Richard Hosking (31 March 1933 – 19 November 2019) was an Australian-born graduate of the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

, who worked at the British Museum and later was Emeritus Professor of Sociology and English at

Hiroshima Shudo University is a private university in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of ...

. He lived in London from the time of his retirement in 1998, and was a distinguished writer on

Japanese food Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes. The traditional cuisine of Japan ( Japanese: ) is based on rice with miso soup and othe ...

. His best known works were ''A Dictionary of Japanese Food: ingredients and culture'' (1996) and ''At the Japanese table'' (2000). He was a regular participant at the

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and edited five annual volumes of its proceedings. He died in London on 19 November 2019.

Works

* 1996 : ''A Dictionary of Japanese Food: ingredients and culture''. Totnes: Prospect Books * 2000 : ''At the Japanese Table''. New York: Oxford University Press ; as editor * 2004 : ''Nurture: proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2003.'' Footwork. * 2006 : ''Wild Food: proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2004.'' Prospect Books.
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* 2006 : ''Authenticity in the Kitchen: proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2005.'' Prospect Books.
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'' (10 September 2005) * 2007 : ''Eggs in Cookery: proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2006.'' Prospect Books.
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* 2010 : ''Food and language: proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2009''. Prospect Books.
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References

English food writers British Japanologists Alumni of the University of Cambridge Living people 1933 births {{England-nonfiction-writer-stub