Food Writing

I’m always looking for interesting opportunities to work with interesting people and organizations. Please feel free to send me a message (kikugirl at kikugirl dot net) if you’d like to work with me or know more about my work. You can download my writing/editing resume as a PDF.

Personal food essays and poetry here at Kikugirl

• Eggplant zucchini okazu (Okazu Nimura-style)
• Love Letter to a Small Japanese Grocery Store
• Blackberry poem
• 3:14 (Pie Time)
• Time to make pie
• How I Eat (A Letter to E)
• Playing the soup card (Sinigang)
• Chicken adobo, for my mama
• Panzanella, to celebrate summer
• Fried rice (“Cooking became more fun when…”)
• More death, and sandwiches (“First thing I ever cooked”

Seattlest.com (Food-related news, culture, events)

• Q&A Preview of the Wing Luke’s Food Exhibit: “From Fields To Family: Asian Pacific Americans And Food
• “‘What About The Kids?’” Making Sandwiches During The Tacoma Teacher’s Strike
• Seattlest Bites #3: Spicy Pork Torta at Marination Station
• Nettletown Cafe Closing
• Seattlest Bites #2: Pampeana Empanadas
• Seattlest Bites #1: Pupusas from Guanaco’s Pupuseria
• The History of Teriyaki and Beyond: “Itadakimasu!” Exhibit at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center (8/12/11)
• A Few Ways to Celebrate Farmers Market Week” (8/5/11)
• Desperately Seeking Singaporean Food in Seattle: Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan’s A Tiger In The Kitchen (And A Special Recipe)
• Sunset Enters the SEA/PDX Food Fight
• Maruta Shoten: Japanese American Grocery (and Picnic) Goodness”
• Q&As with Farmstead Meatsmith and Keren Brown (aka “Frantic Foodie”)

Other Forums

• “The Feast That Makes a Family” (available in Edible Seattle Vol.7:1, January/February 2014)
• “My Log Cabin Sukiyaki Song” (available in Remedy Quarterly Issue 7: Heritage and reprinted on Discover Nikkei))
• Featured on KUOW (Seattle NPR affiliate), “Chicken Adobo Tastes Like Home” (original air date 9/24/11)
• Book review and profile, Shauna James Ahern (Arches Magazine, Autumn 2010)