What is Kaori Ishibashi?
{{notability|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox writer |name = Kaori Ishibashi <br />{{nobold|石橋かおり}} |image = Kaori Ishibashi.jpg |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|5|06|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Chiba]], Japan |occupation = Confectionary researcher, baking instructor, author |nationality = Japanese |alma_mater = [[Meiji University of Integrative Medicine ]] |website = {{url|http://www.kaori-sweets.com}} }} '''Kaori Ishibashi''' ({{lang-ja|石橋かおり}}, ''Ishibashi Kaori''; born May 6, [[1962]]) is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[Confectionery|confectionary]] researcher, [[baking]] instructor, and [[author]] known for her specialty in [[Cheesecake|cheesecakes]]. She has written 47 baking cookbooks and over 400 cheesecake recipes. == Biography == Kaori Ishibashi was born in [[Chiba Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. She raised in [[Nagano Prefecture]] where she graduated from Suwafutaba High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nagano-c.ed.jp/futaba/|title=諏訪二葉高校公式ホームページ|website=www.nagano-c.ed.jp|language=ja|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> She went on to attend [[Meiji University of Integrative Medicine]]. She graduated as a practitioner in [[acupuncture]] and [[moxibustion]]. After graduating, she worked at Tokyo Jiyugaoka [[Hospital]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nihon-massagecenter.jimdo.com/%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E3%81%8C%E4%B8%98%E6%B2%BB%E7%99%82%E9%99%A2/|title=自由が丘治療院|website=大田区 目黒区 蒲田 自由が丘 マッサージ 整体 － 日本マッサージセンター|language=ja-JP|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103924/https://nihon-massagecenter.jimdo.com/%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E3%81%8C%E4%B8%98%E6%B2%BB%E7%99%82%E9%99%A2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> as a [[Chiropractic|chiropractor]] and practitioner of moxibustion. == Career == Ishibashi began her confectionary career as a self-taught baker starting off with wholesale business to restaurants and taking request orders for wedding cakes while working as an acupuncturist. Fascinated by the art of baking, she began reading cookbook after cookbook wonderi