hi, i'm emiko taki. i was born and raised in japan until i left to be schooled on the beautiful plains of humble Kansas, and now live in the San Francisco bay area. in 2005, an internship at Berkeley immersed me in the rich crossroads of food and people and everything else in between. i've since been chronicling my experiments in my own kitchen, kitchen m--my food blog, other's kitchens, and whatever other culinary adventures that comes my way. as a trained dietitian, i firmly believe that healthy diets can be many, but universally share variety and moderation.

living in the golden state has shown me the depths and surfaces on many subjects, and a mundane everyday item can be a storied artifact. when there's not a story, there's still at a least a good frame to be had. i'm scared of being pigeonholed, and so i believe that being able to understand the marvels of the world through a liberal arts education can be the best way to infinitely express the medium of photography.