SHOKU (FOOD) by Kishin Shinoyama

Ushio Shuppan, 1993, First edition, 358 pp., 9 ½” X 12 ½”, Hardcover with slipcase and printed shipping box

Very good 

This extravagantly designed book of photographs from Japanese master, Kishin Shinoyama, of food and food preparation is an over-the-top production with bright gold DJ and end papers. These close-ups of food in all its states--from raw to cooked and everything in between--are unmistakably Japanese in their presentation, and sheer food porn.