Meg Tanaka
Osozai: The Art of Japanese Share Plates
Osozai: The Art of Japanese Share Plates
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Discover the everyday Japanese art of creating a balanced table with more than 70 seasonal side dishes, small plates, light mains, salads, and pickles designed for sharing. In Japanese, osozai refers to the simple dishes served alongside rice, soup, and a main course. These flexible plates bring color, nourishment, variety, and harmony to daily meals. Rooted in Japanese home cooking and inspired by the much-loved food served at CIBI, Osozai makes this thoughtful style of eating approachable for modern kitchens.
Inside you'll find:
- More than 70 everyday Japanese recipes for sides, salads, pickles, light mains, and shareable plates
- Vegetable-forward dishes with options featuring seafood and meat
- Flexible recipes that can be mixed and matched for weeknight dinners, lunches, gatherings, and seasonal menus
- Approachable ingredients and techniques suited to home cooks
- A balanced way of eating that values simplicity, seasonality, care, and sharing
- Original photography and beautiful illustrations in an artfully designed hardcover edition
Prepare one additional dish for a family meal, assemble several plates for friends, or create a complete Japanese-style table from complementary flavors and textures.Warm, practical, and visually inspiring, Osozai invites you to slow down, cook with intention, and enjoy the simple pleasure of eating well together.
- Contributor(s): Meg Tanaka
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About the Contributor(s):
Meg Tanaka is the co-founder and food director of CIBI, a lifestyle concept brand established in Melbourne, Australia in 2008 together with her husband, co-founder and creative director Zenta Tanaka. What began as a small café and design store has grown into a cross-cultural platform spanning food, design and everyday living, with locations in Melbourne and Japan, including Tokyo and Okayama.
At the heart of CIBI is a philosophy of enriching daily life through thoughtful design, nourishing food and the everyday happiness that brings people together. Meg’s work is grounded in washoku, traditional Japanese food culture, shaped by growing up in a multi-generational family in Okayama, Japan, and guided by the belief that food should nourish both body and soul.
Meg introduces Japanese home cooking to a wider audience through recipes that are easy to prepare yet rich in flavour, intention, and care – food designed not to impress, but to be lived with.
- ISBN-13 9781400358014
- Language: English
- Pages: 240