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    Recommended by the Embassy of Ecuador in Japan‼ Enjoy the magical sweets that everyone can make together. This is a slightly whimsical story about a girl who loves sweets and the animals associated with Ecuador, a famous chocolate-producing region in South America. The book includes a recipe for authentic gateau chocolat at the end, making it a recipe picture book where parents and children can learn to bake together while reading the story. This fun and delicious recipe picture book allows you to learn how to make authentic gateau chocolat while reading a story, created by the owner-chef of "Ken's Cafe Tokyo," which has been selected for Tabelog's "Top 100 Sweets Shops in Tokyo" for five consecutive years and is Japan's first gateau chocolat specialty shop. This first picture book by Kenji Ujiie, owner-chef of the renowned gateau chocolat shop "Ken's Cafe Tokyo," tells a slightly whimsical story of a girl and cute Ecuadorian animals making gateau chocolat, while incorporating a recipe that allows readers to easily make authentic gateau chocolat, as only a chef could. The book also includes a recipe at the back, and the format is a modified B5 landscape, making it easy to keep open and stand on its own, allowing readers to refer to the recipe while cooking. Synopsis Rieko-chan is lonely and sleeps alone because her dad, a chocolate maker, has to go to Ecuador for work. Waking up to a noise, I find my favorite stuffed animals—a sloth, a toucan, and an armadillo—making something in the kitchen... I wonder what they'll make? |
| Book Information |
| Book Title: Guruguru Gateau Chocolat Authors: Kenji Ujiie (story) / Yumiko Miura (illustrations) Planning: H14 Co., Ltd. Edited by: Kenji Igarashi, Mayo Takagaku Design: Takagaku Naoki Format: B5 size, landscape orientation / hardcover Number of pages: 24 pages List price: 1,500 yen + tax Publication date: February 3, 2023 ISBN 978-4-910315-23-2 |
| Author Introduction |
| Kenji Ujiie | Author Born in Tokyo in 1968. Founder and owner-chef of Ken's Cafe Tokyo. In 1998, he opened "Ken's Cafe Tokyo" in front of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, establishing Japan's first specialty gateau chocolat shop. Since 2015, he has been supervising the sweets for FamilyMart, and is also in charge of developing "Ecuador Special," a chocolate made with high-quality cocoa beans from Ecuador. His published works include "Why a 3,000 Yen Gateau Chocolat Sells Like Hotcakes: How to Create a System That Allows You to Sell Even After Raising the Price Fourfold" (SB Creative, 2014) and "Stop Doing Unnecessary Things!: The Amazing Methods of a Chef Who Achieves 300 Million Yen in Annual Sales with Just Gateau Chocolat" (Shueisha, 2018). Yumiko Miura | Illustrations Born in Kyoto. Painter/illustrator. She presents her work primarily through exhibitions and social media, and is active in a wide range of fields, including book cover illustrations, newspaper illustrations, and collaborations with apparel brands. Focusing on people and animals, she expresses the world of living creatures with her unique use of color. |
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| *We will deliver it via courier service. |
| *For domestic delivery, Sagawa Express will be used. For overseas delivery, EMS (Japan Post) will be used. |
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