Alternative Titles
Nagatan to Aoto ; ながたんと青と ; ながたんと青と-いちかの料理帖- ; 厨刀与小青椒之一日料理帖 ; Knife and Pepper - Ichika's Cookbook
Synopsis Nagatan To Aoto - Ichika No Ryourichou
Set in Kyoto in the 1950s. The daughter of a long-established Ryoutei restaurant, Ichika was left only a kitchen knife as a keepsake from her husband, who did not return from war. Wanting to be independent, Ichika decided to work in the kitchen of a hotel for western cuisine. Now 34 years old, Ichika has found herself forced to marry a boy from a wealthy family who is 19 years old in order to save her family’s restaurant.