TY - BOOK AU - Kashiwai, Hisashi AU - Kirkwood, Jesse TI - The restaurant of lost recipes T2 - Kamogawa food detectives novel ; SN - 9781035009640 AV - PL872.5.A74 K3713 2024 PY - 2025/// CY - New York, NY : PB - Pan Books, KW - Fathers and daughters KW - Fiction KW - Food KW - Formulas, recipes, etc KW - Happiness KW - Memory KW - Restaurants KW - Japan KW - Kyoto (Japan) KW - Detective and mystery fiction N2 - 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' ER -