Emiko Davies is an Australian-Japanese food writer, photographer and cookbook author based in Italy. She has written six cookbooks, including her recently released book, Gohan: Everyday Japanese Cooking: Memories and Stories from My Family's Kitchen, which is about the Japanese cuisine of her upbringing.

Along with her Tuscan sommelier husband, she recently renovated a new home in a charming hilltop village between Florence and Pisa and together they have opened their own natural wine bar and cooking school  at Enoteca Marilu.

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Here are a few of her favorite ingredients to cook with: