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home WORDS ALICE JEFFERY PHOTOGRAPHY SOFIE DELAUW AT THE CURIOUS EATER The daughter of a diplomat, Emiko Davies has lived abroad for more than half her life. After finding love in Florence – the place she happens to feel most at home, having also spent time in China and the USA – she’s set down roots in a charming hilltop Tuscan village with her husband and two daughters. WHAT MAKES A PLACE FEEL LIKE HOME? When I fi rst came to Florence, I immediately felt at home, like I belonged here. My fi rst apartment was a shoebox. The bed was actually a sofa and it was basically in the kitchen. It was so small but it was a one-minute walk to Ponte Vecchio and I could hear church bells ringing every hour. Even though it was just me and my suitcase, it really felt like home. WHAT’S SOMETHING YOU LOVE TO HAVE IN YOUR HOME? One of the things that I really love to have around are my photographs. When I take photos, I try to immediately print out the ones I love and frame them so they don’t get lost in the thousands on my phone. I think they’re the fi rst thing I would save if there was a fi re. I would grab those photos off the wall and run out the door. HOW HAS TRAVEL SHAPED YOUR HOME? I like to get a little memento from any trip I take. Often I’m traveling with just a carry-on bag and don’t have a lot of space, but I’ve managed to get quite creative to fit things in. I love to collect everyday objects – glasses from our honeymoon in Morocco, coffee cups from Puglia and my breakfast bowl from Sicily – because each time we use them, I immediately get transported back to that trip. Half of my family are Japanese and when we travel there, I always try to bring back kitchen tools that I couldn’t fi nd here in Italy. My mum also sent me a noren (traditional Japanese curtain) for my doorway as a reminder of her home and my grandmother’s home; they always had one hanging from their kitchen doors. “A good knife is literally the only kitchen tool you really need.” MIYABI ‘5000 FC’ Chef Knife 20cm 21147390, $624.95. “I love wooden chopping boards that make beautiful platters for my favourite kind of shared eating.” PEER SORENSEN Round Chopping Board 52cm x 40.5cm 20130702, $72.95. WHAT MAKES A GREAT KITCHEN? Up until last year I had always been in very tiny Florentine apartments with narrow kitchens that you could barely fit two people in. So I’ve always tried to keep everything quite minimal, just the essentials on the bench. Now that we’ve moved into a bigger space, where I designed the kitchen to be exactly how I needed it, one of the things I love most is having a wide counter and stovetop. My husband and I often like to cook together, and even though we might only use two of the burners, it means there’s more space for us to be cooking side by side or having the girls help and be curious about what’s going on. WHY IS THE KITCHEN YOUR FAVOURITE ROOM? If it were up to me, the house would be just this room. It’s my workspace, the meeting point for our family and where everything happens. I write, test recipes and take photographs for my cookbooks here. “A versatile pan is so important – a good one will become a family heirloom that will treat you well for generations.” LE CREUSET ‘Signature’ 2-in-1 Pan 24478101, $470. the kitchen edit... “The fi rst appliance we bought for our new home was a De’Longhi coffee machine. I’d say we can’t function without it.” DE’LONGHI ‘EC9155MB La Specialista Arte Manual Pump’ Coffee Machine 24476397, $799. “This cast iron pan gets such a workout in my kitchen. I love that it can go from the stovetop straight into the oven.” LODGE Cast Iron Fry Pan 26cm 22572599, $104.95. “I always have salt sitting out on my counter – I love this open one for easy access.” LE CREUSET Salt Pig 24586682, $50. DAV I D J O N E S . C O M 15

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