sukiyaki

is a dish where the raw substances (peeled, washed, already garbed in an aesthetic nakedness) are gathered together and brought to the table on a tray as the very essence of the market as the promise of an event.

The raw substances (but peeled, washed, already garbed in an aesthetic nakedness, shiny, bright-colored, harmonious as a spring garment: "color, Je/ieae)', tom·h. elfeet, harrnony, reJish~everythinf', e{ln he f01md here," Diderot would say) are gathered together and brought to the table on a tray: it is the very essence of the market that comes to you, its fresh­ ness, its naturalness, its diversiry, and even its classifieation, whieh turns the simple substanee imo the promise of an evenr:

is a stew whose every element can be known and recognized, since it is made in front of you, on your table, without interruption while you are eating it.

Sukiyaki is a stew whose every element can be known and recognized, since it is made in front of you, on your table, without interruption while you are eating it.

is the Twightlight of the Raw, a process of alternately feeding the pot and the conversation.

Over this process presides an assisranr who, placed a lirde behind you and armed wirh long chopsricks, alternarely fceds rhe pot and rhe conversarion: jr is an entire minor odyssey of food you are experiencing rhrough your eyes: you are artending the Twilighr of the Raw.

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sukiyaki