Status Updates From The Menu of Happiness (Kamo...

"The weather could change so swiftly in a week or two that it was little wonder the traditional calendar was divided into twenty-four miniature seasons." Interesting. I'll have to do some more research on the traditional Japanese calendar.

"Passion breeds proficiency."

Every book in this series has mentioned an exchange of business cards multiple times. I had heard they were important in Japanese culture and that there's an elaborate etiquette for their exchange, so it's interesting to see this confirmed.

"...I’d say all that matters is whether the person cooking the food and the person eating it each understand where the other is coming from."