What Did You Eat Yesterday? 9 [Paperback]

In this volume, the intrepid lawyer/gourmand Shiro deals with the closing of his beloved local supermarket, his ageing parents (and growing older himself), dodges lawyerly politics, and reveals a shocking secret to Kenji about why their apartment is so cheap to rent.

Shiro continues to showcase an array of inventive yet simple-to-make dishes, and his cooking buddy Kayoko comes up with tasty recipes to cook up Mr. Kohinata’s food after his fridge breaks down.

The recipes include celebratory year-end-only dishes as Shiro rings in the New Year at home, with Kenji, for the first time.Over the past decade few female comic artists have been as beloved or as recognized for their work internationally as Fumi Yoshinaga. Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971, Yoshinaga is a graduate of Tokyo's prestigious Keio University. A lifelong comic artist and story teller, she made her perfessional debut in 1994 with her short series,The Moon and the Sandals, serialized in Houbunsha's monthly Boys Love anthologyHanaoto. Since her debut Yoshinaga has penned more than a dozen, with a good number of them having been adapted into motion pictures and animated TV series. Her work onAntique Bakerysent her into international fame and she has since been nominated in the United States for theEisner Awardfor her titles -Flowers of LifeandOoku.

In 2009 she was recognized with theJames Tiptree Awardfor her literary contributions covering the topics of gender in speculative fiction in her titleOoku. Ouku also received theOsamu Tezuka Awardand theShogakukan Manga Award.CA