I love getting tips from readers, and this is a really special one. (Thanks Matt!)

Itsuo Kobayashi, a former Japanese soba chef born in 1962 … has recorded his meals in painstakingly detailed, hand-drawn food diaries of sorts for the past 32 years. In addition to recollections about taste, Kobayashi’s pen has accounted for every last spring onion and grain of rice, for the sheer pleasure of tasting life twice…

Check out the full story, with more pics: For Over 30 Years, a Tokyo Soba Chef Drew Everything He Ate

Other posts about chefs’ notebooks.