Shima Tassin is famous in Japan for her housekeeping advice.
Having worked as a chef in a French restaurant for 15 years, the Japanese native is selling cookbooks that she hopes will allow Japanese families to spend more time together.
Eating – Cultures – Japan – France – Japan
The eating cultures in Japan and France are different. In Japan, Tassin says people are mainly concerned about impressing others by making complicated meals.
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Meal – Heart – Chef – Shima – Tassin
“A meal must come from the heart,” Japanese private chef Shima Tassin tells Business Insider Japan. The 40-year-old Japanese native worked as a chef in a French restaurant for 15 years and now lives in Tokyo working as a domestic helper, assisting families by doing their shopping, cleaning, and cooking.
After being featured on a Japanese TV program in 2017, she gained a national reputation as a “housekeeping legend” and has even written several cookbooks.
People – Japan – Cook – Dishes – ‘likes
People in Japan cook complicated dishes to get ‘likes’
Today, cooking is trendy in Japan.
Instagram – Pictures – Dishes – People – Recipes
Instagram is full of pictures of delicious dishes, and people love clicking through online recipes. Cookbooks are in high demand.
Tassin says Japanese people need to stop feeling pressured to make elaborate dishes.
Recipes – Lot – Ingredients – People – Likes
“Japanese recipes are generally very complicated to make as you need a lot of ingredients that you end up not really having to use again. But people still choose to cook like this because they want to get as many likes on social media as possible,” she says.
Tassin’s new perspective on Japanese cooking came to her after she met her husband, who is originally from France.
Cookbooks – Simple – Recipes
She was so impressed by how he cooked and ate that she has written several cookbooks containing simple, French recipes.
“The recipes I write are for ordinary people. Not for professional chefs. I want Japanese people to cook with their hearts again,” she said.
Tassin – Families
Tassin is convinced that cooking can change families. She…