Her new cookbook is Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style. Evan Kleiman: It's lovely to have you. Tell me about the word "wafu." What is its linguistic definition? Sonoko Sakai: Wafu ...

Local cooking instructor and food writer Sonoko Sakai explains the deep meaning of "Japanese in style" cuisine. Celia Sack of Omnivore Books reveals her favorite cookbooks of the year for everyone on ...

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“Wafu Cooking” is a California take on “Japanese-style” fusion, by way of cooking teacher Sonoko Sakai. Former L.A. Times cooking columnist Ben Mims dives deep into cookies from around the ...