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Common Grains
Common Grains is a Japanese food and culture project that started in my home kitchen a couple of years ago, and until this year, it didn’t have a name. It was just myself, writing Japanese food memoirs and recipes, and giving cooking lessons.
The eldest daughter of five children, I have lived in Los Angeles for most of my adult life. I was born in New York and raised in Kamakura, San Francisco, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Pasadena. My father, an executive for Japan Airlines, was one of the first people to be assigned overseas after World War II ...
