Make Ponyo’s Ramen & More w/ Ghibli Anime Cookbook

The newest volume in Ghibli cookbook series is packed with easy-to-make recipes for fans of the anime film.

The worlds of Studio Ghibli are sumptuous and detailed, and a large part of the fantasy worlds portrayed is the food. This detail of world building has received so much care and attention by the creators that it’s only natural that there should be a Ghibli’s Table cookbook series, from Japanese publisher Shufu no Tomo. Each volume shines the spotlight on a different Ghibli anime, teaching how to bring that mouthwatering anime food to your own kitchen, and the newest book is all about Ponyo.

The recipes include one for Lisa’s Ham and Egg Ramen, the movie’s most memorable edible work of art.

You can even get your hands on that exact bowl, too.

The book also contains recipes for adding the Hot Honey Milk that warms Sosuke and Ponyo up to your repertoire, plus the Risa’s In a Hurry Sandwich and the Giant Soft Serve Ice Cream that Sosuke snacks on.

The 64-page cookbook introduces a number of original recipes inspired by the anime, such as an Overflowing Magic Rice Omelet, Sailor’s Seafood White Curry, and Mysterious Seawater Orb Gelatin.

Previous entries in the Ghibli’s Table series have covered Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and Laputa/Castle in the Sky.

The Ghibli’s Table cookbooks aren’t just flights of anime fancy. You can actually make them. The recipes have simple, easy-to-follow steps and photo examples to help keep cooks on track, Shufu no Tomo says, and it even recommends the books for parents and kids who want to try making something together.

The Ponyo edition of the Ghibli’s Table series is priced at 1,980 yen (US$13) and goes on sale July 10, but preorders are open now and can be placed through Amazon Japan here.

Note that the cookbook is, in fact, in Japanese, so if you’re an American Ghibli fan you might have to work a little to read it, or use a translation device.