After Crepes for Part 2 of our Everyday Harumi Book Contest, I was itching for a different direction.
I asked myself what is a big part of Japanese popular culture.
The answer was simple, manga and anime.
Not being quite sure if cooking had its place in the manga world, I consulted a Japanese friend who said yes.
The best known example of that she said is Oishinbo ('The Gourmet' in English). Seems like the first volume of Oishinbo was only recently published in the US according to the review by TangognaT (February 09).
Besides Oishinbo , Wikipedia lists 8 other titles in its Cooking Anime and Manga category amongst them Addicted to Curry (published since 2001, cover below) and Cooking Papa, it's not about me (published since 1984).
So now what's Manga got to do with the topic at hand you might ask?
The third and last signed copy of Everyday Harumi will go to the best submission of either a Manga on Food and Cooking or a Woman character featured in one of them showing some similarities with our author Harumi Kurihara.
Everyday Harumi Book Contest, Part 3 starts on Friday, November 6 and ends on November 15, 2009.
Send your entry with an illustration to sls [at] njconcierges [dot] com no later than midnight (US Eastern) on Sunday, November 15...
Bubbling up, bubbling over for Everyday Harumi Book Contest, Part 3...
'Comic Strip' by Serge Gainsbourg is not playing in the background
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