Food

One Thing, Done Great

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A plate of Japanese soup curry with rice and vegetables on a wood table in Tokyo

The best meal I had in Tokyo came from a place with six seats and a chef who had, from the look of him, been making the same dish for longer than I have been alive. No menu to speak of. No decor to mention. Just one thing, done so well it reorganized my idea … Read more

The Pursuit of Something

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The red-brick Marunouchi facade of Tokyo Station under a blue sky, spring 2024

For a couple of months after I lost my job, I mostly sat with the quiet. Not the peaceful kind. The other kind, the one that fills a room after the thing that gave your days a shape just disappears. One week I had meetings and deadlines and a reason to open the laptop before … Read more