Meet Yukito Akiyama. He's always wanted to be a master chef, and on his 20th birthday, he gets that chance! The only thing is, he sees a really cool-looking guy named Ishigami Kurogane, and it turns out that they're going to be co-workers if he gets accepted! Well, it can't be that bad, since the...

“I just wanted a quiet life, . . .maybe a small coffee shop near the hills . . . SO HOW THE HELL DID I END UP IN A DUNGEON WITH NO COFFEE?! NO EXIT?! AND MONSTERS TRYING TO KILL ME?!” Mika Daiki Mahendra, a tired barista with big dreams and an empty wallet, falls asleep after another long s...

What does it mean to cook food? Why do we cook? A young apprentice seeks to find these answers through the mastery of knife and pan, and the spirit of Gourmon. Gourmon are spirits given form through the preparation of a dish with love, care, and a mystical spice called Mahira Masala. Gourm...

CONTRACTS OF THE HEART ANTHOLOGY #1: Meerka shows up on Ned's doorstep in the rainy season and gets a job, but Ned’s definition of "cleaning up" involves a lot more than just doing the dishes.

This is a companion book to Gourmon: Gourmet Monsters. It details the characteristics, specializations, and base dishes of each Gourmon as they appear in the story. There will also be some brief notes on design philosophy.

As third-year begins at Tokyo’s Strategic Leadership Academy, an elite high school/college where students come from business-owning families, Rintarō lives two lives: a good-looking nobody by day, and the faceless viral creator MidnightChef by night. His family sells European chocolates, and his ...

Park Suho, a 31-year-old man with no direction, lives locked away in his small apartment in Seoul. He was once a talented young man who dreamed of building the biggest restaurant in all of Korea. He graduated with honors in culinary arts, sacrificed half of his youth… but life turned its back ...

It's World Pear Day, so to celebrate, Ludi Joker has decided to create a culinary masterpiece, the CRAZY PEAR BURGER! But how will he get all the pears he needs delivered to his snowy location? With a Volkswagen Amarok, that's how.

Allen and Monica aren’t just besties for resties—they’re full-throttle otakus. From emotional slice-of-life dramas to... questionable midnight binges, their anime obsessions fuel over-the-top debates and ridiculous dares. But when one argument spirals into chaos, a bored deity whisks them away to...

Emilia Kato was once the head chef of La Brume, a prestigious French restaurant in Sapporo known for its bold, refined flavors and Michelin-star reputation. After winning Japan’s most prestigious cooking competition, Emilia expected her life to change, but not like this. One moment, she was baski...