#the anime cafe

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 5/5

Book Blurb:

Immerse yourself in your favorite anime worlds and café culture, in its myriad forms, through 50 different anime movies and series--from the beloved films of Studio Ghibli to popular series such as One Piece. Food plays an important role in anime, whether it is briefly shown in a slice-of-life scene or the entire plotline of an episode or even a series, and popular anime food creator Nadine Estero (@issagrill) has perfectly captured these favorite food and drink moments once again, in this follow-up to her best-selling cookbook, The Anime Chef Cookbook.   In The Anime Café, Nadine takes on lighter fare, focusing on 50 drinks, snacks, and sweet treats—traditional Japanese favorites and inventive re-creations—and bringing them from the screen to your table.​ In this cookbook, you’ll find:​ ​

Foods and drinks from a variety of popular anime series and movies​

50 easy-to-make, fun, and delicious recipes​

A stunning anime-style food illustration accompanying every recipe ​

Information about the exact episodes that feature the items​

How to stock your anime kitchen​

A celebration of Japanese food and culture​

Review:

A delightful collection of foods that have been in popular anime. Have you ever wanted to recreate the foods from your favorite animes? Well now you can with this cook book compiled with sweets, savory dishes, and drinks all inspired by some of your favorite animes! I had so much fun reading this and all the recipes were super easy to make and follow. There are 50 recipes and info on the exact episode and anime that the recipe is from! Snatch this book up immediately!!

Release Date: September 3,2024

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Rock Point | Rock Point for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[mizartz]

slow day at leblanc

[happyheidi]

[chronicwitch96]

Late 00's-early '10s gifs, stamps and blinkies (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

[honeyrolls]

Bear Ice Cream Floats

[narciscupid]

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[maplesleep]

I am once again banging on the doors to Lego Inc.

[sweetbunnytears]

[theamazingfeeling]

Grocery shopping appreciation post 🛒

[rebeccathenaturalist]

If you've ever shared "cute" pictures or videos from owl cafes, read this sobering reality check.

92 cafes across Japan hold over 1900 owls captive, simply for entertainment. This includes two species considered Near Threatened (Barred Eagle-owl Bubo sumatranus and Chaco Owl Strix chacoensis) and one Vulnerable species (Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus). Moreover, there is a lack of transparency as to the origins of many of these owls, which may not all have been captive-bred. Species may have been mislabeled during import, and not all have paperwork showing they were legally imported, meaning there is a very good chance owl cafes feed into the illicit, non-sustainable wildlife trade.

What the article doesn't cover is how stressful these settings are for owls. They're bright, noisy, and confined, and the owls are exploited by the owners who allow untrained strangers to hold and pet them without consideration of the owl's well-being. The "break areas" where the owls can get away from direct contact are still within sight of patrons, meaning they are still subject to human contact.

Owls are not chickens. They are not domesticated birds that have spent thousands of years and thousands of generations in human company, being selectively bred for human-friendly, docile traits. Even a tame owl is still a wild animal with intact instincts that tell it it should be living a largely solitary life in a wide, open field or forest, not stuck in a small space with many other owls of assorted species and a bunch of people.

This also isn't a situation like falconry, where captive birds are given plenty of private space, and flown daily for physical and mental fitness. And a single cage may have dozens of owls, more than what limited staff can handle. Even if some of the birds are supposedly "rescues" (as at least one cafe's website claims), any reputable wildlife rescue is going to limit the contact between the animals and humans, and absolutely is not going to allow visitors to regularly take pictures with and handle the wildlife--even socialized, trained ambassador animals have very stringent limitations on direct contact.

So it's not at all unsurprising that an already highly unethical industry is likely contributing to the problem of questionable or illegal wildlife trade. This study is just one more piece of evidence suggesting that these cafes are anything but harmless, cute fun.

[kitschchris]

moonlit tea under mid-autumn skies 🌕✨

(a tad belated but happy mid-autumn! here’s a yummy mooncake from me to you 🥮)

[maid-ya-look]

Do maids get casual Friday?

Artist: 31 on Twitter

[retrogamingblog2]

[evenstevenh]

A portrait for ToboeArticWolf! ☕

[savaralyn2]

Dungeon Meshi - Collab Cafe in Ikebukuro

A few of the menu items. (the 'dragon' steak is actually crocodile meat!)

[xinyuehui]

/ᐠ˵- ⩊ -˵マ Meow's Café Ⳋ