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October 2015 Email Subscriber Giveaway (Worldwide) (Closed)

2015 September Subscriber Giveaway

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

Thank you so much for subscribing to my newsletters to stay in touch with my blog!  As a small token of my appreciation, I host a monthly giveaway just for my dearest subscribers.

This month I’m giving away two (2) $50 Amazon Gift Cards (or cash via Paypal) and the winners will also receive a copy of my e-Book, Just One Cookbook – Essential Japanese Recipes.

Important Rule:

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

This giveaway closes on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 12 p.m. PST and is open to participants worldwide (everyone!).

Two (2) winners will be selected via Random.org and contacted via email, so please include a valid email address in the email address entry box (please double check your spelling!).  The winners are required to respond within 72 hours to claim the prize.

Full Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by yours truly.

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

October Email Winners

Congratulations Staci (#489) and Laura Benthall (#380)!  I’ll email you shortly.  Thank you everyone!

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  5. Ingrid Shum

    Thanks for all your lovely recipes! I’d like to use this money to expand my kitchen haha something like a good food processor would be great! 🙂

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  6. Sofie

    Nami,

    I really like all the things you used/showed in your blog/video. They are very good quality and convenient. I look forward to your new post very much!

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  9. Grace lee

    Hi Nami, thanks for the giveaways. Always love your recipes, by the way, do you have a green tea flavored Japanese chiffon cheesecake recipe? Thanks!!!

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  11. Teresa

    Thanks for your wonderful blog. I’ve tried several recipes and my husband loves the ones I’ve made, especially the miso chicken wings 🙂

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  14. Nilda Molina

    I’m so very happy with all your recipes! Thank you for posting them with videos & writing a cookbook. For years I’ve searched & searched for recipes of my favorite Japanese dishes but have not found anything so user friendly as yours.

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  17. Yuko

    I made matcha madeleines today and they were delicious!! I want to try your other recipes too! Thank you for the inspiration!!

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  22. Mika Ella Manalo

    Hi there! Your page is always at the top of my newsfeed list. I love your recipes because most of them are simple but always a crowd pleaser. I’ve tried two of your recipes so far: baked croquette and Japanese Apple salad. I absolutely loved them, especially the healthier alternative for the croquette, and so did the people who ate them! I would like to try your udon recipes next, but I’m having a difficult time trying to find the ingredients for the broth in my local Asian grocery. I might have to order them online if I don’t have any luck the next time I go back to shop. Thank you very much for sharing your recipes. It’s inspiring that even with being a mother and wife for your family, you still have the time to make delicious food for them.

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  23. Jayne

    I’ve been appreciating your videos a lot! Sometimes, pictures can only tell so much. Videos really make a big difference.

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  24. Lilian Chang

    I am a new “follower”. Thank you for your detailed instructions in the recipes you shared. I enjoyed just reading them. So far, I have not tried any, but will plan to start after my daughter completes her exams. It will be a good bonding activity for us. Just One Cookbook has everything I need to know about cooking, from recipes to knowing the pantry, and tools we need. Thank you again for all the effort.

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  25. Samantha Richards

    Enjoy your blog. Let’s me make delicious Japanese food without asking my mom for recipes. 🙂 (I’m half..)

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  26. Krystle

    Thank you for a fabulous blog. You don’t know it, but you have actually made me a cook.. My hubby is very grateful.

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  31. Abida Muttaqiena

    Hi Nami,
    Thank you for Japanese snacks and matcha recipes, me and my friends enjoy them very much 🙂

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  32. I’ve been following JOC ever since I discovered it last year. I lived with a Japanese family in Kyoto for a few months and grew to love home-cooked Japanese food. JOC makes it easy to replicate those dishes back home in California. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful recipes and videos with us!

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  34. Allison

    I just want to say thank you for all your hard work and that I love your recipes. I’m a quarter Japanese and my Grandmother passed away before I was really old enough to get interested in cooking, so I wasn’t able to learn from her. Thanks to you I’m able to make my favorites that she made for me!

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  36. Linda Miyamoto

    Wonderful recipes! The recipes are easy to follow and help me a lot since I don’t know many Japanese recipes Thanks so much!

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  37. Breanna

    I love your blog and especially love your recipes! I am so nearly-obsessed with the Japanese culture and especially Japanese food, so your blog is my absolute fave and provides such an interesting insight that I just can’t get enough of! Congrats on your newly remodeled kitchen, I’m super jealous!!!!

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  41. Dawn

    Hi Nami! Thank you for running such a delightful blog and for organizing these contests. I would like to know more about misozuke or little side dishes if possible! Have a wonderful week with your new kitchen.

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  42. Tina

    Every recipe I’ve tried so far has been straight-forward and delicious so I’m looking forward to trying many more. I also really appreciate your videos.

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  46. Christine T.

    I’m so excited to have found your website and videos. You make everything look so delicious, but also easy to make. I am looking forward to trying out some of your recipes. 🙂

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  47. I am really glad I found your site. I have liked the couple recipes I have tried, and I can’t wait to try more! My husband requests your green tea lattes every weekend!

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  57. Lucila

    Hi,Nami I’ m Lucy and was glad I found recipes made in Japan. I love Japanese foods and tried your Tereyaki Salmon and everybody just loves it.Thank you and more power to you!

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  58. Tina

    My toddler likes all the recipes I’ve tired here so far, chicken katsu, korokke, and recipes from the bento series. I would love it if you have more toddler finger food friendly type recipes. It makes my happy to see my toddler eating so happily, thanks to you. What type of foods did you like to make when your kids were a toddler?

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  61. Jeanette

    Thanks for making my dinner attempts a little more interesting and a whole lot more tastier! Not to mention – Fun! 😉

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  64. Pam

    Hi there Nami,

    I was following you, your bloc, newsletter subscriptions for quite sometime and have re-created lots of your recipes… They were really really lovely, taste awesome… I’ve selected a few of your easy recipes to teach my food technology classes, my students really enjoyed them… keep going! , we’ll always cheer for you.

    Little tap on the back from Thailand 😀

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  68. I’m so glad to have come across your specialty food website as my son-in-law is half Japanese and so my 2 grandsons love Japanese food. My daughter makes the typical and basic Japanese dishes but I hope to find some special recipes here to make and surprise them.

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  69. elaine

    I love your recipes. My husband is Japanese and until now – 25+ years since we got married – I haven’t really bothered with Japanese cooking. Now that I’ve found your website, I’m excited about trying authentic Japanese recipes. And my husband agrees that the results are close to what he grew up with – and that’s a huge compliment from someone who loves their food as much as he does! Thanks for sharing with us!

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  70. Yuliany

    Hi Nami, I really love your websites. When I’m in US, I relied on your recipes to cook for my family and they love it. Wish you all the best and hopefully Just One Cookbook can be developed more

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  75. Karen De Lima

    After visiting Japan this year you have made possible the opportunity for me to cook some delicious japanese recipes at home. For this I’ll always be grateful. Oh and if I win this cards I will buy some japanese stuff with it 🙂

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  76. Nina Egashira

    I made 抹茶 お汁粉 and it was just like my おばあちゃん の 味. It was very 懐かしい

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  78. Patricia Nicholls

    I really love your recipes Nami San , as I enjoy cooking Japanese, since visiting Japan. Also, your recipes are very easy to follow, so that makes cooking so much fun. Thank you.,Patricia.

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  79. GAYLE MCDONALD

    love all your sites:webpage, facebook & blog!
    Have tried your recipes and they are great!
    Keep up the fantastic work!

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  80. Bryon Gliem

    l’ve always wanted to learn cooking Asian or Oriental food, you have come the closest in my opinion of true, honest, down to earth realistic recipes and the process involved. Just recently a retired oriental woman move

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  81. Lia

    You made Japanese food approachable and interesting for my family!! I can’t wait to read about your travel adventures and new recipes in future posts.

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  86. Olivia Choe

    I always enjoy your recipe and food styling. I like your ways of cooking that result of delicious food in simple way. I really love love your Japanese food recipe because I always wonder of it. You provide exactly what I want to know. That is just simply amazing. Thank you all the time~!!! (o^^o)

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  90. Stephanie

    I just subscribed a few months ago. Your videos and website inspired me. I love Japanese food and want to start cooking it myself. This will be the just one cookbook I’ll use.
    Thanks Nami!

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  95. carolai

    Really look forward to your email Newsletters filled with your new food and recipe information. can;t wait to see your new kitchen video ! Enjoy your new kitchen :+)

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  97. Chelsea Johnson

    I love your recipes! The only thing I could wish for would be more gluten free recipes, but I know they’re hard if you aren’t experienced, and I’m pretty good at adapting, so I’m really not complaining, just wishful thinking!

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  99. Priscilla K

    Hi! I lovee Japanese cuisines and i was so excited that i stumbled upon your videos! Good videos by the way! Easy to watch and good length! Hope you can share some videos about Japanese swiss roll. Thank you, Naomi! Cheerios!

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  100. Darryl Simpson

    About 20 years ago, my family and I billeted 2 Japanese student sisters in our home in Australia. Since then we were hooked on Japanese food and culture. my wife and I have kept in touch with Misako and Yuko and have visited them in Japan twice since and plan on going again. We love everything Japanese!

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  101. Sylvia

    I’m taking my first trip to Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto) this coming spring, and poring through your blog has been a constant source of foodspiration and info these past few weeks. Thank you!

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  104. Suzanne

    美味しいレシピをシェアしてくれる、いつとありがとうございま〜 ٩(๑´3｀๑)۶

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  105. Pauline

    Thank you for always an effort to sound cheerful and positive in your updates and sharing of recipes. Your videos are well done – easy to follow and so beautiful to look at. The Zen feeling permeates everywhere; simply love it and keep up the good work!! ????????????????

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  106. I started to receiving the email subscription a few weeks ago, and I really enjoy it! I’m no good at cooking, but your recipes and the videos make me feel like cooking.

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  110. Sarah

    Hi Nami,

    I just wanted to let you know that I absolutely adore your recipes and your site in general. I’ve missed Japanese food soooo much since I finished teaching there last year.

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  114. Hi Nami! I am from Singapore and I love following your blog for easy to cook dishes! Love how my chawanmushi turned out! And I would love to win a copy of your book!

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  115. Aileen

    Hi Nami,

    Thank you so much for your blog — I grew up eating Japanese food (my mother is Japanese) and I have always loved it. I left Japan when I was 6 so I did not have a chance to learn enough kanji to be able to read the recipes in Japanese cookbooks. I’m so glad that I found your blog as now I can prepare many of the dishes that I’ve always loved but could never make on my own!

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  124. Hilda

    Hi, how do you ensure the meat is cooked through in ‘tonkatsu’ when you pan fry them?

    I love your videos. Thank you.

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  125. Gen

    I tried your simple apple pie recipe and it was a hit! I loved how easy it was and watching the video helped a lot. Thank you!

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  129. Sandy H.

    I really appreciate your healthy and easy to follow recipes. You really do a good job, and your thoughtful efforts show through, all the while you are serving your family as a wife and mom.
    Keep up the good work!!!

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  131. Anna Low

    So far, I have tried to make crab salad, Japanese chilled tofu and creamy mushroom and bacon spagettic and were amazing delicious. I do hope to try out more of your recipes.

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  136. Rumi

    Hi Nami,

    I can’t wait to have a peek at your new kitchen video. I’m sure to be having kitchen envy but so happy for you that it’s all done!

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  138. Hi Nami,

    My whole family is a fan of Japanese food and we use your Just One Cookbook – Essential Japanese Recipes all the time. Please keep on adding new recipes. We appriciate your recipes.

    Thanks,

    Carmen

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  147. Judy Yapell

    Your site has the best recipes !!!I have enjoyed everyone of them I have made. The instructions are very clear and easy to follow. I dearly love Japanese food. Now with your help I can make it at home. My closest Japanese restaurant is 123 miles south of my town. So it is a real treat. Thank you so much for your website.
    Sincerely;

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  149. Hey Nami! I recently discovered your blog and I totally love your recipes and how you communicate them with us all!

    I’m a “hafu”, too, (Greek-Japanese) and I’ve already tried some of your recipes. They are so “natsukashii” (nostalgic) for me!

    Thanks for all this! Have a great day! Greetings from Athens, Greece! Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!

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  151. Sandrawati Karta

    Dear Nami, Thank you for all your recipies. I enjoy it very much, because it is easy to follow, and I can easily find all the ingredients in my country, Indonesia.

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  153. Dramamom

    Thanks for your wonderful informative newsletter. I love it! I will continue to try your delicious recipes and enjoy your travels.

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  154. Laura

    Nami I loved Japanese food all my life, but its preparation was a complete secret to me. You taught me more than you know, and made me and my daughters VERY HAPPY. Now I know that if I ever go to Japan, I will not be a rookie stranger. at a supermarket or a restaurant. Thank you for making me so happy and teach me so much!

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  156. Sandra Gauvreau

    I love your recipes and videos!

    Piroshiki (Japanese style w/ harusame and ground meat), please! I can’t find this at any restaurant, not even at yoshoku places. (^_^)

    And maybe the delicious twice baked sweet potato dessert? My mother used to bake in, mix in cream,, etc, put it back on the potato skin, brush it with egg, and rebate. I think some people put kurogoma to garnish. So delicious in cold weather. (^_^)

    [My shin-issei mother (from Chiba-ken) passed last year and these were two of my favorite things that she would cook.]

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  157. Jess

    beautiful instagram you linked us to! although i think your skills are certainly on par with your food photography.

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  159. I am a sansei, not a cook, but I love your recipes and videos. Working full time does not leave me with much energy to cook either. Your recipes and videos make it seem so simple. I have tried a few of them and it is inspiring me to create great “homemade” meals! Thank you!

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  162. Javier Galán

    I really enjoy your blog. Thanks a lot for sharing. Also could you make something like izakaya’s meal? I mean, something fast to make and for share (like “tapas”).

    Thanks
    Regards

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  163. Jocelin Chou

    Love your recipes! I was wondering if you have any suggestion on how to make those yummy ice cream if one doesn’t own an ice cream maker. Thank you so much for those wonderful recipes =^_^=

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  164. Susan Nishimura

    Love your recipes, especially because your instructions are so detailed which makes them very easy to put together!

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  170. Eileen Makaea

    Nami, I enjoy your recipe presentations and look forward to your emails.

    Would love to see some Japanese recipes using instant pot pressure cooker. Examples, nishime, konbu maki.

    Thank you.
    Eileen Makaea

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  171. ingrid

    amazing your recipes! is there a recipe for wasabi – cucumbers – sugar? I got an recipe from the community in Brasil which is very good but also too sweet. 200g sugar for 1 kg cucumbers and you let it some days rast7ng in the fridge. I also would like to know how much is then a portion and if you could prepare it with other veggies, and if so…with which ones. Thank you so much for having the opportunity to prepare some of your recipes!

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  175. Karin

    I love your sesame seed cookie recipe. Also with pretty much all your recipes I love the videos you post with the recipes as well. It really helps when one is not sure of how to exactly complete a step of the recipe.

    Keep on doing the good work!

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  180. Robert Senk

    Hi Nami! I love your newsletter and your recipes! My oldest son is way into Anime and loves the Japanese culture. He has take 4 semesters of Japanese at college. He and his friends love when I make your recipes.

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  181. Loved the article about the Nagomi Visits. When I finally make it to Japan for a visit I will definitely do this several times during my stay in Japan. I have only been to the Airport twice for a couple of hours during a layover going to and from South Africa in 2006.

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  182. Jessica C

    Love your recipes, especially your videos! You make everything look so simple! Make me a more confident chef. TQ!

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  186. Patricia Ryder

    A $50 Amazon gift certificate would be so great to win with Christmas around the corner and family in another part of the country! I like to purchase from Amazon and have the gift forwarded by Amazon.

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  191. Janine

    I love your blog and cooking videos. They’re very inspiring to watch and make me want try all of your delicious recipes

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  194. Ivonne Lim

    Hello Nami, I’m a follower of your blog and instagram. Clear good, easy to follow recipes and photos. What more can we ask for? Keep up the great work! Impactful!

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  200. Thank you for all of the experimentation you did on the Castella cake recipe. Your post was almost like an article out of Cook’s Illustrated magazine. There are so many different recipes on the internet, and I have neither the time nor ingredients to try everything. I love Castella cake and am excited to give your recipe a try. It looks wonderful.

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  206. Jenny

    Aloha Nami & family,

    I leave in Lahaina Maui in Hawaii just want to thank you for what are great recipes that
    you have post every day. I really love them and try to cook them as much as i can, you make it so easy, i have not learn to cook as i growing up only now i’m learning though your videos hahaha!! I am a 61 years old woman who love your cooking instruction also love your family God Bless!!!!

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  208. Shun Ho

    Hi Nami,
    We loved ice -cream mochi so I search online for this recipe and I found your blog. We made some last Sunday, It was so delicious. My kids love them so much. Thank you for the recipe. My next cooking experiment is the green tea chocolate. Yummy! Thank you for sharing all the time!!!

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  215. BE

    Wish to have the freebies … and truly I enjoys the blog reading a lot and have tried a couple of the cooking – nice and satisfied.

    Thank you

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  216. Armie

    Hi Nami, great as always visiting your site and receiving such wonderful recipes! Please keep them coming. Thanks so much for the chance????.

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  219. Claire golden

    I love hearing all the events going on in your life and how they lead to us( your readers) getting brilliant new recipes. I work with kids every day,most who love to cook and bake. Do you have any easy and yummy recipes for them to do?
    Have a fantastic day!

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  221. Patricia Holm

    I enjoy your posts and newsletter. You are always coming up with great ideas and I love the personal touch!
    Thanking you in anticipation…

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  225. Suzanna Mowrey

    Hi Nami, I have been a fan of your blog. I live your recipes and the pictures are amazing. You are very talented!

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  228. alice

    Just got back from Japan and am already itching to go back. Your blog will at least help me keep eating the food!

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  235. Cheryl Thieu

    I tried the onsen tamago recipe exactly and it came out runny like water. wonder if there is something i was doing wrong? otherwise, have loved the recipes!!

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  239. Mora Chartrand

    Hi, Nami.

    Thank you for always having great recipes that are tasty and easy to whip up during a busy week. We vacation in Japan every year and so many of your recipes take us right back. Frequently, I refer friends to your site when they are just starting to venture more into Japanese cooking. Always a hit.

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  242. Kellie

    I tried to find something new to request, but everything I search for you’ve already done 🙂 so keep up the amazing work you’re doing. I love your website and your recipes are fantastic. THANK YOU!!!

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  244. Susan Tuohy

    Gidday Nami, Watching your cooking demonstrations always gives me that little hint………..my Aussie efforts of Japanese foods are so much better because of you.

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  246. Katja

    Thank you for such a nice giveaway!
    I’ll be sure to watch the kitchen tour, always fun to ‘look’ in other peoples kitchens…

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  247. Gaonu Vue

    Thanks for your wonderful recipes! You always make me want to go grocery shopping and make your latest recipes!

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  248. Thank you for thi lovely giveaway and the tasty recipes you always hare!
    You re very welcome to vist my blog:
    helenamybeauty.over-blog.com
    Good luck everyone!

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  249. patti

    I’ve been following your blog for a long time and am happy to see how far you’ve progressed. I’m enjoying your videos. Hope you’re enjoying your new kitchen — it looks fabulous! Love your recipes, too!

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  251. Shari Watanabe

    Enjoy your recipes. I miss my mother’s cooking. You are helping me recreate her delicious dishes. Thank you.

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  252. Lisa Yaris

    I love your website and your recipes! I look forward to your new postings.. Have a Happy Halloween! Aloha, Lisa

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  254. Kah-Wee Seah

    Thank you for sharing your experiments and adventures in cooking and baking. I especially look forward to your Japanese recipes as I’ve become interested in Japanese food since I return from a one-month trip there in 2010.
    You have a lovely family, wishing you all the very best in life.

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  255. patti

    I’ve been following your blog for a long time. I’m happy to see how far you’ve come. I’m enjoying your video & hope you’re enjoying your new kitchen. Love your recipes, too!

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  262. Jana Chen

    I absolutely love your recipe because they are so well explained they are easy to make. I also like how well structured your website is, unless a lot of other blogs. Makes it way easier for me to find the recipes I need. Also really enjoy that you do not only have japanese but also other asian cuisines. TOP. Please do continue your awesome work and also recipes from other asian cultures.

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  264. Samuel Ang

    I’m a chef student who studying at Malaysia, Japanese cruisin is one of my favorite cruisin compare to French or Italian. Because of Just One Cook Book , I manage to infuse some Japanese cooking ingredient to my French cooking recipe and take it for culinary competition all around the world ! For this I would like to thank you Nami (JustOneCookBook) for sharing out wonderful recipe in her blog and YouTube channel

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  265. Amy

    Dear Nami, Thank you for this well organized website. I’ve tried many of your recipes like miso salmon, spinach ohitashi, green bean shiraae, miso ramen, ramen egg, chashu and egg salad sandwich. Everything is delicious. I like how the videos are short with calm music and no narration. I prefer the Japanese recipes and don’t see the need for Western recipes. Is there a way to weed out the Western recipes in the search function on the left side? The measurements are precise, and the way you give links to Japanese ingredients to further explain them, with pictures, is very helpful. I like it when you specifically mention what your family eats because it helps me distinguish what real Japanese people eat at home versus what is served in Japanese restaurants. I wish I could see a picture of how a Japanese dinner table is set–it would help me to set my own table when I cook Japanese food for my family. Thank you for this excellent website.

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  271. veera

    Hi and greetings from Finland! I love your recipes, they are easy to follow and the pictures are so pretty!

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  275. Kay

    Hi Nami, I am a new subscriber and I am looking forward to trying out your recipes. I love your user friendly website too. Kind regards, Kay.

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  280. Ellie Taylor

    Your new kitchen looks lovely. Must be so nice to cook in! Thank you for your continued hard work. The amazing recipes are well worth it!

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  282. Kalle

    Always enjoying your recipes! I have been craving for tonkotsu ramen for a really long time, so that would be my ultimate request 😀

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  285. Thank you for this wonderful & amazing opprotunity!!! I’d be honored to win one of your cookbooks & gift cards. Living on a tight income this would afford me an opportunity to expand my cooking tools. Your recipes are amazing.

    With much gratitude — Laura

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  291. Tom Bradke

    Your newsletters are great. It gives me a chance to learn many Japanese dishes my mother would make. What I find very helpful are what I call modernization of some of the dishes like baked tonkatsu. There are two dishes my Mother would make that I did not have a chance to learn and perhaps you’ve already done them. Unfortunately, I never learned the names of the dishes. One is burdock and carrots and the other had hijiki seaweed, carrots and fried tofu.

    Thank you for providing such a great and lovely newsletter and recipes!

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  293. Valentina

    Hi Nami!! I just want to tell you…thanks!!! All your recipes are yummy and beautiful! And I can easily cook them! love your blog!
    Greeting from Italy!! 🙂

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  294. Ping

    Thank you Nami for this lovely giveaway and all the beautiful photos and recipe videos!! Fingers crossed! 🙂

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  296. Sarah François

    Hello Nami!

    Thank you for your marvelous blog. I learned so much from cooking some of your recipes, and they are still many more I would like to try!

    Best,

    Sarah

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  299. Anthony Hart-Jones

    I’ve really been enjoying these recipes, very useful for getting my wife and daughter to try something new. We’ve been particularly fond of the Beef Donburi.

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  301. Jenny

    Thank you so much for your wonderful recipes and videos. They have been a huge help in making things like mochi and green tea ice cream. Keep rocking on!

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  303. Shirley

    I’ve been trying out your ice cream recipes… They are delicious! Thank you for the recipes and the wonderful videos.

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  305. Shirley

    I’ve been trying out your ice cream recipes… They are delicious!!! Thank you for the easy to follow recipes and videos! 🙂

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  312. Croitoru Ana

    Hello. I am a newsletter subscriber and want to thank you for wonderful recipes and articles. Whising you all the best!

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  316. Vicky

    Hello, I especially like to try your main course dishes. Could you make some more of those? I also really appreciate when you cook from all scratch ingredients since I prefer to make rather than buy. Thank you for the giveaway. How generous!

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  317. NAOMI YAMADA

    Thank you Nami for the wonderful, delicious, easy to follow recipes!
    My family has been enjoying them very much!
    Thank you also for touching my heart with your sincerity, compassion for others, and wisdom. You have enriched my life with your cooking and your loving heart!

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  319. Kimo Chung

    Aloha Nami-San,
    I just ❤️ your “Caesar Salad w/ Homemade Croutons” recipe.
    Mahalo nui loa,
    Kimo????????

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  330. Cheryl

    I spent the first 7 years of my life in Japan, I loved the culture and the food! Now with kids of my own, they share this love for the food so I’d love to make more of it for them at home.

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  334. Vy Tran

    Hi Nami, I fall in love with Japanese food after I find your blog and I really enjoy your recipes. Thank you for everything!!!

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  336. Leslie

    Do you have a recipe for Okinawan rolled pancakes? I lived in Okinawa and there was a small pottery and glass shop that also had a coffee shop attached to it..we used to get the pancakes to eat while driving. I would love to know how to make them!

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  339. Tweede

    I love your recipes and go to jocb site everyday to search for easy recipe before preparing dinner. Thanks.

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    • Chrissy

      Whoops meant to say Nikuman. I would love to see a Manju recipe, or another japanese snack or dessert recipe! 🙂

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  350. Leila

    I enjoy your beautiful and informative website very much. You are so awesome to carve out time for family, fresh wholesome home cooking, AND the website. You inspire us!

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  352. Mai

    I’m looking forward to seeing the shots and video of your new kitchen! Also looking forward to all the new recipes you create in the new kitchen. 🙂

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  353. Lu

    Hi, we love your homemade Udon noodles so much. Will there be possible for you to share a homemade Ramen noodle recipe in the future?

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  356. Chloe Naylor

    You should totally post a melon bread recipe!! It’s probably one of those treats that’s highly requested of you already, but oh my god is melon bread just the best childhood treat in the world?!

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  360. Mary Hsieh

    Hi Nami! Really enjoy your recipes – especially the ramen ones and all the subcomponents that go into it (chasu, egg, etc).

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  362. Hey , I’ve made some recipes of yours and my family loved it ! I just wish I could buy your cookbook so that I wouldn’t have to use my laptop or phone everytime I cooked haha but you’re amazing and beautiful just saying ????

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  365. Lizzie

    Just a hello, as I really love your recipes – I’ve made so many now! Making some kabocha salad tonight 🙂

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  366. Patricia McCullough

    Super happy for you that your kitchen is finally done! I love your recipes.

    Have any other gluten free subscribers tried making “panko” with dried potato flakes? I season them and it works really well unless the dish is super moist- then you wind up with tasty mashed potatoes (ha ha!).

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  370. Michelle

    Hi Nami, I have been following your blog for couple years now but this are my first time living a comment. I like it your recipes are always fail proof! And I like your videos too! They are very professional and clean. Keep up with the good work!

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  377. I enjoy your delicious recipes, I just got back from Osaka and Kyoto
    Loved Nara Deer Park
    Planning to revisit Japan next year

    Thank you so much
    From Hawaii now living in Colorado
    ALOHA

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  378. Friendly hello and many thanks for sharing a wonderful recipes from an estonian person who lives in uk and is quite emotionally attached to Japan due to past experiences from Japan itself 🙂
    Best wishes from Viv

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  379. Laura Benthall

    I appreciate your site because it keeps me in touch with my heritage. Since my Japanese mom passed 15 years ago, I don’t have her to still teach me about our culture and food. I hope one day to make it to Japan☺️

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  385. Cathy Boisvert

    I recently did your stuffed cabbage rolls and the baked croquettes, wow, they have become instant classics for us ! Can wait to try more recipes.
    Thank you Nami !

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  389. Michelle H.

    I was so excited to find your website, and I always look forward to your newsletter updates. Thank you for such wonderful recipes!

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  390. Jennifer Wood-Ng

    Nami, can I request for more vegetables recipe because I’m not good in cooking vegetable dishes. Thank you.

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  392. Susan Henderson

    Hi! Can’t wait to try your pork belly recipe—I’ve read a lot about how good this is, but have never tried it because I couldn’t find pork belly anywhere. Then I discovered it in an Asian market ; now it sits in my freezer, just waiting for your recipe! Is this meat an Asian favorite?
    Susan

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  393. Jennifer Vu

    I am a JOC blog fan and I am a newsletter subscriber too. I love all your recipe and I looked forward for more amazing recipes too come. Thank you for all these lovely recipes that you share with all of us!!

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  395. Maria

    Hello! I really love your blog and all your recipes. Japanese food is my favorite that’s why I’m interested in learning how to cook some of my fvorite Japanese food. You make it look like i’ts so easy. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach someone like me how to cook delicious Japanese food.

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  404. Theresa

    Hello! Thanks again for providing a great database of all of my favorite Japanese recipes! They’ve really helped me expand my cooking 🙂

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  408. Miki

    Thank you for the splendid recipes that you share with us~! I use your anko recipe (and your recipes that use anko!) quite frequently, and I’m looking forward to trying many new dishes that are featured on your website! ♥

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  409. Sami T.

    I love your site so much! The food is amazing, and the recipes are so easy to understand and follow. Keep being awesome! ^.^

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  416. Eduardo Henrique Valmobida

    Hello! I’d like to thank you for the amazing recipes and tips on japanese food and cooking.

    Keep up the good work!

    😉

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  419. Agnes K

    Love receiving Just One Cookbook emails! Enjoy the recipes, great pics and videos. We too support the Nozomi Project through our church!
    Thanks!

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  420. Evelyn widodo

    hello Nami, thank you for all wonderful recipes! My most fave recipe is miso ramen because my husband is crazy about it. He said he has to have the miso ramen every week! lol. I’m wondering if you have recipe for unagi? yumzz.. thinking of unagi makes me drooling now lol

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  421. I’d love a recipe for a Japanese beef and potato stew. I recall seeing onevyears ago in a friend’s cookbook but I never copied it down. Thanks! Love reading your blog

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  424. Leslie Yamashita

    I have enjoyed your newsletter and the recipes you’ve shared. Way easier to deal with rather than being in the kitchen with mom. You know how it can be. Thanks and keep it up.

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  427. Celesta

    Hello Nami and thanks for your great recipes and kitchen talk. I often enjoy miso soup for breakfast as the mornings start to get cooler. Cheers, Celesta

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  429. Hi! I would first like to say that I love your blog. I just started to love Japanese food and happened to drop by your site. I would really want to see more themed bento. I love your bento tutorials and it helped me a lot on what to put on my bento. 🙂 thanks for having this giveaway. <3

    Gale

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  430. Joy

    Hi Nami. Glad you have a beautiful new kitchen. Thanks always for the yummy recipes and the Giveaways!

    Joy 🙂

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  444. Nami, I really look forward to seeing your emails. I have tried a couple of the dishes and they are delicious. I like your site because it is different and I am just not the best cook.
    Thanks for taking the time to do this as I love to try different things and not just the same old stuff!!!!!!!!!!!

    It is good also to learn someone else’s culture!

    Thanks again!!!!

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  449. I love your blog, I am enjoying the post on Japan.mi have many Japanese friends, who were home stay students, both adult and young adult. I am still in contact with them and one day will visit Japan. Taste their food and see the sights.

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  450. Esther Price

    OH please I want to win the amazon card and most of all the Just The One Cookbook. If I do it will make my day. Wish me luck Thanx Esther Price

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  455. Aura Mora

    I really enjoy your recipes, thank you so much for this amazing website and all the love you put into it!

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  456. Valerie Sim

    Hi Nami:
    Enjoyed your recipe videos. Looking forward to seeing new recipe videos as well as your new kitchen.

    Have a great weekend!

    Valerie

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  457. Brianna Putney

    I really love your recipes. They’re easy to follow and I’m always looking forward to a new one to try. Keep up the amazing work!

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  460. Both of my parents have Japanese blood. They were born in Mexico, however they went back to Japan to study, since their childhood all the way to the university. They are now 84 and 92 years old and I have a feeling that the older a person gets, the more he misses the food he used to eat when he was a child. So I’m sure they both miss the japanese flavors.
    Lately I’ve been trying to prepare japanese food for them. A couple of years ago I discovered JOC! And it has been a blessing! The recipes I’ve tried are delicious! You should see their eyes and face expression when they eat it! They truely enjoy them! Thanks Namiko-san. Kokoro kara hontoni doomo arigatoo gozaimasu!

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  467. Joanne

    Hi Nami!

    Thank you so much for all the effort and time you put into your recipes and videos. My husband and I went to Japan for our honeymoon and every time I prepare a meal from your helpful and detailed recipes, it reminds us of that sweet time together. I especially appreciate that you often explain why a particular step is needed and/or what it does as well as the history behind it. It helps me develop as a cook and not just blindly follow without learning.

    P.S. I really enjoyed your blog post about your travels in Hakodate, it was one of my favourite cities that we visited. If you ever go again, I highly recommend visiting a restaurant called Kappo Uosei. It is run by a married couple and the food is amazing. The best meal I have had in my life. 北海道函館市東雲町18-12 | Phone: 0138 26 0434

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  468. Kat Simpson

    I love your website. I made a surprise dinner for my family that consisted of the korokke and yaki udon. It was a smashing success…next time I will have to take pictures to share 🙂 I love that I can find something new to make no matter what kind of mood I am in food-wise

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  469. Nathalie

    Hey~ you have so many recipes that I like, and the best thing is that they aren’t that hard to make (at least those I’ve chosen). Unfortunately (well maybe not really, I feel great), I don’t eat any sugar at the moment so there are some of your recipes I can’t get the “real” taste because I leave out the sugar or replaces it with something else. It’s still very tasty but I’m looking forward to trying them with sugar in to see the difference 🙂

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  470. Helena

    Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I ran across your site about six months ago on a quest for the best teriyaki chicken recipe. The one I found here was perfect. My family always requests it.

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  473. George Takayama

    Great website. Would like to see some easy crock pot recipes if possible. Some recipes that you recommend for working people to set in the morning and it would be ready to eat when they come home.
    Thank you!

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  476. Donna

    I am a new subscriber to your site. I love all the recipes. I subscribed after seeing the video for Japanese Cabbage Rolls on Facebook. I made them Tuesday. They were great! And….they are all gone!

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  479. Beth

    Can’t wait to try the kabocha squash salad recipe! Since I am unable to find kabocha in my location, would you recommend substituting it with either acorn squash or butternut squash?
    Many thanks…and I always love your videos–they are so well done! I appreciate your attention to the details of the technical craft of video balanced with the artistic beauty of the visuals (even your nails look great, too!) 🙂

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  482. Jared

    Hi Nami! I love all your recipes. Being busy and all, I tend to make the “healthier” recipes that do not require too much time or too many ingredients. How about more quick recipes and maybe some creative grab-and-go recipes using a musubi mold? Thanks!

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  489. Always love your recipes and videos. And what a gorgeous new kitchen you’ve got there! 🙂 Thank you for always sharing your tips and delicious family recipes.

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  492. Aiko

    This is awesome! I hope I can win…
    By the way, if you have a chance (and you are picky about teas like I am), you should definitely try some Lupicia teas!!!! I think there are a couple branches in the Bay Area!

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  505. Lyn Webb

    I love all things Japanese, the food, the style, the countryside, the people. My emails from Nami @ JOC brings it into my home, along with all those lovely recipes.
    Thank You, Lyn

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  506. mariaje urquijo

    your comments and recipes are being very enjoyble for a Spanish dedicated cook. I am getting a kick with some of your ingredients, which give many a surprise to my very tipical Spanish family.

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  510. Krys Owens

    Thank you. I recently had a heart attack and seeing these wonderful recipes makes one wish to eat healthy. Thank you

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  512. Connie Cheong

    Hello Nami,

    I recently discovered your recipes online and have followed some of them. Your recipes are so reliable and the results are always fail proof! I’ve posted my favourite matcha chiffon cake on my Instagram @churrosmia
    I brought this cake to one of my colleagues’ housewarming party recently and everyone liked it. Just wanna say a big THANK YOU to you and please continue to share your wonderful recipes!

    Cheers,
    Connie

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  513. Jeanne

    Hi, Nami, love your simple recipes. Japanese meals are always the favourite on the table at home. I am trying to improve with presentation and taste.
    Cheers.

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  514. Judy Monihan

    I just got back from Japan and love your website. I have been able to recreate many of the wonderful meals I had there. Thanks,

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  520. janet h

    @_tuck4 might take gorgeous pictures ofJjapan but they don’t make me hungry like the pictures of your recipes!!!

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  521. janet h

    @_tuck4 might take gorgeous pictures of Japan but they don’t make me hungry like the pictures of your recipes!!!

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  532. Rachel M.

    I would love a copy of your e-Book! I’ve enjoyed every recipe I’ve ever made from your website. Thanks!

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  536. Joseph Bean

    I love your recipies I grew up in Japan and I have not found anything as good as the food their here in Arizona. Thank you for sparing the time to bring this to us.

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  543. Amanda Chan

    Love your recipes!
    Tried the teriyaki chicken and the korokke .
    My family loves it!
    Thanks so much!!!

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  544. Grace Ji

    Hey Nami! I love all your recipes. Your blog is really great.
    Could you make a post on onigirazu? Thanks!

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  551. Patrick

    I’d love to see a recipe for ginger carrot dressing that is tangy like shogun(local restaurant) or benehana’s. Another thing is what are some alternate uses for miso. a good primer on when to use miso.

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  556. Alexandra

    Thanks for doing this giveaway! Your blog is one of my favourites and is my go-to for japanese recipes. The pictures always make me hungry, too!

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  560. Hi Nami san,
    I enjoyed your blog very much. Thank you for sharing your recipes. Recently, I made sushi from your blog and I like your detailed instructions. Thank you for the giveaway!

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  562. Teresa Marumoto

    Love your recipes! I’m a Caucasian woman in California married to a Japanese man and these recipes have come in very handy! Thanks!

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  565. I’ve been following your recipes ever since I stumbled upon your videos and website wanting to find great Asian recipes. These recipes are easy and delicious. Thank you for sharing such wholesome recipes. 🙂

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  568. Tee

    Just to say how much I have enjoyed your recipes, comments and travelogue. It has been great travelling along with you on your life journey and thank you for sharing with us.

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  571. Hsinyun Shen (Kiki)

    Thank you for all your recipes! The instructions are straightforward and the results are always delicious! Recently, mitarashi dango has been my favorite.

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  572. hello,

    I appreciate being able to receive e-mail from you.

    where I any younger, i would love to open a small, intimate restaurant featuring and serving recipies from your newsletter.

    thank you, more power to you.
    cora

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  574. Kristie Mendoza

    So thankful to have stumbled across your wonderful and delicious Japanese food blog. Everything I have made from your recipe index, has been family pleasing and reminiscent of my childhood.

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  580. Lillian C.

    Hi Nami, all of your recipes have been fabulous and I love seeing all of your travel posts as well! Thanks for all you do and keep up the great work!

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  581. Joanna Poh

    Tried making pickled ginger following your method. My pickled ginger didn’t turn very pink. Is it because my raw ginger didn’t have enough pink parts on them? They tasted yummy though. Thanks very much.

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  590. Naseera

    Hey Nami

    Thank you for a wonderful blog – It really is amazing..

    I look forward to more authentic Japanese/Taiwanese recipes 🙂

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  594. LENA

    Hi, Nami!

    Thank you for all of the recipes. Love all of them! Thank you very much.
    Love Japanese food–especially your recipes, ie, very easy instructions and delicious results!

    Arigato gozaimasu!!!

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  596. Debbie Stroud

    I absolutely love your e-mails, website, and videos! My Mom is Japanese and, while we ate some Japanese foods while growing up, she mainly fixed American foods. Only as we grew up, got married, and had kids did she start fixing the Japanese foods “for the grandchildren.” Haha. Now you’ve opened up a whole new world for me with recipes and, for things I’m not sure about, I can ask her!

    Thanks so much!
    Debbie Stroud
    Hephzibah, GA

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  597. M. Rose

    I have loved making some of the dishes I can remember my grandmother making for us when we were younger. 🙂 Keep up the great work!

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  600. Tere Linde

    I love, love, love the recipes you share! My son and I both use them when creating Japanese menus for lunch and dinner! Thank you!!!

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  601. Selena

    Hello! I have only recently found your blog when I started making bento lunches for my kid, and I am obsessed! So many great ideas, pictures and recipes. I’ve tabbed so many that I can’t wait to try. Because of you, I now own a magic wisk and other tools to make salad dressing, and more bento box equipment then I can count. And I only found you two weeks ago! 🙂 Love it, and keep up the great work.

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  602. I used to live in Japan as a Navy wife, and took Japanese cooking lessons from the USO – however, I’m very glad to have you and your source for easy recipes and good explanations – I enjoy your newsletter very much – thanks and good luck with all of your endeavors –

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  607. Jamie

    Your recipes are an ongoing source of inspiration for meal-planning! Thank you for making them so accessible!

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  609. Judy C

    Love, Love, Love your site!!! You are doing a great job with this and I am so happy I found this site. My husband and I love Japanese food and we have been dying to try to make it but didn’t know how. With your site we are going to try some of your recipes. Would love to win the cookbook!! Thank you for this website and all your recipes! Keep up the great job!!! Congrats on your new kitchen! Judy

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  620. Brenda Thomason

    This is a wonderful cookbook. There is more to cooking than the recipe. Watching a video communicates so much more. Everything is clearer. The value of using the right tools becomes apparant. This is my favorite cookbook.

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  623. Cristina l. Montelibano

    Hello! I enjoy your website and recipes and try out the recipes I like as soon as I can.

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  626. Hisaye

    Hi Nami, I loved following your trip to Japan during the summer. It had me thinking I need to visit sometime in the future as well.

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  627. C Jay Williams

    I have learned so much from your website about asian cooking it’s mind blowing thank-you and keep it coming

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  630. Anna

    Oh, I’ve absolutely no idea, what sort of recipe to wish for ^^”
    But I love healthy, low fat, easy recipes and I love stews and one pot recipes … Maybe I like to much.

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  631. Marlene McKellips

    I LOVE your blog! I’ve very little income so I use food and music to experience other cultures. Your blog sends me to the mysterious East and lets me get away with some delicious adventures. I’m so glad I found you. Thank you for continuing my adventure.

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  635. Bianca

    Helloe ! I’ve been so busy lately and I haven’t cooked a good meal for so long but this weekend is all mine so I’ll search through your recipes to find something tasty 🙂 Thank you for all your work ! have a good weekend !

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  636. N

    Hello, I like your recipe, simple to buy ingredients, easy to make. My husband stayed in Japan several years, he liked the food, so making your recipe is a remembrance of the fun times he had in Japan. Thanks again for your ideas. .

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  638. Janet duhig

    Hey there love this site have shared with my friends the recipes are fab I have tried so many keep up the good work thankyou for your hard work the videos are wonderful xxx

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  641. Joanna

    Hi Nami

    I’ve enjoyed your recipes and have tried making Castella, Green Tea Madeleine and Kakuni. Gonna try more of your recipes in the future. 🙂

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  649. Nami, your blog and videos are always so beautifully done. My cousin saw one of your videos and sent me the link to have me check it out. I had to laugh and tell him that I was already a big fan for over four years. 🙂

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  654. Katie

    Hello! I’m always amazed by how beautiful all your pictures are and how delicious everything tastes! (my roommates think so too ) thanks for everything!

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  664. Kira

    I really like your recipes. I would love to see some more posts about mochi. We are huge mochi fans in this household.

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  665. ELLEANOR NEIGHBOUR

    i love your recipes,and it is very detail,
    the presentation and pictures makes me hungry.
    i have tried several of your recipes and they are great..

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  666. louissa

    I love your recipes. They are very simple and easy to make. Thanks for sharing your scrumptious recipes with us.

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  667. Jenny Chiong

    I love Japanese food so I enjoy watching your cooking videos on YouTube. They are very easy to follow and very informative.

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