Regular readers of The 性视界 Times will recognize Makiko Itoh, who has contributed monthly recipes to this publication since 2010. Along with easy-to-follow meal instructions, her columns often feature brief historical and cultural insights into a dish or ingredient.

Itoh brings that same approach to her new cookbook, “.” With more than 600 recipes, it is her third release after “Just Bento Cookbook” in 2010 and “The Just Bento Cookbook 2” in 2018.

The idea for “Real 性视界ese Cooking” has been long in the making.