She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat Vol. 1-2


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Sapphic

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Smutty Stuff:

Feeding

Cooking is how Nomoto de-stresses, but one day, she finds herself making way more than she can eat by herself. And so, she invites her neighbor Kasuga, who also lives alone. What will come out of this impromptu dinner invitation…?

I have two more volumes to read later but I figured I would tackle this one now.

I love this. It makes cooking look so fun and the bonding over food is so nice. When I was more outgoing, I used to always use food as an icebreaker. “What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?” and “What’s your favorite food?” are my two big questions for people I don’t know and I get some amazing stories (and sometimes fantastic recipes).

It shows a lot here. I love the character designs, too— and the pair also eating with an awareness of their health and wallets. It’s a charming read and I’m really enjoying it.

read along

already i’m in. first three pages. yesssss

LOOK AT THE COLONEL

oh tooth

kill him (adds feminine rage to the trope list)

go to the source and the source will bless you with cheap prices and beautiful produce

LMAO THE AMAZON STAND IN

me and my buds

nods to the giant pudding in assassination classroom

they’re lesbians, harold

i love her dry deliveries so much

yes yes yes yes

the food is going up here instead of in the log but. this is so funny to me

MOTHER SHE IS A LESBIAN!!!

I think about this a lot. I typically end up in the kitchen often because I am the host of a get-together, but even when I’m not, I somehow end up there. It feels different among my friends, but… it’s something I always wondered about.

more than that: you are BELOVED for your appetite

food log

Food Log:

KFC Fried Chicken
Karaage
Bento
Giant Omurice
Beef and Rice
Miso yakionigiri
Gyoza
Onsen Eggs (w ramen and w rice)
Soft-Serve Ice Cream
Giant pudding
Oden
Shrimp Fried Rice
Harako Rice
Ham Katsu

Welcome to the Menagerie.

Here is where M logs their media activity. Partly because Goodreads is forgettable and keeping physical logs is harder. Sometimes M writes a lot. Sometimes M doesn’t write enough. It doesn’t matter. This is just a for-fun little blog so that M can remember what they thought about whatever they watched or read or played or. Whatever.


What is M?

I read. Voraciously. I have subscriptions to those book things on digital retailers. I consume books at nearly all hours. The hours I don’t spend reading? I’m writing. I’m drawing. I have a problem. I have a problem in that I love to read things that are in the same vein repeatedly. Book journals don’t work and as much as I text my friends screenshots of book passages, it doesn’t scratch the itch. Now I’m going to be doing… tiny… tiny book reports.


Truck-Kun Kill Count:


Books & Light Novels Read in 2025: 19/50
38%
Comics Read in 2026: 39/200
19%
Physical Owned Books Read: 477/830
58%


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