Sonoko Sakai is a Japanese American cooking teacher and food writer.
She writes about Japanese cuisine at the Los Angeles Times and, in 2011, she created the organization called Common Grains.
Common Grains has organized food pop-ups,[4] cooking classes,[5] onigiri (rice ball) competitions and speaker panels.
She has appeared on national television, including the Food Network, and public radio — KCRW's Good Food and Sounds L.A., PRI’s “The World.”[citation needed] She was featured in the Omotenashi episode[8] of KCET's The Migrant Kitchen, demonstrating Nihachi-Style Soba.
She was featured in the Inside the Incredible World of Japanese Cooking with Sonoko Sakai[10] episode of the Milk Street radio program explaining how to make broth, bento boxes, and udon dough.