Meshi
A personal history of Japanese food
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
12 April 2022
Summary
For Katherine Tamiko Arguile, the Japanese food her mother cooked was a portal to a part of her that sometimes felt lost in the past. In Japan, food is never just food: it expresses a complex and fascinating history, and is tied to tradition and spirituality intrinsic to Japanese culture.
Exploring the meals of her childhood through Japan’s twenty-four sekki (seasons), Katherine untangles the threads of meaning, memory and ritual woven through every glistening bowl of rice, every tend…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922400703 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 192240070X |
| Author: | Katherine Tamiko Arguile |
| Publisher: | Affirm |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 730g |
| Dimensions: | 37mm x 168mm x 226mm |
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Katherine Tamiko Arguile
Born and raised in Tokyo, Katherine Tamiko Arguile is a Japanese-British-Australian arts journalist and author. She migrated from London to Adelaide in 2008, where she now lives beside the sea. A graduate of Cambridge University, she has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide. Her award-winning short stories have been published in anthologies in the UK and in Australia and her debut novel, The Things She Owned, was published in 2020.
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