Nancy Singleton Hachisu is from California and has lived since 1988 with her husband, a Japanese farmer, in Saitama Prefecture. She is a James Beard Award winner and the author of five books, including Japan: The Cookbook. She has also written for The Art of Eating, Lucky Peach, Saveur, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, National Geographic Food and BBC Travel, and contributed to the “Salt” episode of the series Salt Fat Acid Heat.