About Japanese Home Cooking. Using high-quality, seasonal ingredients in simple preparations, Sonoko Sakai offers recipes with a gentle voice and a passion for authentic Japanese cooking. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. As a seasoned teacher, Sonoko knows how to expertly communicate cooking processes—from properly pickling vegetables to rolling out soba noodles at home—and she … Use these building blocks to cook an abundance of … Using high-quality, seasonal ingredients in simple preparations, Sonoko Sakai offers recipes with a gentle voice and a passion for authentic Japanese cooking. Using high-quality, in-season ingredients in simple preparations is the way of Japanese home cooking that Sonoko Sakai promotes in this book … Her cookbook of the same name is a testament to that, a sweeping examination of the Japanese pantry and everyday recipes, along with a bevy of inventive and classic dishes. She is passionate about Japanese food and is a grain activist as well as a maestro at soba making. I am a writer, teacher and cook based in California, but the essence of my very being is rooted in my Japanese heritage. Using high-quality, seasonal ingredients in simple preparations, Sonoko Sakai offers recipes with a gentle voice and a passion for authentic Japanese cooking. She writes about the traditions and principles behind Japanese ingredients and recipes, and adds historical contexts where applicable. Using high-quality, seasonal ingredients in simple preparations, Sonoko Sakai offers recipes with a gentle voice and a passion for authentic Japanese cooking. Sonoko Sakai is a cooking teacher, food writer, author and producer based in Los Angeles and Tehachapi, California. "Sonoko Sakai's generous book walks us through the nuance and heritage of Japanese cooking in a comprehensive, useful, and soulful way. The essential guide to Japanese home cooking—the ingredients, techniques, and over 100 recipes—for seasoned cooks and beginners who are craving authentic Japanese flavors. Join Sonoko Sakai, cooking teacher and culinary expert, at Wolf's Tailor for a panel discussion on her cookbook, Japanese Home Cooking: Simple Meals, Authentic Flavors ($40.00 Roost Books), and dinner menu inspired by the book as well as Fermented Vegetables by Kirsten K. Shockey and Christopher Shockey.