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Aoyagi Bokusen
Aoyagi (written 青柳 lit. "blue willow") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Akiko Aoyagi (born 1950), Japanese-born American illustrator and recipe writer *Atsuki Aoyagi (born 1999), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese professional wrestler and karateka *, Japanese film director and producer *, Japanese actor and singer *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese literature scholar and voice actor *, Japanese engineer and developer of pulse oximetry *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese television writer See also *Aoyagi Station, a railway station in Chino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan *9886 Aoyagi, a main-belt asteroid {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Aoyagi
Akiko Aoyagi (born January 24, 1950), who also uses the name Akiko Aoyagi Shurtleff, is a Japanese-American food writer and artist. She is best known as the recipe developer, illustrator, and co-author (with her former husband, William Shurtleff) of the soy-based cookbook series ''The Book of Tofu'' (1975), ''The Book of Miso'' (1976), and ''The Book of Tempeh'' (1979), that had a strong impact on the natural foods and vegetarian movements within the American counterculture. She is the co-founder, with William Shurtleff, of the New Age Foods Study Center (in Tokyo and California), SoyInfo Center, and Soycrafters Association of North America. Biography Early life and education Akiko Aoyagi was born in Tokyo, Japan, on January 24, 1950. She attended the Quaker Friends School and then the Women's College of the Arts, where she studied Fashion Design. Her thesis project explored "designing clothing for children with physical and mental deficits." After graduation, she worked a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |