About

I have always liked food, especially food that tells a story or conjures up  memories. I like eating it but perhaps even more I love cooking it, especially for other people. In my house, everything revolves around the kitchen table. Whether it’s cooking, eating, drawing, writing or photographing something, it’s usually all done on that table.

I’ve been a traveler for as long as I can remember, and a lover of food even longer than that. Coming from a mixed family from Japan and Australia and living most of life overseas I think I was destined to be a roamer. After nearly 8 years in China, and 4 years on the East Coast of the US at Rhode Island School of Design studying printmaking, I ended up in Florence, Italy, where I lived for 7 years.

In the beginning, my move to Italy had something to do with the food, plenty to do with the art and culture (I studied and worked as an art restorer) and eventually also a bit to do with the wonderful man who is now my husband, a Tuscan sommelier and my ideal gastronomic partner in crime. In a battle over who gets to cook dinner he usually wins. I have to credit him for cooking many of the dishes that feature on the blog. We now live in Melbourne, Australia.

I was recently picked by Amanda Hesser as one of her 100 favourite Food Voices for SAY Media. You can dig up some more dirt about me on The Foodie Bugle or in these interviews at SAYMedia, Food52 and Food Bloggers Connect. See some of my work at The Age Good Cafe Guide, Maeve Magazine, The Florentine, Under the Tuscan Gun and Honest Cooking.

If you are admiring my website design, it is the handiwork of the talented folks at Paper Moustache. If would like to drop me an email, contact me at info[at]emikodavies[dot]com.