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Kamogawa Food Detective is a comfort read that’s guaranteed to make you hungry. Set in Kyoto, the story revolves around a detective duo — a father-and-daughter team — with a unique skill for recreating dishes from their customers' past. If you’re a fan of Midnight Diner or Food Wars!, this one’s for you. Recommended By Rudy K., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time?
Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. But that's not the main reason customers stop by…
The father-daughter duo are 'food detectives'. Through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person's treasured memories - dishes that may well hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness. The restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to vanished moments, creating a present full of possibility.
A bestseller in Japan, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is a celebration of good company and the power of a delicious meal.
Review
"The ultimate cozy, and a glimpse into a world that is at once quieter, more ritualized and seemingly simpler than mine, and yet strangely familiar. I savored every word." KJ Dell'Antonia, author of The Chicken Sisters
Review
"Affecting…With overwhelming emotional resonance…Nagare satisfies toothsome dreams." Booklist
Review
"Kashiwai's unique blend of seasonings is more than enough to transform each into a five-star-worthy dish…[A] warm memory blanket of nostalgia. Readers [will] eagerly devour each morsel of this miso soup for the soul." Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Hisashi Kashiwai was born in 1952 and was raised in Kyoto. He graduated from Osaka Dental University. After graduating, he returned to Kyoto and worked as a dentist. He has written extensively about his native city and has collaborated in TV programs and magazines.
Jesse Kirkwood is a literary translator working from Japanese into English. The recipient of the 2020 Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize, his translations include The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto and A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama.