Emiko Davies
Emiko Davies is an Australia-born cookbook author, food journalist and food blogger, known for a focus on regional Italian food. She is based in Florence, Italy.[1]
About
Emiko Davies is from Canberra, Australia and raised between Australia and China.[2][3] She is of Japanese-Australian ethnicity.[1] Davies attended Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated with a B.F.A. degree in Printmaking in 2002.[4][5] 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.[6]
She has written about food for the The Canberra Times, The Guardian, Newsweek, Conde Nast Traveller, Gourmet Traveller, Food52, amongst others.[3][7] She had a weekly column on Regional Italian Food on Food 52.[8]
Publications
Books
- Davies, Emiko (2016). Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence. Melbourne, Australia: Hardie Grant Publishing. ISBN 9781743584071.
- Davies, Emiko (2017). Acquacotta: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany's Secret Silver Coast. Melbourne, Australia: Hardie Grant Publishing. ISBN 9781743792117.
- Davies, Emiko (2019). Tortellini at Midnight: And other heirloom family recipes from Taranto to Turin to Tuscany. Melbourne, Australia: Hardie Grant Publishing. ISBN 9781743586068.
Articles
- Davies, Emiko (2019-05-08). "Tortellini at Midnight: An Insider's Guide to Florence, How to Discover the Essence of the Tuscan Capital". Newsweek.
- Davies, Emiko (2016-03-08). "From Canberra to Italy - the making of Emiko Davies' Florentine cookbook". GoodFood Australia.
References
- Walker, Ella. "Cookbook: Tortellini at Midnight by Emiko Davies". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
Half-Australian, half-Japanese and now Florence-base
- Druckman, Charlotte (2017-03-16). "How to Make the Most of a Tiny Tuscan Kitchen". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
Ms. Davies grew up rather peripatetically herself, in Australia and China.
- Hardy, Karen (2019-02-19). "Emiko Davies: Tortellini at Midnight, family recipes from Italy". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- "RISD XYZ". Issuu. Spring 2016. p. 64. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Cattaneo, Barbara (2017-06-07). Il restauro della fotografia: Materiali fotografici e cinematografici, analogici e digitali (in Italian). Nardini Editore. p. 234.
- Berning Sawa, Dale (2016-05-06). "My best-kept kitchen secret is to slow down". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Prakash, Sheela. "The Practically Perfect Eggplant Parmesan That Proves Less Is More". Kitchn. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
I’ve long admired Emiko for her attention to detail and authenticity, so I was eager to try her recipe on Food52
- "Five Italian Food Blogs I Adore..." Smitten Italy. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2020-07-30.