Omoide Home Cooking (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Just past Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, up a stone staircase surrounded by rustling trees, lies an old Japanese house: Tsudayama Home Cooking." Since losing her mother, Nogawa has been living a monochrome existence. She is scouted by instructor Tsudayama and his son, Shinro, and begins working part-time at this cooking school. The school offers a course dedicated to researching and recreating the recipes of the deceased, attracting people who long to encounter that taste once again." From the magical rice balls" her husband used to make for their daughters to the unique pickled garlic chives her strict former teacher brought to a class reunion... Eventually, Nogawa learns that Tsudayama, too, has a flavor he s been searching for all these years . You re sure to shed a tear over the memories embedded in these recipes. A heartwarming and delicious story.

鶴岡八幡宮を曲がり、木立ざわめく石段を登ると現れる古民家、「つだやまホームクッキング」。母を亡くしてからモノクロの日々を過ごす野川は、講師の津田山とその息子・心路からスカウトされ、この料理教室でバイトをすることに。ここでは故人のレシピを調査・再現するコースがあり、「あの味にまた会いたい」と願う人々が訪れる。夫が娘たちに作っていた「まじかるおにぎり」、厳格な恩師が同窓会に差し入れた独特ならっきょう漬け...。やがて野川は、津田山にも長年探している味があると知り―。レシピに宿る思い出に、きっと涙する。心動かす美味しい物語。