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Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook by Alice Waters

January 23, 2020 by Halbs 1 Comment

A family friend gifted me a year-long membership to Master Class, the website containing video courses from experts in all kinds of fields. My favorite thus far has been Herbie Hancock on music and Gary Kasparov on chess. I’ve learned so much about being open to life and taking risks from both. One class my spouse and I have enjoyed watching together is about cooking. The class is taught by Alice Waters. Waters teaches in what appears to be her own home kitchen. It’s got […]

Cute cooking manga that took a dark turn, comes to a sweet conclusion

Kitchen Princess Vol. 7 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 8 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 9 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 10 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

August 3, 2019 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

I have previously reviewed Volume 1 and a combined review of Volumes 5 and 6 in the series. Kitchen Princess starts with the main protagonist, Najika, changing schools to find her flan prince. A boy that saved her life by offering flan and hope when Najika was at her darkest after becoming orphaned at a young age. She was raised by Hagio-Sensei in Lavender House, a group home for orphaned children in Hokkaido, Japan. Najika has a natural talent in the kitchen. With one taste […]

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Eat But Were Afraid to Cook

Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook by Maangchi

February 20, 2019 by Danar the Barbarian 4 Comments

Preface: I’m a white lady. I was introduced to Korean food when I was 18, and fell instantly in love. I’ve been cooking Korean food for 25 years, and not to brag, but my Korean husband, his family, and friends tell me I’m pretty dang good. Most of it I’ve learned from watching people cook, or reverse engineering what I’ve eaten. But when I get stuck trying to figure something out, or I want the authoritative recipe on something I’ve never made before, I go to Maangchi. […]

In which the cute cooking manga takes a depressing turn

Kitchen Princess: Vol. 5 by Natsumi Ando (artist), Miyuki Kobayashi (writer)

Kitchen Princess: Vol. 6 by Natsumi Ando (artist), Miyuki Kobayashi (writer)

January 6, 2019 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Last year my seven year old got into a cute cooking manga called Kitchen Princess. I read and reviewed book one for Cannonball Read 10 but then only skimmed through the second through fourth books. After reading volumes five and six my daughter somberly told me that a character had died and requested that I read them too. This was an unexpected turn for a shojo manga. The first four volumes contained a beginning love triangle between female protagonist Najika Kazami and brothers Daichi and Sora […]

Transforming the Mundane to the Magical

December 13, 2018 by Halbs Leave a Comment

While I was not a Bourdain mega-fan prior to his death, I did always appreciate and respect him as someone striving to live an authentic life. He seemed to take a lot of joy out of wandering, and to have little patience for artifice. I like that. Another of his goals seems to have been to get people to veer off of their normally trodden paths and to try something new, just to see what was out there. Even though we’re very different kinds of […]

Cute cooking manga

December 6, 2018 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

My elementary school daughters have recently discovered the manga section at the library and due to their interest in cooking shows they brought home Kitchen Princess: Volume 1. It is a classic shoujo manga. Shoujo stories are aimed primarily at young females and are heavily focused on personal and romantic relationships this is no exception. The heart of the story is Najika Kazami an orphan (because of course she is) with the ability to remember everything she has ever tasted and can recreate a dish perfectly […]

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