What’s Cooking?

As your character watches the hibachi chef prepare their meal, something seems … off. What is it?

I love the explosion of sensory details that comes with a hibachi dinner! The delicious ginger salad dressing that I could drink by the gallon, the heat of the enormous fire two feet away from me, the child at the table behind mine who won't stop screaming and running around the restaurant no matter how many times her parents say her first and middle name ... 

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Writing Prompt: What's Cooking?

As your character watches the hibachi chef prepare their meal, something seems ... off. What is it?

Post your response in the comments in 500 words or fewer.

About Cassandra Lipp

Cassandra Lipp is managing editor of Writer's Digest. She is the author of Queen City Records, which tells the stories behind the indie record shops of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Her work has appeared in Greener PasturesThe Belladonna, Little Old LadyPoints in Case, and Ohio's Best Emerging Poets 2019. Follow her on Twitter @Cassie000000.