Why egg + rice?

Egg and Rice, or Tamago Kake Gohan, is a traditional Japanese breakfast. The dish calls for raw egg to be stirred into steaming hot rice and served almost like porridge. Growing up half-Japanese in New England, I often sought solace in my mother’s adapted version that is more scrambled egg in rice than it is traditional egg and rice. To me, egg and rice is a universal comfort food for any time of day. It’s a food you don’t have to think about that will leave you be nourished and make use of ingredients you likely have lying around in your fridge.
 
I hope this blog will build on its simple foundation of egg and rice, and express how cooking helps me (and maybe you) cope with anxiety and create joyful pauses that can be shared.