Emiko is an Australian-Japanese food writer, photographer and cookbook author based in Italy. She has written six cookbooks, Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence (March 2016 and a new edition in November 2020), Acquacotta (March 2017 and a new edition in February 2023), Tortellini at Midnight (March 2019), Torta della Nonna (March 2021), Cinnamon & Salt (April 2022), published by Hardie Grant. In September 2023 her sixth book, Gohan, which is about the Japanese cuisine of her upbringing, was published by Smith Street Books.