The Art & Alchemy of Japanese Wholefoods by Holly Davis

Demystify Wholesome Japanese Ingredients and Transform Your Cooking

Are you ready to explore the art of cooking with wholesome Japanese ingredients? The Art & Alchemy of Japanese Wholefoods is a transformative course designed to enhance your confidence in creating nourishing, delicious, and beautifully balanced dishes. Free from additives, dairy, gluten, and refined sugars, these recipes focus on using authentic Japanese wholefood staples to ensure dense nutrition and optimal digestibility.

Course Overview

This course offers a deep dive into the world of Japanese wholefoods, covering everything from ingredient selection to creating balanced meals that delight both the palate and the soul. Whether it’s breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, or festive offerings, you’ll learn to craft dishes that your family and guests will adore.

Develop a Relationship with Your Japanese Pantry

• Learn about artisanal and commercially available ingredients.
• Understand why certain ingredients are chosen over others.
• Discover multiple recipes for versatile pantry staples.

Create Balanced Meals

Apply Holly’s principles of taste, texture, nourishment, simplicity, and beauty to craft delicious, attractive, and balanced dishes. Use elements like sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty flavors in harmony with seasonal ingredients.

Wholesome Dishes for Every Occasion

• Prepare versatile dishes for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner.
• Understand how time, water, pressure, salt, and heat transform ingredients.
• Learn to create nutritious and digestible meals with minimal effort.

What You’ll Gain

• Confidence: Choose and prepare high-quality ingredients in multiple ways.
• Creativity: Adapt recipes to suit your preferences and the season.
• Practical Skills: Master cooking processes for grains, beans, vegetables, seaweed, meat, and fish.
• Nutritional Insight: Create dishes that are delicious, balanced, and nourishing.
• Expertise: Learn to make longer-term ferments, quick pickles, and versatile sauces.

‍About Holly Davis

Holly Davis is a celebrated wholefood chef, author, and educator with a deep passion for fermentation and Japanese cuisine. A pioneer in organic wholefoods, Holly co-founded Sydney’s Iku Wholefoods Kitchen, which brought macrobiotic principles to life in handmade, organic meals. With decades of experience, she brings an intimate understanding of Japan’s culinary arts to this course.

✨ Additional Benefits

• Seasonal Adaptability: Learn to tailor your meals to the time of year.
• Wide Variety: Explore everything from quick snacks to elegant dinner party offerings.
• Personalized Cooking: Adjust flavors to match your preferences and dietary needs.
• Macrobiotic Principles: Understand the energetic properties of foods for better health.
• Lifetime Skills: Build a repertoire of wholesome Japanese dishes that last a lifetime.