Home cooking
Japan
117 dishes, kept by 2 cooks who put their own weeknights on the shelf.
The Japan shelf
What Japan cooks when it is cooking for itself.
One catalog, seen from one kitchen. The shelf opens on what households here cooked this week and closes on what gets made in twenty minutes, because that is what a weeknight actually looks like.
Cooked most this week
Buta no Kakuni (Braised Pork Belly)
Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork)
Chikuzenni (Simmered Chicken and Root Vegetables)
Daikon to Aburaage no Miso Shiru (Daikon and Fried Tofu Miso Soup)
Gyudon Beef Rice Bowl
Hakusai no Shiozuke (Salted Napa Cabbage Pickle)
Hamu Eggu Tosuto (Ham and Egg Toast)
Kabu no Sokuseki-zuke (Quick Pickled Turnip)
Kenchinjiru (Root Vegetable and Tofu Soup)
Kinpira Gobo (Stir-Simmered Burdock and Carrot)
Kon Potaju (Creamy Corn Soup)
Maguro Zuke Don (Marinated Tuna Rice Bowl)
I learned cook from watching my mother in a small kitchen in Osaka. I still use her knife.
Breakfast, so nobody decides at dawn
Asagohan Teishoku (Traditional Japanese Breakfast Set)
Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Atsugiri Toast (Thick-Cut Buttered Toast)
Daikon no Asazuke (Quick Pickled Daikon)
Daikon to Aburaage no Miso Shiru (Daikon and Fried Tofu Miso Soup)
Furenchi Tosuto (Japanese French Toast)
Furikake Gohan (Rice with Furikake Seasoning)
Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
Gohan (Steamed Short-Grain Rice)
Hakusai no Shiozuke (Salted Napa Cabbage Pickle)
Hamu Eggu Tosuto (Ham and Egg Toast)
Hijiki no Nimono (Simmered Hijiki with Carrot and Soybeans)
Lunch, without deciding twice
Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
Butadon (Sweet Soy-Glazed Pork Rice Bowl)
Buta Kimchi Itame (Pork and Kimchi Stir-Fry)
Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork)
Buta Shabu Shabu Salad (Pork Shabu-Shabu Salad)
Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice)
Chicken Teriyaki Donburi
Daikon no Asazuke (Quick Pickled Daikon)
Daikon to Aburaage no Miso Shiru (Daikon and Fried Tofu Miso Soup)
Daikon to Age no Nimono (Simmered Daikon and Fried Tofu)
Japan, dish of the day
Gari (Homemade Sweet Pickled Ginger)
Japanese home cooking, and on the plate it is the condiment.
Tonight's dinners
Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
Buri Daikon (Yellowtail and Daikon Simmer)
Buri no Teriyaki (Teriyaki Yellowtail)
Butadon (Sweet Soy-Glazed Pork Rice Bowl)
Buta Kimchi Itame (Pork and Kimchi Stir-Fry)
Buta no Kakuni (Braised Pork Belly)
Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork)
Buta Shabu Shabu Salad (Pork Shabu-Shabu Salad)
Buta to Daikon no Nikomi (Pork and Daikon Stew)
Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice)
Under thirty minutes
Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
Asagohan Teishoku (Traditional Japanese Breakfast Set)
Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Atsugiri Toast (Thick-Cut Buttered Toast)
Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
Buri Daikon (Yellowtail and Daikon Simmer)
Buri no Teriyaki (Teriyaki Yellowtail)
Butadon (Sweet Soy-Glazed Pork Rice Bowl)
Buta Kimchi Itame (Pork and Kimchi Stir-Fry)
Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork)
Buta Shabu Shabu Salad (Pork Shabu-Shabu Salad)
Or start from the recipes
Plan a week from Japan
Dinejot builds the week around this kitchen: the same spice tolerance, the same effort on a Wednesday, and the things nobody at your table will eat, left out by construction.