books

• crescent by diana abu-jaber
• cupcake cafe series by jenny colgan
• hannah swensen series by joanna fluke
• kitchen by banana yoshimoto
• sweet bean paste by durian sukegawa
• the tassajara bread book by edward espe brown
• the vegetarian by han kang
• tiny moons: a year of eating in shanghai by nina mingya-powles
• hanamaru's kitchen by nishimura tomoko
• hell's kitchen by mitsuru nishimura
• hopper and yummy's kitchen by suzuka natsukawa and eiko ouchi
• kitchen princess by miyuki kobayashi & natsumi ando
• little forest by daisuke igarashi
• yumeiro patissiere by natsumi matsumoto

movies

• bread of happiness dir. yukiko mishima
• little forest dir. yim soonrye
• the hundred-foot journey dir. lasse halstrom

poetry

• eating together by li-young lee
• i dream of a normal life with you where breakfast lasts until the sun goes down by caitlyn siehl
• our beautiful life when it's filled with shrieks by christopher citro
• persimmons ny li-young lee
• tea by leila chatti
• the orange by wendy cope

tv shows

• midnight diner: tokyo stories
• the makanai: cooking for the maiko house

writings

• designing dining: how kitchen objects become imbued with culinary culture ceramics
• food is my love language
• i went vegan for love and i won't do it again