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. Provided by Wikipedia