Oct 17

Essay Request: Alone in the Kitchen with a Rice Cooker

I’m looking for people interested in writing essays on the theme:  Alone in the Kitchen with a Rice Cooker

The idea is to write an essay (any length or “shortness” is ok) about cooking for yourself (or could be eating by yourself) when you lived in Japan.  The focus, however, is intended to be on the theme of being alone in Japan viewed through the prism of cooking/eating.  It’s just about whatever you liked to do (or found yourself doing) cooking-wise when you were alone and how that ties into the rest of your experience in Japan.  Feel free to focus exclusively on the food, or feel free to use the food as a jumping-off point for other things.  If you want to include a recipe for whatever food you describe, that would be a nice touch as well.

The idea is derived from book of published essays entitled Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant (a good read in itself).  I think the essays on this topic will offer some very interesting and readable perspectives on the JET Program, on Japan, on cooking and on the theme of being alone.

Deadline is open.  Just send an email to express your intent to write an essay.

ContactSteven Horowitz at stevenwaseda ,at, jetwit , com


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