What a day. I have been caught up in my own ignorance, allowing it to raise my hackles and boil my blood. Do not let life do that. Step away. And so I looked across the kitchen at the beautiful new book Aki bought for me, and I just thumbed through the pages. The simple beauty of ingredients, a natural appreciation for food, is what inspires me and was reawakened by the book *Kaiseki: The Exquisite Cuisine of Kyoto’s Kikunoi Restaurant.*