The Chibineko Kitchen

Originally published in 2020 as ちびねこ亭の思い出ごはん 黒猫と初恋サンドイッチ (Chibinekotei No Omoidegohan: Kuroneko to Hatsukoi Sandwich) USA title: The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. These are the directions Kotoko has been given. She arrives at the tiny restaurant, perched right by the water, early in the morning. Still reeling from the sudden death of her brother, she's been promised that the food served there will bring him back to her, for one last time. Taking a seat in the small, wood-panelled room, she waits as Kai, the restaurant's young chef, brings out steaming bowls of simmered fish, rice & miso soup. Though she hadn't ordered anything, Kai had somehow known the exact dish her brother always used to cook for her. And as she takes her first delicious bite, the gulls outside fall silent & the air grows hazy . . . Soul-nourishing & comforting, The Chibineko Kitchen will help you remember what matters most in life. °°° Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen series: 1. The Chibineko Kitchen aka The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen (2020) 2. The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen (2020) Review: metropolisjapan.com/the-curious-kitten-at-the-chibineko-kitchen °°° Yuta Takahashi is the award-winning author of the eight-book series Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen. He was born in 1972 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, where the novel is set. Takahashi has also written several other popular series spanning historical & contemporary fiction. Cat Anderson has won the Japanese Literature Publishing Project’s International Translation Competition and is the translator of The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada and the Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen series by Yuta Takahashi.