The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen - (Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen) by Yuta Takahashi (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

If you could speak one last time to someone you've lost, what would you tell them?

One sunny morning, the Chibineko Kitchen opens its doors to Nagi, a young woman facing an impossible choice: Should she marry her boyfriend, despite knowing she has only a few years left to live? Desperate for advice from her mother, who died years ago, she hopes that one of the Chibineko Kitchen's fabled meals will work its magic.

Such is the promise that attracts three others to the restaurant: an anxious man rebuilding his life after shutting himself away for years, a lonely widow unaware that she is surrounded by friends, and a theater director hoping to rekindle his career after a tragic accident. In the company of Kai, the Chibineko Kitchen's chef; Kotoko, who has experienced the miracle of the restaurant and now works there; and Chibi, the resident kitten, each sits down to a meal of uncanny personal meaning that has the potential to reunite them with a departed love one--and to remind them what matters most in life.

Menu
Tofu no Misozuke: Miso-marinated tofu
Buta Bara no Kara-age: Fried pork belly
Iwashi no Kabayaki-don: Soy-glazed sardines on rice
Shime no Kare: Curry using leftover hotpot

About the Author

Cat Anderson (translator) has won the Japanese Literature Publishing Project's International Translation Competition and is the translator of The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen.