The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Hisashi Kashiwai
Translated by Jesse Kirkwood
Paperback
04 April 2024Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
The first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is perfect for fans of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's 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 treats...
Details
04 April 2024208 pages
9781035009596Imprint: Pan
Reviews
The Kamogawa Food Detectives search for the taste of memories. Like sights and sounds, tastes are also deeply connected to one's memories. The depictions of the beautiful scenery of Kyoto and its native dishes, which are like the original landscape of Japan, warmed my heartGenki Kawamura, author of If Cats Disappeared from the World
The food writing is truly superbCambridge Edition
'The Kamogawa Food Detectives is an absolute joy; hilarious, emotional, and entirely delicious. Hisashi Kashiwai's tales of love lost, found, grown older and reborn are both striking and comforting — truly one of a kind. Delectable and delightful'Bryan Washington, author of Family Meal
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 wordKJ Dell’Antonia, author of The Chicken Sisters
