Tokyo New Wave: 31 Chefs Defining Japan's Next Generation, with Recipes

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Showcasing the new ability of Tokyo's energetic food scene, Andrea Fazzari profiles 31 gourmet specialists who are forming the fate of one of the world's most powerful urban areas.

In a luxury assortment loaded up with representations, meetings, and plans, creator and picture taker Andrea Fazzari investigates the changing scene of food in Tokyo, Japan. A youthful and alluring age is rethinking being a cook in this commended food city. Open to the world and its persuasions, these culinary experts have voyaged more than their archetypes, have lived abroad, communicate in different dialects, and grasp online media. However they actually remain particularly Japanese, impacted by a style, convention, and terroir to which they are inseparably connected. This mix of the old and the new is in plain view in Tokyo New Wave, a shipping cookbook and easy chair travel manage that catches this second in Japanese food and carries it to an adroit worldwide crowd.

About the Author

Based in Tokyo, ANDREA FAZZARI is a photographer and writer who specializes in portraiture, travel, and the culinary world. Fazzari was chosen as one of "30 Photographers to Watch" by Photo District News in 2004. Her editorial and advertising clients include Travel + Leisure, Departures, Saveur, Cathay Pacific Airlines, and Four Seasons Hotels. Visit tokyonewwave.com to learn more.

Tokyo New Wave is a special book. I used to live in Japan many years ago and the book brought back so many feelings and emotions. The author captures the feeling and sensibility of Japan through its many profiles of chefs and their restaurants and the interviews that capture each chef's personality. The book's photography is gorgeous! I read through each profile slowly, a little each night, savoring each like a delicious meal. Many of the photos had me wishing I could get blown up versions to hang in my home. This book isn't a guide book; it's an expert portrait of a contemporary culinary scene. It's a behind-the-scenes view into a coterie of artists reshaping the Tokyo dining landscape and a warm and personal glimpse through the lens of a master photographer. The photography is so good that it's easy to focus exclusively on that and not highlight the insightful and sensitive writing in each profile. The author clearly is a "listener" and, even though she is a visitor to Japan and Tokyo, she writes about each chef with subtlety, respect, and warmth. I'm grateful to Ms. Fazzari for assembling the book and can only hope it will become one of a series. --Greg M.

If you are going to Tokyo, you have to read this book. Are you going to trust Trip Advisor on where to eat? Good luck... If you are not going to Tokyo, this book will create vivid waking dreams of the dynamic world of young chefs in one of the world's best cities for food. It truly is a unique and inspiring volume and Andrea Fazzari does a far better job of presenting the emotions and experiences felt at these restaurants than the chefs themselves could. It is a guide from a reader's point of view and much more valuable, in-depth and approachable than any Michelin or similar guide. Not only do you learn about these wonderful restaurants, but you get to know the chefs, anecdotes from the lives, their philosophy. Also, if you are a fan of photography, you will love the splendid pictures that tell a story of their own. Andrea Fazzari is a well know travel and leisure photographer with a long and distinguished history of photographing some of the worlds leading chefs. I hope this is the first of many similar books. Has Netflix or David Gelb reached out to secure the rights for a new series? They should!!! A rare gem of a book and a must read. Brava! --Andrea Goren

If you want to understand the powerhouse chefs behind the new wave of Japanese cuisine, this is a must read. This book provides a unique and insightful foray into the new world of visual and savory experiences. The author, Andrea Fazzari's, voice is personally compelling and knowledgable. In reading this book, you meet the chefs in person through their interviews with the author. The emotion that they infuse into their work is conveyed through the stories they tell. I enjoyed the book, will try many of the recipes, and predict it will be a resource for other culinary enthusiasts. --Stephen

Tokyo New Wave: 31 Chefs Defining Japan's Next Generation, with Recipes