006: Akiko Kurematsu / Japan / Recipes, motherhood, and telling the most critical stories of our times

BIO: Akiko is a culture writer, journalist, and author contributing in-depth features, essays, and profiles that showcase how she observes the world and human moments around her. Through her work, she highlights and uplifts women, BIPOC, and underrepresented creative communities around the world. Leveraging her multicultural and multilingual upbringing between Japan, Philippines, U.S., Canada, and her career in New York, Tokyo, and London; she appears on television, radio, podcasts, and online content to share global stories and to comment on cultural discussions. Mother Tongue, Akiko's first book, is inspired by her mother's cookbook of her grandmother's recipes. This self-publishing project includes nostalgic stories from her childhood, as well as 50 Japanese homecooking recipes. Akiko lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband and son.
ROOTS: Japan
FRUIT: Akiko explores her place in history, community, and global culture by cooking through her mother’s recipes and revisiting deeply personal childhood memories.
INFO: https://akikokurematsu.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mothertonguebook/
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