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Review: Wild Grass on the Riverbank, by Itō Hiromi
While Wild Grass on the Riverbank is comprised of a series of individual poems, together they form a carefully crafted narrative that begins with a series of memories from the speaker’s childhood. Wild Grass delivers that which readers of Itō’s earlier work might expect, revealing the inextricability of beauty and abjection, body and psyche, Eros ( Read more... ) -
日本
Jesse and I made it to Tokyo! It's been a little lot crazy since we arrived ( Read more... ) -
さよなら、アメリカ！
It's be a long time since I've posted here, but starting today I'll be using LJ to document the next five months of my life in Tokyo, Japan, where I will be researching and writing my dissertation. I'm currently at the Denver airport, where my original flight was delayed--and, by some stroke of incredibly good luck, this worked in my favor. Instead ( Read more... ) -
VeganMoFo Day Thirty-One
Today's the last day of VeganMoFo, and sadly I forgot to take pictures of dinner. It could be worse, though, as I didn't make anything new, but, rather, went with a dish I posted about previously, Root Veggie and Red Lentil Dal. This time around I made a double batch to feed six of us and served it up with some warm garlic bread. Simple and ( Read more... ) -
VeganMoFo Day Twenty-Nine
For Molly's birthday, we went to Watercourse, which I posted about early this month. This time we had appetizers, entrees, and dessert there, and I have lots of photos:
Seitan buffalo wings
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VeganMoFo Day Twenty-Eight
Tonight was our annual Halloween party, so instead of dinner (a quick Chipotle bowl), I'm featuring some of the tasty vegan treats we whipped up!
First up are my prides and joys, vegan cupcakes! This year I made three flavors, all from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. I made Golden Vanilla, Chocolate, and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip. I also used two ( Read more... ) -
VeganMoFo Day Twenty-Seven
Sometimes on Thursday nights, when we’re feeling really crazy and don’t need to be able to move for the rest of the evening, we go to a local Chinese restaurant called Tsing Tao for their vegan buffet. The buffet includes a pretty diverse array of vegan dishes, including mock chicken, beef, duck, shrimp, and tofu, as well as lots of straight-up ( Read more... ) -
VeganMoFo Day 26
Tonight I made red lentil dal with potatoes. The recipe for the dal is actually the yellow lentil dal from The Happy Herbivore Cookbook, which my sister gifted to me in Kindle format today! The only alteration I made was to use red lentils instead of yellow, because they're what I had on hand, and to add in four yukon potatoes and a few handfuls of ( Read more... ) -
VeganMoFo Day Twenty-Five
Tonight we had leftover spaghetti bake and, of course, bread! So, nothing to see here, at least for today!
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VeganMoFo Day Twenty-Four
For Day Twenty-Four, I wanted something quick and easy, since Mondays are the days on which I don’t get home from class until after 6:00. So, I went with baked spaghetti! You can pretty much wing this one since it’s just a matter of making, then baking, spaghetti. I boiled 16 oz of spaghetti noodles until they were al dente, then layered half of ( Read more... )