Posts Tagged ‘Haruki Murakami’

13.08.2009

New books and free tea

Disclaimer: this turned into a long, rambling post. If you’ve no interest in books, tea, or rambling… consider yourself warned.

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Several weeks ago I ordered some tea from Hibiki-an, a tea producer in Japan. I have ordered tea from them several times before and am always happy with my order. This time, though, I misjudged how long the tea would take to arrive. It was in no way the fault of Hibiki-an, my tea always arrives promptly, but it caused me no small amount of stress, actually. I placed my order only four or five days before Pants and I were planning to leave for Nova Scotia. Generally it takes seven to twelve days for a package to arrive from Japan. (more…)

12.06.2009

Murakami’s ‘Norwegian Wood’ and cooking

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A week ago while reading ‘Norwegian Wood’, a novel by Haruki Murakami, I stumbled across a pertinent quote. The character of Midori in the novel is an eccentric university student from Tokyo, who also happens to be a terrific cook, of traditional Kansai (Kyoto-Osaka region) fare. She taught herself to cook on her own, from a book:
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