films<br />
in the mood for love, wang kar wai, yasujiro ozu,, tampopo, eat
drink man woman, chungking express, annie hall, richard linklatter,
alphaville, wim wenders, kaurismaki, hou hsiao hsien, jim jarmusch,
ki duk kim, juzo itami, classic kung fu cinema, ugetsu,
teshigahara, imamura, mizoguchi, hitchcock, jim jarmusch, maggie
cheung, herzog, john waters, tony leung<br />
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food<br />
i am a total foodie and this is one of my professions. constantly
studying food and further developing and refining my skills in the
kitchen. i greatly enjoy blowing peoples minds and attitudes about
vegetarian/vegan cuisine out the window. gone are the myths of
brown rice, steamed vegetables with some salt; replacing it by
taking full advantage of a 12 month, local harvest combined with
the variety of ingredients due to the diverse community along with
a diverse knowledge of many world culinary traditions. like i do
with music, i study the traditions and then try to take it to a new
realm and there is nothing more fun than sharing this with
others!<br />
i love japanese, sichuan, thai, vietnamese, italian, middle eastern
as well as a fondness for my ancestors eastern european jewish
cuisine. as a chef i like to prepare everything from scratch, no
packaged goods of any sort so i make my own tempeh, tofu, cashew
based ice creams, various kinds of noodles and much more; lessening
the global footprint of my kitchen as well as providing the
freshest flavors and textures. love to explore and experiment in
the kitchen, want to help?<br />
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music<br />
rather eclectic world music, jazz, classical, avant
garde.....watasumi, george lewis, anthony braxton, john coltrane,
thelonius monk, peter hammill, kazue sawai, toru takemitsu, john
cage, yuji takahashi, pauline oliveros, yoshio kurahashi, steve
lacy, honkyoku, erik satie, shakuhachi, katsuya yokoyama, morton
feldman, johan sebatsion bach, kraftwerk richard sinclair, claire
marchand, marley, frank gratkowski, beethoven, bob marley, robert
wyatt.<br />
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my favorite musicians to share stages with are: jie ma, alex cline,
lori godston, greg campbell, pauline oliveros, jane rigler, tim
perkis, shoko hikage, dana reason, chris brown, diana rowan, tetsu
saito, and of course when he was still with us on this plane,
matthew sperry.<br />
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books: in defense of food, the unbearable lightness of being, great
chefs cook vegan, silence by john cage