The Kamogawa Food Detectives
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4.2 • 43 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
An Entertaining Read!
Koishi Kamogawa and her father, Nagare, own and operate a diner in Kyoto called Kamogawa Diner. Not only do they cook delicious meals, but they can help people to figure out dishes they have had in their past and recreate them. Hence,
given the name the Kamogawa Food Detectives. When a family friend, Hideji, stops by to not only eat, but to ask them to help recreate a certain flavor from the dish Nabeyaki-udon. He wanted it just like his deceased wife used to make it. No matter how many times he tries to do it, it’s not quite right. Can they figure out the recipe in a 2-week time frame? Will it be just like his late wife’s?
Each chapter highlights a different customer asking them to figure out a recipe from their past. Will they be successful each time? This book will have you turning the pages to find out.
I loved how the food detectives were a father/daughter team! I also loved all the food and cultural traditions mentioned in this book. It made for an entertaining and fun read! A great book to take on vacation or read on a long winter’s day!