I am a Japanese food writer and cookery teacher who promotes Japanese cuisine. In the 1970s, when I first arrived in Britain as a schoolgirl, Japanese food was hard to find, to say the least. Today, to see it sold and eaten everywhere is beyond my wildest dreams. Of my many kitchen gadgets and utensils — a collection that keeps on growing, much to my husband’s bemusement — chopsticks are my ultimate essential. I cook and eat with them and carry a pair in my handbag, even when I go to non-Japanese restaurants.
我是日式料理专栏作家和烹饪老师,我推广日料。20世纪70年代,我作为中学女生刚到英国时,那时日料还很少见(客气地说)。今天,看到日本料理到处可以买到和吃到,是当年的我无论如何也想不到的。在我众多的厨房小工具和餐具(收藏量还在不断增长,这让我的丈夫很困惑)中,筷子是我的终极必需品。我用它做饭和吃饭,就连我去非日本餐厅时,我的手袋里也会放着一双,即使在我上西式餐厅时也是如此。