Archive - Notes from Emiko’s Kitchen

Introducing The Japanese Pantry & a Culinary Workshop in Nagano, Japan

My upcoming cookbook! Also discover the food traditions of the mountain villages of Nagano with me

14 hrs ago •

June 2025

Goodbye June & a cooking class giveaway

Summer recipes, green walnuts and a heatwave

Jun 30 •

Cook a little Persian feast

With inspiration from Saghar Setareh and other strong Iranian women

Jun 23 •

What to cook on hot days

Inspiration from Puglia and Japan for the first heatwave of the summer.

Jun 16 •

The focaccia recipe I've been making for a decade

Actually it's a schiacciata, and here are all the variations I love

Jun 9 •

Thoughts on "house meals" and emergency pantry essentials

“A house meal must be adaptable as a chameleon, made of basic ingredients, fast, culinarily undemanding, and seem neither a sin nor a charity to…

Jun 2 •

May 2025

The historical citrus collections of the Medici in Florence

A glimpse into La Specola, a nineteenth century cabinet of curiosities.

May 26 •

Tucci in Italy and the one meal you should have in Florence

(as an omnivore)

May 19 •

Making (but mostly eating) sheeps milk in Sicily

Cagliata, tuma and primo sale

May 12 •

Sicilian spring and the return of Persephone

Wild flowers, myths and rituals.

May 5 •

April 2025

The Italians who Resisted

With rice and with pasta, a celebration of Liberation Day

Apr 28 •

A sesame lover's baking project

Tahini, maritozzi, Stanley Tucci, and workshop updates

Apr 21 •

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