• stultifying, (adj.) : tending to stifle enthusiasm, initiative, or freedom of action.

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

website:

• tofugu
• tae kim's guide to learning japanese
• jisho
• wanikani
• learn natively

application:

• renshuu
• mazii

youtube:

• learn japanese with tanaka-san

podcast:

• slow japanese by mochifika
• seika の japanese podcast by seika

books:

• kitchen confidential - anthony bourdain

writers:

• iwan simatupang
• rosemary sayigh (palestinian studies)
• anthony bourdain
• hannah arendt

articles/essays:

• permission to narate by edward said // written in the aftermath of israel’s 1982 destruction of beirut, “facts do not at all speak for themselves, but require a socially acceptable narrative to absorb, sustain and circulate them."

tv series:

• parts unknown
• peaky blinders (continue from where i left off)

community:

• berkutubuku
• bacabatja
• transit book club
• book picnic club
• temu book buddy
• ciniima craft night (niima studios)
• lit house (crafty events)
• kita baca santai
• literatour

cafe & eatery:

• pigeon hole (dirty latte) ↺
• kopi manyar ↺
• espresso boy
• torino's (dirty latte)
• again (mont blanc)
• bakedhaus (salt bread)
• warung kulila (next time try their dirty latte)
• warkop jaelansky