三月二十四日的《厨房》

这晚的《厨房》除了刘姥姥，电影迷，老牛等带来的美食外，还有紫罗兰准备的水果。大家对贴在网上有关《厨房》的“替菜”进行了“研”、“犟”、“暴吵”或“稍考”。Alice ，雪和老牛出手利索让新手潇竹大长见识。善于张罗的水竹抽空将中华食文化“热了热”；竹林子帮大家“择理干净”了心理学上的一些观点和性学上的几条“熟鱼”。电影迷分享了她的大陆，台湾及香港旅游见闻。紫罗兰和刘姥姥清闲自在地享受着大雁的作品“厨房交响乐”。大家都知道兰是不会在厨房露面的，因为“她经不起厨房的烟熏火燎”。

经过对《厨房》的讨论我们应该知道作者利用“死”作为故事的主脉。由Mikage外婆的死使她搬去Tanabe的家，由此有了Mikage，Eriko和Yuichi三个非常独立人物之间非常独特的亲密关系；从Eriko妻子的死演化出他的变性，俊男成靓女。从一个被人收养嫌弃的穷小子，到一个受人喜爱为人提供避难所的夜总会业主；再由Eriko的死将Mikage和Yuichi拉近，使彼此均失去所有亲人，情人的爱之后又找到了属于他们自己的爱。

作者让我们看到死亡是件自然的事情，不是因果的报应。书中主人翁在面对人生的困境及死亡时的哭泣、痛苦、挣扎、绝望、忧郁、甚至轻生等没有与常人有所不同。他们三人看似心理不健全却是那么的坚强、阳光、赋人以生命力。

民以食为天，厨房是生命的供给所。
“If a person wants to stand on her own two feet, I recommend undertaking the care and feeding something. It could be children, or it could be house plants, you know? By doing that you come to understand your own limitations. That’s where it starts.” –Eriko P41

自强、自立人之根本。
“There are many days when all the awful things that happen make you sick at heart, when the path before you is so steep you can’t bear to look. Not even love can rescue a person from that.” –Eriko P42

“When was it I realized that, on the truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own?” –Mikage P21

“Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends. Perhaps Eriko’s was only a minor kind of greatness, but her light was sorely missed.” –Mikage P55

“As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won’t let my spirit be destroyed.” - Mikage P42

灾难可以夺去你的一切，你的亲人、财产、健康和以致生命，但它无法夺取你面对人生的态度。