Emiko Davies

Practically any home-cooked Japanese meal revolves around rice. It sits beside miso soup, pickles, tofu and a piece of grilled fish at breakfast. It soaks up the sauce in a comforting donburi bowl, or is wrapped in nori for the ultimate portable lunch – onigiri. And it's there for dinner, perhaps served with a pickled plum, some mild Japanese curry,...

The Japanese Pantry is a follow-up to Gohan: Everyday Japanese Cooking, Emiko's tribute to her mother's family and her soul food—Japanese home cooking. In The Japanese Pantry, Emiko explores the pantry items essential to Japanese home cooking. Simple, easy-to-find ingredients can be combined with fresh produce and a few other basics like tofu, rice, and noodles to create delicious and...

Cinnamon and Salt is a collection of recipes, stories, and photographs that invites you to beautiful Venice through its beloved cicchetti. Cicchetti (pronounced chi-ke-tee) are little morsels; think of them as appetisers, aperitivo, or hors d’oeuvres – but cicchetti are undeniably, distinctly Venetian and a delicious nod to Venice’s casual way of life. In Cinnamon and Salt, Italy-based food writer...

Discover the cuisine of a secret part of southernmost Tuscany, known as La Costa D’Argento — the silver coast, in the second edition of Acquacotta. In this cookbook, Tuscan-based, Australian-born writer and photographer Emiko Davies has compiled and adapted her Italian family’s best-loved recipes from Capalbio, Monte Argentario, Giglio Island, and inland to the hot springs of Saturnia and the...

Florentine is a book that appeals both to my sense of nostalgia and my appetite. It’s a beautiful book, with gorgeous pictures of Florence, and snatches of Florentine life, but is far from being a coffee-table book: the recipes take you there just as evocatively. — Nigella Lawson Stroll through the streets of Florence with the 2020 edition of Emiko...

Discover the true heart of Italy in The Conscious Traveller Italy – a guide that goes beyond Rome and Florence to local towns filled with incredible culture, inspiring history, and wonderful regional food. From immersing yourself in the history of Italian life to exploring regional towns and natural attractions, this beautiful guidebook provides a roadmap for visitors who want to...