Try the dishes featured in the book.
Today is the dining room reading club. ~Monosus' "Reading Club" #17~

Well, let's break it down right away! This time, we're using sea salt instead of rock salt (laughs).

Rock salt is expensive! But sea salt is perfectly fine now.
Well then, here we go, yay!!

This is it! This is it! This is the feeling when Jesse's hard heart was broken. It's finally here!!

Wow, looks delicious!

I first read this novel when I was in fifth grade, the same age as Jesse. At the time, I was excited because it was an adult novel, but the psychological descriptions were so amazing that I thought I'd read this novel for the rest of my life.

Amazing! I've been reading it ever since.

I'm older than Coco now (laughs). But every time I reread it, I discover something new. I keep asking my friends to put it in my coffin when I die. It's the bible of my life.

I brought along the "Key Granny" series that I read when I was in elementary school. When a child loses their keys and is in trouble, Key Granny appears from somewhere and opens the door with a magic key. Then she comes into the house, cooks dinner, and leaves before the child's mother comes home... (laughs) She's such a mysterious old lady.

The main character, Koichi, works hard and gets 100 points in math, but is suspected of cheating by his teacher, which makes him feel down. He wants someone to listen to him, but his mother isn't there...So Koichi deliberately hides his keys and waits for Grandma Key, whom he met before.

When Grandma Kagi appears, she sees through Hirokazu's lie and, although she thinks it can't be helped, makes him this giant hamburger steak topped with pineapple.

Granny Key tells Hirokazu all sorts of stories, and at the end she gives him a magic key. "If you use this key, you'll be able to hear what other people are really thinking," she says.

The key can only be used three times. Hirokazu wants to hear the teacher's true feelings, but the magic ends after he uses it for his friends. However, in the end, even without the key, he is able to hear the teacher's feelings on his own and the misunderstanding is cleared up, so he feels relieved.

I was also a key-lugger and lived on the third floor of a housing complex just like Hirokazu, so I was wondering if Grandma Key would come (laughs). Well then, shall we eat a jumbo hamburger steak?

Was anyone a locksmith?

I was always left home alone. It's true, even when I did something wrong, I couldn't tell anyone and I had no outlet for my emotions.

This picture book was made at a time when the number of children with locked doors began to increase. I have always wanted to meet this old lady.

I was really looking forward to today's book club (laughs). Recently, the editorial staff have certified me as a "foodie character"... but when it comes to food, this is the only thing that comes to mind! So I brought this book with me.

The author, Todd Selby, is a photographer and illustrator. He takes photos of the rooms of various creators and celebrities and posts them on his blog, " The Selby ." These photos are really good, and it was his photos that got me interested in interior design.

He has published books on the themes of "food, clothing, and shelter," but the one I brought today, "Edible Selby," is a book about food. It introduces various dishes made by restaurants and chefs from various countries. It's an English book, so I can't read the text, but the photos, illustrations, and text are all picturesque... The layout is wonderful, and just looking at it is enough to satisfy me.

When did you know this person?

It must have been about 7 years ago... I fell in love with him after seeing his photos on his website. When I found out he was releasing a book, I thought "I'll buy it!" without reservation (laughs).

Maybe I'd like to display one page each day in the entrance hall...

The handwritten letters are very tasteful and every page is a fun read. There are heaps of recipes in the book, but the one I requested was this asparagus appetizer!

Wow, the colors are beautiful!!

Cottage cheese! I love it!

It's great to eat this after meat.

It's delicious with a squeeze of lime! It's delicious. If it's on a restaurant menu, I'll definitely order it. I want to make it myself, but there's no recipe, so I'll have to take note of the ingredients... (take note)

I brought my favorite picture book, the "Bam and Kero" series by Yuka Shimada. I've been reading it since I was little and I have the whole series, but this is the first book in the series, "Bam and Kero's Sunday."

The main characters are Bam the dog and Kero the frog. On a rainy Sunday, Bam the reliable guy is at home reading a book, cleaning the house and trying to make donuts, when the mischievous Kero comes home soaking wet from outside... This is the story of a day in the life of the book, but anyway, all the characters are so cute!

The furniture and tableware inside the house are cute, and there's a scene where the two of them make donuts together, and a scene where they go to the attic, and here and there... (showing one scene after another) I honestly think that I would like to live in a house like this and live a life like this (laughs).

Kero-chan's movements are so cute!

That's right, the movements are so cute in every detail...I wish I could bring the whole series and explain them all...!

Since when have you had it?

I read it when my sister borrowed it from the library when I was about 5 years old, and I quickly collected the whole series. My plan was to get one book each from my mom and grandma for my birthday (lol). I really love them, so today I'm going to do a dream project...donuts...!

I like the simple taste of this cake without sprinkling it with granulated sugar.

Apparently donuts didn't originally have holes. Then they got all undercooked, so the people decided to make holes in them, and that's how they got their current shape...

I really love the scene where they make donuts, the scene where they give Kero-chan a mountain of donuts, and the look on his face when he's eating them...he's just...so cute!

A mountain of donuts is good, I love mountains of food (laughs). I also love mountains of gyoza, like the ones you see in manga.