Growing up, chef Yuri Nomura saw food as magical.

¡°My mother always welcomed people to our table,¡± she says. ¡°I saw people eating good food, smiling and talking freely. It made people feel peaceful in their minds.¡±

Now, her work as a chef, writer, film director and radio show host links people to farmers and fishermen, to the sea and soil, and to each other through food.