THE SPARK
A book. A bigger appetite.
On a recent trip to Hawaii, I found Let’s Make Ramen! A Comic Book Cookbook. It gave me a place to begin.
A ramen rookie’s notebook
BIG SLURPS.SMALL STEPS.
I’ve made ramen a few times. Now I want to understand what makes a bowl work. This is my notebook as I figure it out.
Enthusiasm: high. Experience: developing.
EXPERT?
NOT YET.
NOT YET.
100%CURIOUS
A very seriousappetite.
NO GATEKEEPING. JUST GOOD QUESTIONS.SCROLL FOR THE STARTING POINT ↓
01The origin story
EVERY OBSESSION
STARTS SOMEWHERE.
Mine starts with a few bowls, a book I found in Hawaii, and a lot of questions.
THE OBJECT OF MY CURIOSITY
MORE
QUESTIONS.
MORE
NOODLES.
QUESTIONS.
MORE
NOODLES.
THE PRACTICE
From assembling to understanding.
I can put a bowl together. Next, I want to learn how the flavors come together, and keep notes along the way.
02Field notes, eventually
THE GOOD.
THE BAD.
THE BROTH.
A place for the bowls, the questions, and the next attempts. An honest record of figuring things out.
Take a look insideSLURP HOUSE / FIELD NOTES001
UNWRITTEN & WIDE OPENFirst, a
First, a
blank page.
No entries are published yet. When I have something I’ve actually tried, this is where it will go.
To be continued…
BEGINNER
ENERGY
ENERGY
03Somewhere on the horizon
JAPAN,
2028.
A REASON TO KEEP LEARNING
A milestone to look forward to, with plenty of learning along the way.
No mastery deadline.
No graduation ceremony required.
↗An appetite for more
RAMEN FIRST.
THEN, WHO KNOWS?
There’s room at this table for coffee, wine, Scotch and the places I discover them. One good rabbit hole at a time.
ON THE MENURamenDOWN THE ROADCoffeeDOWN THE ROADWineDOWN THE ROADScotchDOWN THE ROADTravel