"By purchasing Pork Bowl, Hachiken takes a step forward in reconciling a farmer's care and concern for livestock that will ultimately be eaten. But Pork Bowl has yielded a whole lot more than a pork bowl's worth--or even a dozen pork bowls' worth!--of meat, and all of Ezo Ag is more than happy to help with the surplus! Hachiken may raise a lot of tough questions, but he sure knows how to a make a mean batch of bacon . . ."--Back cover.

Translation of: Gin no saji. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "T, teen, L"--Back cover.