the many uses of tempura oil

Read an Excerpt From New York’s Top Comic of the Year, Disappearance Diary

Quick, someone hide the pottery wheel!

In 1989, veteran manga artist Hideo Azuma left his family and work behind to live as a hermit in the mountains of Japan. In a year fraught with financial tension, Azuma’s memoir of homelessness and menial labor — drawn in a deceptively light cartoon style, and packed with dry humor and desperate sadness — is a timely reminder of how quickly lives can change. You may read Azuma’s Disappearance Diary as a cautionary tale, but at least you’ll learn how to make a meal out of a radish and tempura oil.

Read an Excerpt From New York’s Top Comic of the Year, Disappearance Diary