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Naoko Featured on KCRW’s Good Food with Evan Kleiman
Naoko was recently featured on Good Food, the long-running and widely respected program hosted by Evan Kleiman. In the segment, she shares her jo...
April 19 - Simply Donabe Book Event in Kinokuniya NYC
Author Meet & Greet and Book Signing with Naoko
Sunday, April 19 at 12 pmKinokuniya New York
Naoko will be visiting Kinokuniya New York for a...
Naoko and Simply Donabe Featured in Ottawa Citizen
Naoko and her new cookbook, Simply Donabe, were featured in the Ottawa Citizen in an article by Laura Brehaut. This beautiful story shares her per...
Event Report: Naoko’s First Livestream Donabe Cooking Class with Milk Street
Last week, Naoko hosted her first livestream donabe cooking class in collaboration with Milk Street, the culinary platform founded by Christopher...
Naoko on Japanese Home Cooking in The New York Times
We’re excited to see Naoko and TOIRO featured in a recent New York Times article by Genevieve Ko, highlighting a creamy silken tofu dressing from ...
Event Report: Simply Donabe Dinner at Rintaro, San Francisco
On February 25, Naoko celebrated the release of Simply Donabe with a special dinner at Rintaro in San Francisco. The evening marked a meaningful r...
Simply Donabe West Coast Book Tour Report: Independent Bookstores
As part of the Simply Donabe West Coast book tour, Naoko visited three very popular independent bookstores across the coast last week: Omnivore B...
Naoko’s Interview with KQED
Naoko was featured by KQED in conversation with Luke Tsai, sharing the story behind Simply Donabe and the philosophy of Happy Donabe Life. In th...
Event Report - Simply Donabe Dinner at Camelia (Downtown LA)
Simply Donabe “A Cookbook Celebration” Dinner at Camelia DTLAFebruary 19, 2026
What an incredible night of celebration it was! A very pop...
Our Suehiro Ponzu Sauce Featured in The New York Times
Our Suehiro Ponzu Sauce was featured in The New York Times Style Magazine as one of “The Sauces and Seasonings Chefs Can’t Live Without,” selecte...
Naoko's Interview on the Dinner Plan Podcast
Naoko is featured on Maggie Hoffman's podcast and best-selling Substack The Dinner Plan where she talks about SIMPLY DONABE and the advantages of...
SIMPLY DONABE West Coast Book Tour
Naoko will be embarking on her SIMPLY DONABE West Coast Tour, which kicked off with an incredible celebration with her friends and community at T...
