The Forgotten Cookbook

A flavorful feel-good novel about family secrets and new chances. Max Nyström is a celebrated restaurant critic, but no one knows that he has been fired from the newspaper he works for and has been forced to move into his aunt's studio. Max's curiosity is piqued when he finds an old recipe collection in the studio's bookshelf, written by his own mother. She who disappeared without a trace over thirty years ago. In the late 80s, young Kicki Nyström leaves Västervik for the big city. She has gotten a job at the bistro Lilla Champen and enjoys being part of the city's hustle and bustle. But wonderful things are short-lived, and life soon takes an unexpected turn. As Max begins to search for his missing mother, he gets to know the waitress Olga. Together, they start to unravel the mystery, but the road to the truth becomes both tangled and emotional.