Chef Yoshio Saito learned to cook at his mother’s side in Tokyo, cooking his first curry at fourteen, right before his mother’s death. Although his traditional father discouraged h...view moreChef Yoshio Saito learned to cook at his mother’s side in Tokyo, cooking his first curry at fourteen, right before his mother’s death. Although his traditional father discouraged his passion for cooking, Yoshio persevered, learning classical Japanese and French cooking from his older sister, a student of Miyuki Iida, the Julia Child of Japan.view less