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dashi is really simple to make - it's essentially just water that's had stuff left in it for a while ;)

Shiitake dashi is just boiling water with dried shiitake added for 30 mins then removed....

I can check when i get home for any recipes in it you're specifically after, but it has plenty of tofu recipes and info for making and cooking with dashi/stocks (shiitake, kombu etc - bonito free!)....

Contemporary and Traditional Japanese Cooking - details are here: http://books.offline.org.uk/index.php?cat=cookery&subcat=japanese#63

Both of which I own. Her chinese book is excellent - i've had it for over 5 years and used a lot. I haven't read the italian one yet thou. She's definately one of my favourite authors, infact I like...