The Kamogawa Food Detectives -- Hisashi Kashiwai, Hardcover

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.

Author: Hisashi Kashiwai
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 02/13/2024
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780593717714

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2023 pg. 3
Booklist 12/01/2023 pg. 105
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2023
Library Journal 01/01/2024 pg. 66

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.