Hisashi Kashiwai's Menu of Happiness is a heartwarming novel about a small restaurant where the chef creates personalized dishes based on customers' memories and emotions. Through interconnected stories of people seeking comfort through food, Kashiwai explores how meals connect us to our past, to each other, and to moments of joy we thought we'd lost. The novel becomes a celebration of food as memory, healing, and love made tangible.

WHY WE PICKED IT: Because Kashiwai understands that food is never just sustenance, it's time travel, it's comfort, it's the way we say "I love you" without words. This novel reminds us that the best meals feed more than our bodies, they nourish the parts of ourselves we didn't know were hungry.

DETAILS: • Author: Hisashi Kashiwai • Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons • Format: Hardcover • Publication Date: October 14, 2025 • ISBN: 9798217045358 • Ships direct from distributor in 3–7 business days