Virginia Nitouhei – illustratör

It’s autumn in Eiteriach, and the season brings with it newingredients and fresh encounters. Like an uptight priest who only loosens upafter some eggplant agebitashi, or a mysterious, self-styled minstrel, whostarts waxing poetic after a plate of tempura... Not to mention the ups anddowns of Berthold and Hermina, who enjoy the blissful pairing of squid andpumpkin in a “couple’s boil”...!! Chief’s array ofautumn flavors bring smiling faces together in this gourmet fantasy!

Nobu’s warm oshibori towels are just the thing on a coldautumn’s night. There are new faces dropping by, and Chief’s workingon new dishes as well. There’s a chef who appreciates Nobu’s stewedfood, a bard who senses that Chief is feeling lost, and even a monk sent by thechurch to investigate rumors of witches...!? Chawanmushi, dashimaki tamago,hamburg steak... This volume is packed with more flavors from Nobu!

Berthold has found himself stuck with an overabundance of both smoked anddried squid! Perhaps the staff at Nobu can come up with a few bright ideas toput it to use...It's the 10th volume of the otherworldly gourmet fantasystory, where delicious dishes nourish both body and soul.

The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe is a brilliant collection of some of hisbest-known stories: The Tell Tale Heart (a murder's haunting guilt), The Cask ofAmontillado (a story of brilliant revenge), and The Fall of the House of Usher(an ancient house full of very dark secretes). Also included in this collectionare The Mask of the Red Death (horrors of 'the Plague'), and the most famous ofall his poems: The Raven (a lover's decline into madness). Best read in adimly-lit room with the curtains drawn, Poe's brilliant works come to life indarkly thrilling ways in this Manga Classic adaptation.

A Japanese style pub called “Nobu” exists in a back alley ofthe fictional medieval European city of Eiteriach. Its customers? A pair ofslacker soldiers, a spoiled heiress, an uptight tax collector, and more... Whenthe citizens of this strange world sit down to enjoy some unfamiliar Japanesecuisine, their troubles simply melt away...The curtain rises on thisotherworldly eatery and the gourmet fantasy about to unfold within!