The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen

The Chibineko Kitchen is a tiny restaurant by the sea where the food can bring someone you have lost back to you for one last time. Kotoko now works there with the chef Kai and his mischievous kitten Chibi. Their guests include Nagi, a young woman with only a few years left to live, who cannot decide whether to marry her boyfriend. She longs for advice from her mother, who is no longer around. An anxious man, a lonely widow and an actor also visit. The story is about grief, memory and what matters most.

Why You Should Read?

• Follow Nagi as she faces an impossible choice about marriage and longs for her mother's advice.
• Meet Kotoko, the chef Kai and the kitten Chibi, who share the tiny restaurant by the sea.
• Experience a gentle look at grief and remembering loved ones through a lonely widow and an actor hoping to rekindle his career.
• Enjoy four recipes included in the book, set within a story about the healing power of food.