{"id":1026,"date":"2008-10-17T21:04:50","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T21:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2009-08-04T12:34:51","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T16:34:51","slug":"essay-request-alone-in-the-kitchen-with-a-rice-cooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/17\/essay-request-alone-in-the-kitchen-with-a-rice-cooker\/","title":{"rendered":"Essay Request:  Alone in the Kitchen with a Rice Cooker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coronation.co.in\/images\/Rice_Cooker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"103\" \/>I&#8217;m looking for people interested in writing essays on the theme:\u00a0 <span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\">Alone in the Kitchen with a <span id=\"lw_1224277186_0\" class=\"yshortcuts\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;\">Rice Cooker<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The idea is to write an essay (any length or \u201cshortness\u201d is ok) about cooking for yourself (or could be eating by yourself) when you lived in <span id=\"lw_1224277186_1\" class=\"yshortcuts\">Japan<\/span>.\u00a0 The focus, however, is intended to be on the theme of being alone in Japan viewed through the prism of cooking\/eating.\u00a0 It&#8217;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.\u00a0 Feel free to focus exclusively on the food, or feel free to use the food as a jumping-off point for other things.\u00a0 If you want to include a recipe for whatever food you describe, that would be a nice touch as well.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is derived from book of published essays entitled <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aloneinthekitchen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant<\/span><\/a> (a good read in itself).\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deadline <\/span>is open.\u00a0 Just send an email <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/span> to express your intent to write an essay.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Contact<\/span>:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:stevenwaseda@jetwit.com\"><strong>Steven Horowitz<\/strong><\/a> at <a href=\"mailto:stevenwaseda@jetwit.com\">stevenwaseda ,at, jetwit , com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m looking for people interested in writing essays on the theme:\u00a0 Alone in the Kitchen with a Rice Cooker The idea is to write an essay (any length or \u201cshortness\u201d is ok) about cooking for yourself (or could be eating by yourself) when you lived in Japan.\u00a0 The focus, however, is intended to be on 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