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]

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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 Canberra Times, The Guardian, Newsweek, Condé Nast Traveller, Gourmet Traveller, Food52, amongst others.[3][7] She had a weekly column on Regional Italian Food on Food52.[8]

Publications

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Books

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  • 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.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Walker, Ella (14 April 2019). "Cookbook: Tortellini at Midnight by Emiko Davies". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 29 July 2020. Half-Australian, half-Japanese and now Florence-base
  2. ^ Druckman, Charlotte (16 March 2017). "How to Make the Most of a Tiny Tuscan Kitchen". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 30 July 2020. Ms. Davies grew up rather peripatetically herself, in Australia and China.
  3. ^ a b Hardy, Karen (19 February 2019). "Emiko Davies: Tortellini at Midnight, family recipes from Italy". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. ^ "RISD XYZ". Issuu. Spring 2016. p. 64. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ Cattaneo, Barbara (7 June 2017). Il restauro della fotografia: Materiali fotografici e cinematografici, analogici e digitali (in Italian). Nardini Editore. p. 234.
  6. ^ Berning Sawa, Dale (6 May 2016). "My best-kept kitchen secret is to slow down". the Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ Prakash, Sheela. "The Practically Perfect Eggplant Parmesan That Proves Less Is More". Kitchn. Retrieved 30 July 2020. I've long admired Emiko for her attention to detail and authenticity, so I was eager to try her recipe on Food52
  8. ^ "Five Italian Food Blogs I Adore..." Smitten Italy. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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