Sonoko Sakai
Sonoko Sakai’s cooking reflects her rich cultural upbringing. Born in New York and raised by Japanese parents, she lived in many places as a child, including San Francisco, Kamakura, Mexico City, and Tokyo. She is the author of four books, Mai and the Missing Melon (Shambhala, 2023), Japanese Home Cooking (Shambhala, 2019), Rice Craft (Chronicle, 2016) and The Poetical Pursuit of Food (Potter, 1986, now OP). She has worked as a recipe developer, producer, creative director, cooking teacher, and lecturer. She is also a grain activist. Sonoko currently lives in Los Angeles and Tehachapi, California, with her sculptor husband, Katsuhisa Sakai. Their son, Sakae, and daughter-in-law, Binah, live in Seattle, and their son, Tyler, daughter-in-law, Emmalina, and their children, Masa and Mai, live in London.
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Mai and the Missing Melon$18.95- Hardcover -
Japanese Home Cooking$40.00- Hardcover
EVENTS
Kodomo no Hi (Children's Day) Celebration | Sonoko Sakai |JACCC
May 4, 2024 | All day | Isamu Noguchi Plaza
May 5th marks a special occasion in Japan as Kodomo no Hi (子供の日), or Children’s Day, is celebrated throughout the country. JACCC embraces this holiday by presenting an exciting celebration that weaves together Japanese and Japanese American traditions into a fun-filled day event for children of all ages on May 4th.
2:40-3:00p.m. PST Sonoko Sakai, bestselling author of Japanese Home Cooking and Mai and the Missing Melon, and Keiko Brodeur, illustrator of Mai and the Missing Melon will be doing a reading and book signing (books available for purchase at event).
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