Our cookbook of the week is Wafu Cooking by Sonoko Sakai.

Jump to the recipes: chunky chocolate miso banana bread, pasta with miso Bolognese sauce and miso-honey butter on toasted onigiri.

Cook, teacher and writer Sonoko Sakai has called many places home. From being raised in places such as Mexico City and Tokyo to working in the film industry and being based in California, diverse influences have left their mark on her culinary style. In her fifth book, Wafu Cooking (Knopf, 2024), Sakai features recipes that showcase her global approach to Japanese cuisine.