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The complete catalog of Terumi Morita’s published work on food, cooking, and the hidden structures that shape what humans eat.
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YOU CAN'T STOP EATING
On modern eating and the long story behind it. Why hyperpalatability is a 5,000-year project, not a 21st-century glitch — and why willpower keeps losing to a bag of chips.
The Taste of Time
On fermentation, preservation, and the long human practice of letting food fall apart on purpose. Cheese, miso, wine, vinegar — every great cuisine eventually rediscovers the same lesson.
Why Food Tastes Better When You Travel
On memory, travel, and smell. Why street food is unforgettable and airplane food is awful — and what that tells you about how taste actually works.
Why Anime Food Hacks Your Brain
On visual appetite — why food you can't even eat still makes you hungry. Steam off a bowl of ramen in an anime, cheese pulling in a single frame: how imaginary food hijacks the brain's craving circuitry, read through a cook's and a scientist's eyes.
English Editions (22)
History & Food Translation Series · Book 11
YOU CAN'T STOP EATING
The 5,000-Year Experiment That Explains Your Brain
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The Taste of Time
A History of Decay, Fermentation, and the Human Table
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The Shape of Cooking
Kindle $7.99Paperback $15.99
Why Food Tastes Better When You Travel
Why Airplane Food Tastes Awful and Why Street Food Is Unforgettable
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History & Food Translation Series · Book 7
What Happens When a Tang Dynasty Poet Eats Curry Rice?
The Hidden Structure That Makes Curry Impossible to Stop
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History & Food Translation Series · Book 8
What Would an Age of Exploration Sailor Do with Potato Chips?
How Salt, Oil, and Crunch Translate to an Age of Exploration Tongue
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History & Food Translation Series · Book 9
What Happens When a Heian Aristocrat Eats Strawberry Shortcake?
How Refined Sugar, Milk Fat, and Sponge Translate to an Aesthetic Tongue
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History & Food Translation Series · Book 10
What Happens When the King Who Invented Beer Drinks an IPA?
The Hidden Structure Behind 5,000 Years of Beer
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History & Food Translation Series · Book 6
What Would a Mayan Priest Do with a Chocolate Parfait?
How the Sacred Bitterness, Milk Fat, and Ice Translate to a Jungle Tongue
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History & Food Translation Series · Book 5
What Happens When Ancient Greek Philosophers Drink Cola?
How Sweetness, Carbonation, and Caffeine Translate to the Athenian Tongue
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Why Anime Food Hacks Your Brain
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History & Food Translation Series · Book 3
What Happens When a Medieval Monk Eats Fried Chicken?
The Science of Spice, Fat, and the Collapse of Devotion
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History & Food Translation Series · Book 1
What Happens When Ancient Egyptians Eat Modern Pizza?
The Science of Taste Across 5,000 Years
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History & Food Translation Series · Book 2
What Would Happen If Romans Ate Modern Ramen
How Salt, Fat, Wheat and Umami Took Control of the Human Brain
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Japanese Cooking Methodology
Japanese Logic in Action
100 Recipes Decoded
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Japanese Cooking Methodology
The Universal Cooking Code
The Complete Guide to Mastering World Cuisines with Japanese Logic
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What Japanese People Consider “Normal” Food Is Abnormal to the World
Water, Raw Food, and Late-Night Dining — The Hidden Conditions Behind Japanese Food Culture
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Japanese Cooking Methodology
Working Without Recipes
How Japanese Cooking Makes Decisions in Real Time
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Japanese Cooking Methodology · Book 1
The Science of Japanese Cooking: Volume I
Fire, Heat, and Energy — Why Japanese Cooking Works Anywhere in the World
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Japanese Cooking Methodology
Cooking Before Recipes
How Japanese Cooking Thinks About Flavor
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Japanese Cooking Methodology
The Japanese Home-Cooking Code: Unlocking Flavor
Salt, Heat, Umami & 30 Essential Recipes — A Practical Guide to Mastering Japanese Cooking Through Technique, Not Recipes
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日本語版 (18)
なぜ、ひとつまみで料理は変わるのか
料理をシステムで読む
Kindle ¥1,250Paperback ¥2,420
なぜアニメの飯は脳をバグらせるのか
あなたの食欲は設計されている——料理人と科学者が暴く美味しさの正体
Kindle ¥980
時間を食べる
腐敗と発酵から読む人類の食の文明史
Kindle ¥980
料理道具はなぜその形なのか
和包丁・洋包丁・中華包丁から鍋、蒸し器、圧力鍋まで 世界の食文化を変えた道具の歴史と化学
Kindle ¥1,280Paperback ¥1,880
旅先の食はなぜうまいのか
機内食はなぜまずく、屋台飯はなぜ忘れられないのか？
Kindle ¥699
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 11
食べるのが止まらない
脳を支配する5000年の構造
Kindle ¥1,299
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 8
大航海時代の水夫が今のポテトチップスを食べたらどうなる？
塩・油・サクサク感は帆船の舌にどう翻訳されるのか
Kindle ¥750
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 9
平安時代の貴族が今のショートケーキを食べたらどうなる？
精製糖・乳脂肪・スポンジは雅の舌にどう翻訳されるのか
Kindle ¥750
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 10
古代メソポタミアの王が今のビール（IPA）を飲んだらどうなる？
ホップの苦味・炭酸・透明度はバビロンの舌にどう翻訳されるのか
Kindle ¥750
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 7
唐代の詩人が今のカレーライスを食べたらどうなる？
香辛料、とろみ、白米は――長安の舌にどう翻訳されるのか？
Kindle ¥750
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 6
マヤ文明の神官が今のチョコレートパフェを食べたらどうなる？
苦味の神聖・乳脂肪・氷は密林の舌にどう翻訳されるのか
Kindle ¥750
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 5
古代ギリシャの哲学者が今のコーラを飲んだらどうなる？
甘味・炭酸・カフェインはアテナイの舌にどう翻訳されるのか
Kindle ¥750
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ
江戸時代の町人が今のハンバーガーを食べたらどうなる？
四つ足の禁忌・牛脂・乳製品は長屋の舌にどう翻訳されるのか
Kindle ¥750
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 3
中世ヨーロッパの修道士が今のフライドチキンを食べたらどうなる？
香辛料・脂質・禁欲は神の舌にどう翻訳されるのか
Kindle ¥750
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 1
古代エジプト人が現代ピザを食べたら
人類の味覚はどのように「翻訳」されるのか
Kindle ¥750
歴史と食の翻訳シリーズ · Book 2
ローマ人が今のラーメンを食べたらどうなる？
塩・脂・小麦・うま味は帝国の舌にどう翻訳されるのか
Kindle ¥750
日本料理メソッド
日本料理のロジック
１００品のロジック、徹底解説
Kindle ¥3,000
日本人が“当たり前”だと思っている料理は、世界では異常だ
水・生食・深夜営業 ——日本の食文化が成立している本当の理由
Kindle ¥1,500