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Hi!

I’m Ana Yokota.

I’m a wife, mom, and foodie

Photo: GH Kim Photography

About Me

I was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up as a missionary’s daughter traveling and tasting cuisines from all over the world. Growing up constantly moving, I had my fair share of pivots and turns along the road – not to mention failures.

Rather than calling my experiences “wins and losses,” I’ve learned to view them as “wins and lessons.” In other words, from learning what it means to hit rock bottom and then discovering what it means to live out your dream, the one thing that never changed was my love of food. 

Food is powerful. It can bring people together and even open up a brand new paradigm – like this blog!

After business school, I moved to Southern California continuing my career in project management.

Thinking this was finally my career path, little did I know that the true purpose of my move to the Golden State was to meet the love of my life — the Japanese-American, sports fanatic, food loving, man of my dreams — Mr. Yokota (now husband and baby daddy). 

Photo: GH Kim Photography

Cooking has become a cultural and (dare I say) integral part of our marriage. Rather than being just a form of sustainability, good eats have become an adventure to explore and experience recipes together bringing us closer together with each bite. 

From the start of the pandemic, so many life altering events happened: I lost my job, canceled my wedding (6 days before the date), and painfully had to say goodbye to my unborn child to name a few.

What felt like a loss ended up being a blessing in disguise as all of these moments opened different doors that helped my blog grow and transform to what it is today. 

  • If I didn’t lose my job, I would’ve never started my now full time career: anayokota.com 
  • If I was never forced to cancel my wedding, I would’ve never experienced such overwhelming love and support from my community to discover the direction of my future. 
  • If I didn’t experience a miscarriage, I wouldn’t have been able to journey together with other women (and men) through their losses on and off the blog. 

Though it didn’t start this way, Anayokota.com has developed into a Korean-Asian food blog with recipes and resources using simple and fresh ingredients. I wanted to focus on making delicious, easy, and creative recipes accessible to the everyday foodie, explorer, and home cook. 

Every recipe, tips and tricks, and resources have been carefully tested (and re-tested) so they can be translated to easily understandable and accessible articles for you. If I don’t believe in it, it’s not on the blog. If I won’t eat it, it definitely won’t be on the blog. 

We still live in sunny California and love game nights, traveling, and fruit tarts. Most importantly, we are over the moon as we learn how to be parents to our two beautiful bundles of joy.

Photo: Love and You Studios


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Ready. Set. Cook.
Korean style simple and fresh ingredients for the everyday foodie

November is bitter sweet. I miss you so much. I November is bitter sweet. I miss you so much. 

I wonder what you would have looked like with your bubbly smile running around with your little brother. I wonder what it would have been to hold you and wrestle you down as I tried to change your poopy diaper. I wonder what it would have been to just hold you in my arms as you cooed to sleep.

Though I will never stop wondering and dreaming of the day we reunite in heaven, I sit here in the stillness looking at our newly released family photos (pictured) beyond grateful that for those brief months, I carried you. 

You made me a mom. 

You made me seek His goodness in the midst of my own storm. You made me see that life is beautiful, precious, and blessed. You made me discover and unlock a part of me that I will forever cherish. 

He continues to use you and amaze me of His relentless love that never runs dry. I love you baby. Daddy, Jaden and I miss you a lot a lot a lot. 

📷: @loveandyoustudios 

#iloveyoubaby #yokotafamily #blessed
Falling into cuteness with this gourd looking pump Falling into cuteness with this gourd looking pumpkin 🧡

📷: @christinec.yoo 
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Life update: It’s been too long! Thank you so Life update: It’s been too long! 

Thank you so much for sticking with me as my husband and I welcomed our rainbow baby, Jaden Jun Yokota. Though, Jaden is our first born child, what many may not know is that this is my second Mother’s Day. 

My heart goes out to all types of mommas - you know who you are 🥹. Without you, food would not taste the same; without you, we wouldn’t have enough clean laundry (or clean anything for that matter); without you, we would never know how to find our stuff (even though it’s right there); without you, this world would not be the same (we just wouldn’t exist). #iloveyoumom 

Thank you for your ever so resilient heart to have grace even when we poop in our pants (literally and figuratively 😝). No but seriously, thank you for loving us beyond the mess, the frustration, and the unknown. #happymothersday 

To all my readers, friends, and family, I’m slowly getting back into the grind! I’m happy to announce that Anayokota.com received a new facelift! 🙃 As I learn how to be a mom, I look forward to connecting and bringing fresh content from my kitchen to yours. 

#anayokota #blog #blogger #love #instagram #instagood #follow #photography #style #bloggerstyle #like #lifestyle #travel #blogging #foodblogger #photooftheday #life #food #bloggers #influencer #bloggerlife #ootd #art #instadaily #blogpost #picoftheday #photo #bhfyp
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