Exhibit A: Months and months ago I was contacted by someone at the University of British Columbia School of Architecture about using some of my wagashi photos in a book about Vancouver. They finally finished the book, Vancouver Matters, and and it's really lovely. Each chapter is about a different material and my pictures (teeny tiny) appear in the "Sugar" chapter, alongside an essay about the connection between Japanese Canadians and beet sugar farming. Very interesting stuff. And I have a tiny credit in the back. Yay!

Exhibit B: A short film I made called Oven Lovin' will be screening at a multi-event art show called My Bloody Valentine this Friday at 8pm at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. The film is a food porn starring Rob, me, Barry White and some brownies. If you're in the LA area, you should come!

Exhibit C: If you don't read my food blog, you might not know that I recently became the food editor for an LA-based online magazine called Evil Monito. I'm posting over there about twice a week, writing about everything from found fruit to spicy Korean hotpot. If you like what you read, you can subscribe to my feed here.

It's been a busy month -- but exciting!