Devoted Cookbook: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In 1802, 8-year-old Mio lost her parents in a river flood in Osaka and feels all alone after she is also separated from her childhood friend Noe. She is saved by Yoshi, the proprietress of ‘Tenman Icchoan', one of Osaka's famous restaurants, whom she happened to meet. Mio begins training as a cook because of her gift for taste in a time when females were still banned from the kitchen. However, the restaurant was burnt down in a fire and she sets off for Edo with Yoshi and her husband Kahei. By some lucky coincidence, they are invited by Taneichi, the owner of ‘Tsurya', to work at his soba shop. Mio is bewildered by the contrasting flavors of the Kansai region and Edo, and also has to deal with the obstructions of a rival shop and a status difference in her love with the samurai Komatsubara. She overcomes these difficulties and eventually becomes a top female cook.

Series details

• Title: Devoted Cookbook
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Food, History
• Premiere date: 2017-05-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-07-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 38 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 61231
• IMDb ID: tt6704040
• TVDB ID: 370066

Cast and credited roles

• Haru Kuroki — Mio
• Mirai Moriyama — Komatsubara / Onodera Kazuma
• Nagayama Kento — Nagata Gensai

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-05-13; final listed air date 2017-07-08; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Devoted Cookbook on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.