Episode 07: Conversation with Food Writer, Cookbook Author and Photographer Emiko Davies
Welcome to Episode #07: A Conversation with Cookbook Author, Food Writer and Photographer Emiko Davies about Italy, Books and Family.......
I had a lovely time over coffee at Tilley’s Lyneham on a chilly winters morning in Canberra chatting and getting to know Emiko and all of the wonderful details about her three cookbooks and how she started as a Food Blogger in Florence, Italy.
I very much enjoyed this conversation forgetting that I am on the recording too, hence all of my oohs and ahhs while listening in rapture to the wonderful details of Emiko’s life.
Studying art restoration and etching, living in Florence, starting a Tuscan food blog to cure her creative energy and fuel her days, getting the call to write a book, navigating motherhood and Florence, moving to the Maremma in the middle of writing and completing ‘Florentine’, observing and eating seasonally..........All of it a fabulous journey to partake in and share.
I love book publishing stories so had to get to the bottom of how and when this all happened and Emiko is a wonderful story teller so I am grateful she had the time to chat in the lively ambience of Tilley’s on a bustling Monday morning, jazz tunes and all.
Thank you Emiko.............
Florentine Architecture / Michelle Johnston
Shownotes:
Florentine: Food and Stories from the Renaissance City by Emiko Davies
Acquacotta: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany’s Secret Silver Coast by Emiko Davies
Tortellini at Midnight: And Other Heirloom Family Recipes From Taranto to Turin to Tuscany by Emiko Davies
Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes by Tessa Kiros
Visit Stephanie Alexander; Cook, Restauranteur, Food Writer and Educator at www.stephaniealexander.com.au
The market is called Sant’Ambrogio market... In Season in Florence right now and one of Emiko’s favourite food experiences ......
Schiacciata all’uva (a link to this recipe from Florentine here: https://www.goodfood.com.au/recipes/recipe-how-to-make-florentine-grape-focaccia-20160224-gn12di)
Aperitivo Time Torino Style - Celebrating Tortellini at Midnight Cookbook / Photo by Michelle Johnston
You can Find Emiko at:
Web: www.emikodavies.com
Twitter: @emikodavies
Instagram: @emikodavies
Books and writers that have inspired Emiko:
http://www.emikodavies.com/blog/honey-from-a-weed-the-world-of-patience-gray/
http://www.emikodavies.com/blog/the-italian-baker-remembering-carol-field/
http://www.emikodavies.com/blog/five-quarters-pine-nut-rosemary-sea-salt-brittle/
Endnote:
Books to listen to if you enjoy listening to the journey of people who have a created a life revolving around the culinary arts and gastronomy.
Honey From a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia by Patience Gray
Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray by Adam Federman
My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’Homme
Provence 1970: MFK Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr
Hungry: Eating, Road Tripping and Risking it All with Rene Redzepi, the World’s Greatest Chef by Jeff Gordinier
Book Love….