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Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum, #12) Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum, #12)
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avg rating 4.17 — 107,045 ratings — published 2006
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Eleven on Top (Stephanie Plum, #11) Eleven on Top (Stephanie Plum, #11)
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avg rating 4.17 — 117,470 ratings — published 2005
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Hard Eight (Stephanie Plum, #8) Hard Eight (Stephanie Plum, #8)
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avg rating 4.17 — 133,063 ratings — published 2002
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Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum, #10) Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum, #10)
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avg rating 4.16 — 110,273 ratings — published 2004
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To the Nines (Stephanie Plum, #9) To the Nines (Stephanie Plum, #9)
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avg rating 4.17 — 127,555 ratings — published 2003
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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 582,726 ratings — published 1994
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Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, #6) Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, #6)
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avg rating 4.19 — 140,066 ratings — published 2000
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Four to Score (Stephanie Plum, #4) Four to Score (Stephanie Plum, #4)
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avg rating 4.17 — 152,520 ratings — published 1998
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Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, #7) Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, #7)
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avg rating 4.16 — 134,633 ratings — published 2001
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High Five (Stephanie Plum, #5) High Five (Stephanie Plum, #5)
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avg rating 4.18 — 138,097 ratings — published 1999
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Two for the Dough (Stephanie Plum, #2) Two for the Dough (Stephanie Plum, #2)
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avg rating 4.10 — 181,117 ratings — published 1996
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Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3) Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3)
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avg rating 4.15 — 164,532 ratings — published 1997
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Plum Lovin' (Stephanie Plum, #12.5) Plum Lovin' (Stephanie Plum, #12.5)
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avg rating 3.77 — 60,591 ratings — published 2007
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Plum Lucky (Stephanie Plum, #13.5) Plum Lucky (Stephanie Plum, #13.5)
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avg rating 3.78 — 55,692 ratings — published 2008
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Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum, #15) Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum, #15)
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avg rating 4.03 — 97,218 ratings — published 2009
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Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum, #16) Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum, #16)
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avg rating 3.99 — 88,584 ratings — published 2010
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Notorious Nineteen (Stephanie Plum, #19) Notorious Nineteen (Stephanie Plum, #19)
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avg rating 3.99 — 79,166 ratings — published 2012
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Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, #13) Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, #13)
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avg rating 4.11 — 103,887 ratings — published 2007
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Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17) Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)
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avg rating 4.00 — 90,609 ratings — published 2011
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Beloved Stranger (Silhouette Romance, #824) Beloved Stranger (Silhouette Romance, #824)
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avg rating 3.38 — 16 ratings — published
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Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum, #21) Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum, #21)
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avg rating 3.92 — 67,929 ratings — published 2014
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Takedown Twenty (Stephanie Plum, #20) Takedown Twenty (Stephanie Plum, #20)
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avg rating 3.89 — 72,786 ratings — published 2013
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Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, #14) Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, #14)
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avg rating 4.06 — 101,234 ratings — published 2008
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Explosive Eighteen (Stephanie Plum, #18) Explosive Eighteen (Stephanie Plum, #18)
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avg rating 3.98 — 86,515 ratings — published 2011
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Plum Spooky (Stephanie Plum, #14.5) Plum Spooky (Stephanie Plum, #14.5)
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avg rating 3.85 — 51,072 ratings — published 2009
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Wicked Appetite (Lizzy & Diesel, #1) Wicked Appetite (Lizzy & Diesel, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 63,390 ratings — published 2009
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Dōgen
“When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots is to paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - it is not yet painting Spring.”
Eihei Dogen

“This white broth...
... is soy milk!"
"That's right! I mixed a dash of parmesan cheese and a little dollop of miso paste into the soy milk and then lightly simmered it.
This is my pike dish...
Pike Takikomi Rice, Ojiya Style!"
OJIYA
Also called "Zosui," Ojiya is soup stock and seasonings added to precooked rice, vegetables and fish and cooked into a thick porridge. It is distinctly different from dishes like risotto, which is uncooked rice that is first sautéed in butter and oils before adding liquid... and Okayu, which is a rice gruel cooked to soupy softness in extra water.
"Soy milk?"
"Ah, so you finally see it, Alice.
Like all soups, the most important part of Ojiya porridge is the stock!
He built this dish to be porridge from the start...
... with soy milk as the "stock"!"

"Soy milk as soup stock?!"
"Can you even do that?!"
"So that's what it is!
Soup stock is essentially meant to be pure umami. Like kombu kelp- a common stock- soy milk is packed with the umami component glutamic acid. It's more than good enough to serve as a sound base for the Ojiya porridge! Not only that, umami flavors synergies with each other. Adding two umami components to the same dish will magnify the flavor exponentially!
The inosinic acid in the pike and the glutamic acid in the soy milk... combining the two makes perfect, logical sense!
"
"Soy milk Ojiya Porridge. Hm. How interesting!"
" Mm! Delicious! The full-bodied richness of the cheese and the mild, salty flavor of the miso meld brilliantly with the rice! Then there are the chunks of tender pike meat mixed in...
... with these red things. Are they what I think they are?"
"Yep! They're crunchy pickled-plum bits!"
"What?!"
"Again with the dirt cheap, grocery store junk food! Like that cracker breading and the seaweed jelly pearls..."
"He totally dumped those in there just for the heck of it!"
"These pickled plums are a very important facet of the overall dish! They have a bright, pleasing color and a fun, crunchy texture. Not only that, their tart flavor cuts through the rich oiliness of the pike meat, giving the dish a fresh, clean aftertaste. And, like all vinegary foods, they stir the appetite- a side effect that this dish takes full advantage of!
Finally, these plums are salt pickled! It is no wonder they make a perfect accent to the pickled pike at the center of the dish!"

Yuto Tsukuda, 食戟のソーマ 13 [Shokugeki no Souma 13]

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