Oishinbo, a la carte 5
Subtitle: Vegetables
By: story by Tetsu Kariya ; art by Akira Hanasaki
Contributors: Hanasaki, Akira, 1956-
Edition: VIZ signature ed.
Publisher: VIZ Media
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781421521435
Subjects: Vegetables; Comic books, strips; Journalists; Japanese Cooking
Other titles: Vegetables; Oishinbo.
Description: "...In this volume, Weekly Time magazine sets up a series of culinary battles between the Tōzai News's 'Ultimate Menu,' represented by Yamaoka, and the Teito Times's 'Supreme Menu,' represented by Kaibara Yūzan, Yamaoka's father and nemesis. The ingredient this time is vegetables, specifically cabbages and turnips. Who will win the Vegetable Showdown? Later, Yamaoka and Kurita help Tomii's son get over his hatred of eggplant, and patch a rift between lovers using the power of asparagus"--cover flap.
Notes: The book is published "manga-style," in authentic Japanese right-to-left format.

"Original Japanese edition published in 2006 by Shogakukan Inc., Tokyo."--colophon.

Rated T for teen.