Ep 07: Twenty-four seasons of love, loss and food in Japan + the ever-changing allure of the recipe book
Katherine is hafu; half Japanese, half English but in the experience of eating her body “forgot its cultural confusion”. Meshi explores the meals of Katherine’s childhood through Japan’s twenty-four sekki (seasons) untangling the threads of meaning, memory and ritual woven through every delicious mouthful.
And…
From hand-written recipes passed down through generations, to cook books that take us inside other cultures, or sell us dreams of travel, the recipe book is an enduring artefact of our culture. Foodie and former bookseller Kate Jordan Moore takes us through the many shapes food literature can take.
Guests:
Katherine Tamiko Arguile, author of Meshi; A personal history of Japanese food published by Affirm Press
Kate Jordan Moore, former bookseller and history researcher
Our Random Reader - Clara
Music composed by Quentin Grant
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