her to tell me exact measurements for her recipes (everything is “てきとう に”). But now I have your blog as a wonderful reference. Thanks for all the helpful recipes!

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  642. Natalie Brezden

    I appreciate the time you take in adding photos for the recipes. Not only does it make me want to cook but it helps to know what it should look like. Here in Toronto we are lucky to have access to many Asian stores so finding ingredients is not a problem. Arigatou!!

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  649. Barbara L

    Nami, you’re always a treasure to read and now you’re offering to give the winner additional time!
    I’m one of the lucky shoppers who lives within range of a huge Asian population and the wonderful H-Mart supermarkets where I can buy almost any ingredient used in Asian.cuisines. Haven’t hit an ingredient in one of your recipes that I haven’t been able to find – so far!

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  651. Adeline G.

    Thank you so much for your website full of delicious recipes !! 🙂
    I’m French, living in countryside and unfortunately with no japanese grocery shop or japanese restaurant around.
    So I usually order japanese products from internet to cook myself.
    I wish you well, Nami ! 🙂

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  675. Earl G. Burk

    I really enjoy your newsletters / recipe tips etc. I traveled Asia on business for many years as well as pulling a couple of tours of duty in the Marine Corps. You bring fond memories back to me.
    Thanks,
    EGB

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  688. Megan

    Hi Nami! The tutorial videos and recipes that you have are super easy to follow, which I really appreciate. Also, the different kinds of foods that you make are awesome. I consistently make the mushi pan for myself and my housemates for breakfast and as for a light snacks. Thanks for posting such amazing recipes and photos of your travels! Have a wonderful day!

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  689. Susan Broughton

    I just started with your blog but I can’t wait to see all the information that you will be posting! I love Japanese food but we live in a rural area and can not get it much. Anyway I can’t wait to see all your recipes! Thanks for the chance of winning the giveaway!

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  731. Caitlin

    hello, I love your blog! As an American it’s difficult to find authentic Asian cuisine. Your blog has helped a great deal with learning what is authentic and what is not. I’d much rather make it myself at home now instead of eating the American version of Asian food. Your recipes are much better than anything I can find near me.

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  732. Victoria Williams

    I love your blog…very inspiring! I’m looking for one of those wooden sushi press molds…the rectangular box ones. If you have some comments on what I should be looking for in terms of quality, that would be helpful too. I am also venturing into the world of experimenting with making japanese ramen. Mostly, I’m looking for good broth recipes that don’t take too long. I can already get the noodles fresh locally 🙂

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  736. Lillian

    Hi Nami. I’ve been a longtime reader, recently susbscribed. Thank you for sharing all these wonderful recipes – prepping myself for another year of drooling at my screen 😛

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  741. Oh Nami, this is such a great competition!! I love the idea of getting Nami’s personal shopping assistance. I’ve just started Japanese cooking and I’m using your recipes a lot these days. LOVE THEM!!

    I wish they had like a store in Melbourne that sells all kinds of tools and ingredients from Japan! There are a few around here, but sometimes it’s still hard to find certain ingredients.

    Thank you for running this amazing competition!! You’re so generous. xx

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  752. Kokichi Uehara

    Nami, you do a great work with this site. Now that I live away, when I cook japanese food it reminds me to my home, your site also gives me good ideas when I wanna try something new.
    About the giveaways, I think they’re great, I can’t easily find certain japanese ingredients here in Mexico

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  758. TE Jensen

    I lived in Japan for five years and grew to love the food very much. Now, back in the States, I like to recreate my favorite dishes. Your recipes have become an essential part in my enjoying memories of delicious dishes. Arigato!!

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  763. Thanks for all your recipes, I have made many of them. My girlfriend is Japanese so I cook a lot of it, it’s great to be able to find the ‘western’ versions of ingredients we just can’t get in the West (Australia).

    I particularly like how you show pictures of the steps, makes it say to work out what you mean.

    Arigato!

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  767. One day I will make my way to Japan, and your blogs on restaurants is soo going to help. I have tried a few recipes so far off you website and while all of them and absolutely yummy, my favorites are the Royal Milk Tea and the steam green tea cup cakes. I enjoy every email I get from you. And other than Inside Kyoto, you are the only other internet subscription I have. Thank you.

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  771. Cynthia

    Hi! I just wanted to say I love your blog, it’s such a great webpage.

    I don’t have any negative feedback to give you, but can I’ll make a suggestions/request. Could you maybe post recipes that relate to anime? Like, when they feature food on certain anime, post the recipe for that food so we can make it in real life?

    Even if you don’t that’s fine. Your blog is perfect the way it is. *_*

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  779. Sundari

    Hi Nami, thanks a lot for posting awesome recipes 🙂 I really love your blog!

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