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Hi everyone. My name is Makiko Itoh, or Maki for short. If you are new here, welcome! Just Hungry is a food blog, established in 2003. It has been featured numerous times by the press including the Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, Epicurious, Gourmet Magazine, Saveur, The Japan Times, Cooking Light and Food and Wine, and much more. We’re also honored to be included on the blogroll of the New York Times Diner’s Journal blog. Just Hungry started out in 2003 as a place for me to write about my food obsessions. I am Japanese, born in Tokyo, but have led a very nomadic existence since childhood. I’ve lived so far in Japan (three places), England (three places), the U.S. twice (a total of 6 places), Switzerland, and now France. I am also a recent cancer patient, now in remission. This is reflected in what I write about here. My primary focus on Just Hungry is Japanese food and home cooking. As a Japanese person living abroad, I do miss the cuisine I grew up with a lot, and that is what I mostly cook at home regardless of where I live. I try to always present recipes and methods for people who do not live in Japan, and may not be familiar with Japanese cooking or have access to a wide selection of Japanese ingredients. I know through experience that it’s not always easy to cook Japanese food outside of Japan, but my recipes are authentically Japanese enough to satisfy my harshest critic - me! Other things I write about on occasion include: The food life of an expatriate - living away from ones home country and dealing with sourcing food and food-homesickness. This includes trying to replicate some recipes from my second home country, America - specifically the food of New York City. The cuisine of my current countries of residence, France and Switzerland, and neighboring countries. Healthy and casually ethical eating and cooking. Food-oriented travel, wherever my wandering feet take me. Various food and nutrition issues. Just Hungry’s sister site is Just Bento, a site dedicated to (o) bento lunch recipes and how-tos. The Just Bento Cookbook, published in December 2010, is now in its 7th printing.

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