Reddit reviews Japanese Soul Cooking: Ramen, Tonkatsu, Tempura, and More from the Streets and Kitchens of Tokyo and Beyond [A Cookbook]

I agree that "How To Cook Everything" is a good reference guide for complete beginners and those with gaps in cooking knowledge.

It might be a bit over your head at this point, but if you truly want to understand cooking and what's happening when you do it try "On Food And Cooking" by Harold McGee.

For Asian you might like...

"Every Grain Of Rice" by Fuchsia Dunlop (or any of her books)

"Japanese Soul Cooking" by Tadashi Ono

"Ivan Ramen..." by Ivan Orkin (Good for ramen and other japanese-ish food.)

"Momofuku" by David Chang (Really good mix of general Asian flavors)

Other books that might interest you:

"Irish Pantry" by Noel McMeel

"The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern" - Matt Lee and Ted Lee

"Real Cajun" by Donald Link

"Authentic Mexican" by Rick Bayless

"Fabio's Italian Kitchen" by Fabio Viviani

For Vegetarian try anything by Alice Waters or David Tanis.

Ivan Ramen is a good start to homemade ramen (as /u/h2g2Ben suggests), and probably one of the only places where you will see a ramen recipe that was actually used in a ramen shop. Ramen-ya's generally keep their recipes close to their chests. I would suggest perusing through /u/Ramen_Lord's post history as well, as he's done a ton of research into and experiments with ramen styles.

the only other book I was recommended on ramen was this one and while it has some nice recipes, they are modified for the home cook. If that's okay with you, have at it! But you probably won't see a broth boiled for 4 hours in a good ramen-ya; even the french-style broths go for at least 6.

I'm not actually mad about the Pats winning that game. They certainly did enough to win and it was nice to have a SB uncontestedly won by the team that played better yesterday unlike several of the last few SBs. That said, how the fuck are you gonna go out there and look like a HS team because the Pats defense played a simple cover 2 zone? Like shit, isn't McVay supposed to be some offensive-minded genius? And his team just eats a fat one because of a basic zone package? How fucking embarrassing and stereotypical for an LA team.

Other than that, got a bunch of KH3 in over the weekend--loving that game, though I probably should've just started on Proud Mode instead of Normal. I made a great Japanese Miso Curry from the recipe in this cookbook that I got for Chrismukkah. I highly recommend this book if you like cooking and like Japanese drunk food. And I spent a good chunk of time praying to my shrine of Rangers memorabilia that we don't trade Zuccarello.

Recipes for broth/tare, ajitama & chashu were from Japanese Soul Cooking, a really awesome book my fiancé gave me for Christmas!