Launching in September 2012, each cookbook will feature 15 video recipes taught by master chefs like Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill, Anita Lo of Annisa, and Nancy Silverton of Osteria Mozza.
Gates says Yamaguchi started out as an experiment in the politics of art and race: What would happen to his pots and bowls, which weren't selling so well, if he told people they were made by the mixed-race son of a Japanese master potter who had taught his methods to the neighbors of his black Mississippi bride?