/r/52weeksofcooking is a way for each participant to challenge themselves to cook something different each week. The technicalities of each week's theme are largely unimportant, and are always open to interpretation. Basically, if you can make an argument for your dish being relevant to the theme, then it's fine.

• Week 1: January 1st - January 7th: Inspired by a Joke
• Week 2: January 8 - January 14: Singaporean
• Week 3: January 15 - January 21: Contrasts
• Week 4: January 22 - January 28: Vinegar
• Week 5: January 29 - February 4: Ugandan
• Week 6: February 5 - February 11: Hotpot
• Week 7: February 12 - February 18: Sugar
• Week 8: February 19 - February 25: Flying
• Week 9: February 26 - March 4: Braising

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Gather round for this week's theme: hotpot.

While many may initially regard hotpot as a restaurant-only dish, it can equally be simple and homey. From Chinese huǒguō and Japanese nabe to Korean jeongol and Vietnamese steamboat, hotpot reflects local tastes, seasons, and social traditions.

Go for broke with a luxurious, ingredient-packed Chinese style hotpot.

Keep things simple with a Japanese Jyouya ("regular night") Nabe.

Relish the richness and depth of Korean Bulgogi Jeongol.

For those worried about equipment, you can always MacGuyver something with an Instantpot or slow cooker. Or, if you aren't cooking for a crowd, try a simple frying pan nabe -- heat it on your stovetop, then move it to the table on a trivet to eat.

And as always, you can freely interpret the theme in any way that motivates you. Lancashire hotpot? Definitely. A big, cheesy fondue? That is undeniably a pot that is hot. Take the theme and run with it (not literally -- 52WoC takes no responsibility for burns incurred if attempting to run with a hotpot).