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The Restaurant of Lost Recipes

by Hisashi Kashiwai Publisher: G P PUTNAM SONS

Recipes that reconnect with the past

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Recipes that reconnect with the past

In Kyoto, the Kamogawa Diner offers more than meals: chef Nagare and his daughter, Koishi, investigate customers’ memories to recreate dishes they have lost. The cases range from a swimmer longing for his estranged father’s bento to a pop star recalling celebratory tempura, linking food with family ties, personal history, and moments of success or disappointment. Each visit gives the novel a compact way to explore how a remembered dish can carry meanings beyond its ingredients, while the restaurant’s work brings past and present into conversation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in food-centered fiction and the memories attached to particular dishes.
  • For those drawn to stories about family relationships and reconnecting with the past.

Themes

Food and memoryFamily relationshipsPersonal historyReconnection

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Book overview

We all hold lost recipes in our hearts. A very special restaurant in Kyoto helps find them . . .

Tucked away down a Kyoto backstreet lies the extraordinary Kamogawa Diner, run by Chef Nagare and his daughter, Koishi. The father-daughter duo have reinvented themselves as "food detectives," offering a service that goes beyond cooking mouth-watering meals. Through their culinary sleuthing, they revive lost recipes and rekindle forgotten memories.

From the Olympic swimmer who misses his estranged father's bento lunchbox to the one-hit-wonder pop star who remembers the tempura she ate to celebrate her only successful record, each customer leaves the diner forever changed--though not always in the ways they expect . . .

The Kamogawa Diner doesn't just serve meals--it's a door to the past through the miracle of delicious food. A beloved bestseller in Japan, The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is a tender and healing novel for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
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