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I wrote earlier this fall about assisting in the translation of Mayumi’s Kitchen, a book on macrobiotic cooking written by Mayumi Nishimura, formerly Madonna’s personal chef.

The book arrived in the mail today, and it looks fantastic!  The recipes are beautifully presented and more “approachable” than one (me) might imagine when it came to macrobiotics. In fact that is Ms. Nishimura’s whole idea: to make macrobiotics appealing and available.

Since I wasn’t an “official” translator and joined the project close to deadline, I was delighted to find my name in the acknowledgments– just 6 lines from Madonna!

How many layers of separation does that cut out? We translators live with a very dubious proximity to fame, but it’s fun and gives us something to talk about when we come out of our caves.

Mayumi’s Kitchen is available from amazon.co.jp as of next week, and will be on sale in the US in June.