“The Kamogawa Food Detectives” by Hisashi Kashiwai
I’ve finished reading this and thought I’d share. This is a novel that hooks up people with a dish that they ate once upon a time and the father/daughter duo help them in finding that dish again. They are able to cook that meal again for their customer after a bit of detective work on their part.
I thought the book was heart warming and I enjoyed it. If you are a bit of a foodie and enjoy a good mystery then I can see you enjoying this book as well. You might also like this book if you are a fan of the “Before the coffee gets cold” series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.
Synopsis: 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.