This is so fucking cute. I think we might get more about their respective family backgrounds (re: understanding how their families feel about their seThis is so fucking cute. I think we might get more about their respective family backgrounds (re: understanding how their families feel about their sexualities) in the next volume, but in this one we just get to see Kasuga & Nomoto get to know one another through sharing meals and cooking new things. I wish some of the food pages were in color!...more
A nicely designed book with little historical blurbs for each food day of the calendar year. I found it oddly sectioned - it starts with the first of A nicely designed book with little historical blurbs for each food day of the calendar year. I found it oddly sectioned - it starts with the first of March in "Spring" and ends the book with February 29th on Frog Legs Day in "Winter".
There's three to five recipes per month opposite the relevant "day" page, but they were disappointingly simple or boring (ex: "homemade hamburgers" next to September 18th, Cheeseburger Day, with nothing revelatory about the recipe except for an absurd amount of brown sugar in it). Why no recipe for Orange Blossom Day (June 27) or Penuche Day (July 22)? Not the choices I would have made....more
I suddenly feel the need to trek down to Queens to try every single thing mentioned in this book. Action Bronson might have a weird Thing about ketchuI suddenly feel the need to trek down to Queens to try every single thing mentioned in this book. Action Bronson might have a weird Thing about ketchup, but he clearly knows his shit regarding good food. His enthusiasm specifically about natural wines has me curious.
Loved it! Easy to read and easy to follow with plenty of colorful comic drawings of the preparation process. Definitely one to purchase for my kitchenLoved it! Easy to read and easy to follow with plenty of colorful comic drawings of the preparation process. Definitely one to purchase for my kitchen - I can't wait to try out the 삼계탕 (samgyetang), a ginger chicken soup, this winter!
Also, you can never go wrong with a few alcoholic recipes, if you ask me.
"Men claiming superiority over women because men make more money than they do is like claiming you're 4.5 stars, y'all.
In their words, this book hits.
"Men claiming superiority over women because men make more money than they do is like claiming you're stronger than a lion that you tranquilized and put in a cage. Sure, you're in a better spot now- but how 'bout you unchain the beast and see what happens?" (p. 229)
After about 150 pages, Steingarten tipped over the edge into insufferable, after starting out as cautiously entertaining. I couldn't take more hyperboAfter about 150 pages, Steingarten tipped over the edge into insufferable, after starting out as cautiously entertaining. I couldn't take more hyperbolic descriptions of food interspersed with casually offensive remarks about women or the name-dropping, though I should have expected the latter from a Vogue writer, I suppose. ...more
Excuse me while I nitpick this translation, but Victoria's husband Albert was a Prince Consort, not king. It's a very important distinction re:[image]
Excuse me while I nitpick this translation, but Victoria's husband Albert was a Prince Consort, not king. It's a very important distinction re: power dynamics within the Court and the relationship. Maybe I should bug Duo-La to translate a raw copy of this panel for me so I can know who fucked it up. someone is WRONG on the internet and must be brought to JUSTICE
ahem, anyway. We establish in this volume that English people fuck up curry on the regular due to their bland palates. Sebastian eventually proves himself as "one hell of a butler" with the cunning use of chocolate and pageantry.
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Sebastian has such a high opinion of Ciel, it's so heart-warming....more
Ms. Woginrich has a very romantic view of farming, which seems to work for her. You really need to love that shit to live it. I was not familiar with Ms. Woginrich has a very romantic view of farming, which seems to work for her. You really need to love that shit to live it. I was not familiar with her or her previous books, so I was VERY surprised to find out that her farm (Cold Antler Farm) is less than 15 miles away from my hometown! I think that helped bring me into her (somewhat sparsely mentioned) setting....more
This was not nearly as good as the blurb makes it out to be. The stylistic choice of not having quotes around dialogue occasionally difficult to disceThis was not nearly as good as the blurb makes it out to be. The stylistic choice of not having quotes around dialogue occasionally difficult to discern speech from prose. I didn't find Rose to be relatable at all....more
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