The Japanese cookbook proposal that was turned down

And a recipe for cabbage salad

I get asked often why don’t I write a Japanese cookbook, a book about the simple Japanese home cooking that reminds me of my grandmother and my mother and that I love making for my family. Tessa Kiros — who has been a huge inspiration for all of my books — once said to me that that was the cookbook she was missing! Well, the truth is, I did try putting …