This is a beautifully drawn slice-of-life and cooking manga with nice ambience and enjoyable characters.
The story revolves around a "older" (probably mid-20s but a mature type) woman named Alice who returns to live in the countryside after her grandma's death.
She re-opens the traditional irori, a traditional japanese open hearth. She reunites with her childhood friend and the manga follows the two (as well as people around them). The characters have a good dynamic and are well matched. They are also NOT dense when it comes to love, they do pick things up rather fast, and they don't sit on them which is refreshing.
Art style is beautiful, soft and detailed.
A lot of thought goes not only in drawing the characters but also in "background"; the room and items. In a world where manga are often drawn with only face close-ups, this is excellent. Looking at the art, I can't help but think (my personal opinion) that Bunko-sensei is not just a manga-ka but also an illustrator.
This is a good example of a "classical", well drawn manga.
Not an epic manga like the more known ones, but rather that type of quiet, ambiental, beautifully drawn manga (Hiro's "Akebi channo sailor fuku" comes to mind) that's soothing but not boring, mature but not heavy, and light while not cheap.
I am currently re-reading it, and because of artistic detail and good story pacing i am looking forward to noticing all the details I missed in the first reading.
It's not too long and that's a good thing; tell the story, make it have it's start, flow and ending naturally.
A firm recommend to anyone looking for something "more". it's true art in a sea filled with isekai trash, otome and endless to-be-red-once webcomics.
Would definitely buy and keep on my shelf if it was translated and printed on english...