Emiko Davies | |
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| Education | Rhode Island School of Design |
| Occupations | cookery book author, food journalist, food blogger |
Emiko Davies is an Australia-born cookery book author, food journalist and food blogger, known for a focus on regional Italian food. She is based in Florence, Italy.
Emiko Davies is from Canberra, Australia and raised between Australia and China. She is of Japanese-Australian ethnicity. Davies attended Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated with a B.F.A. degree in Printmaking in 2002. She was inspired to cook by the book, Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well (La Scienza in Cucina E L'arte Di Mangiar Bene, 1891) by Pellegrino Artusi and through experiencing the food of Florence.
She has written about food for The Canberra Times, The Guardian, Newsweek, Condé Nast Traveller, Gourmet Traveller, Food52, amongst others. She had a weekly column on Regional Italian Food on Food52.
Half-Australian, half-Japanese and now Florence-base
Ms. Davies grew up rather peripatetically herself, in Australia and China.
I've long admired Emiko for her attention to detail and authenticity, so I was eager to try her recipe on Food52