Profiles

Our Lives / Profiles Jul 7, 2012

In wake of 3/11 disasters, successful Italian helps those who helped him

by Michael Kleindl

After 21 years in Japan and for most of that time working 15 hours a day, Calabrian restaurateur Elio Ermanno Orsara has achieved a certain measure of success. The foyer of his restaurant, Elio Locanda Italiana, in Tokyo's Kojimachi district, is a gallery of framed ...

Our Lives / Profiles Jun 30, 2012

British artist/chef finds happiness by keeping all of his options open

by Kris Kosaka

Cooking can be art and art nourishes, but what really connects the two for chef and artist Johnny Miller is the act of creation itself: "It's the physicality of it — both are directly related to your body and how your body moves. In ...