Collection: Food Book Nook

Food book nooks are wooden DIY kits that recreate a bakery, a restaurant, a grocery store or a tavern, built to fit between two books on a shelf. The pre-cut, pre-painted wooden pieces slot together without glue, and built-in LEDs light up the cake display, the counter and the signs at night.

In this collection, you'll find bakeries and sweet shops like Becka's Baking House, Mrs. Hunt Bakery, Sweet Marie, Bear Bakery and Honey Dessert Talk, the ice cream parlor of Bella's Ice Cream and Candy House. Restaurants include Uncle Joe's Pizzeria, Tipsy Restaurant, Bear Restaurant and the ramen shops of Oishii Kyoto, Morita-Ya and Sakura Noodles Shop. The Greens' Grocery sells crates of fruit and vegetables, and the taverns and bars include Corner Tavern, The Ancient Bar, The Mellow Pub, Sakura Tavern and the beach bar of The Last Drop. The colors go from the pink and cream of bakeries to the dark wood of taverns.

A food book nook takes a few hours to build, solo or with family, using the illustrated manual. Once it's done, it fits between two cookbooks, on a kitchen shelf or on a desk. It makes a great gift for anyone who loves to cook, bake or eat out. All our kits are CE certified and recommended for ages 14 and up.

FAQ about Food Book Nook

Which bakery or restaurant book nook is the easiest to build?

The easiest is the Sakura Noodles Shop book nook, a small ramen stand with only 50 pieces. Becka's Baking House, a bakery with 141 pieces, and Cooking Bookstore, with 156 pieces, are also easy builds for a first 3D wooden puzzle. Choshi no Shitamachi, Kanmi-dokoro Kurihara and Uncle Joe's Pizzeria, with 218 to 236 pieces, are rated easy too.

Most of the other models, like The Last Drop, Christmas Sweets Treats, Oishii Kyoto, Sakura Tavern, Mrs. Hunt Bakery, Bear Bakery, Honey Dessert Talk or Bear Restaurant, have 166 to 264 pieces and are intermediate builds. The longest ones, Tipsy Restaurant, The Greens' Grocery, Corner Tavern and The Ancient Bar, have close to or more than 300 pieces.

Who is a bakery or restaurant book nook for?

For someone who loves to cook or bake: a miniature bakery with cakes in the window fits right in with their cookbooks. For a fan of Japanese food, with the ramen shops of Oishii Kyoto and Morita-Ya and the izakaya of The Mellow Pub. For someone who likes bars and taverns, with Corner Tavern, The Ancient Bar or the beach bar of The Last Drop. For a baker, a pizza maker or a restaurant owner, as a nod to their job.

It's also a project to build with family: each person builds part of the shop, then you place the cakes and the bottles one by one.

What kinds of food shops are in the collection?

Four families. Bakeries and sweet shops: Becka's Baking House, Mrs. Hunt Bakery, Sweet Marie, Bear Bakery, Honey Dessert Talk, Bella's Ice Cream, Candy House and Christmas Sweets Treats. Restaurants: Uncle Joe's Pizzeria, Tipsy Restaurant, Bear Restaurant and the ramen shops of Oishii Kyoto, Morita-Ya and Sakura Noodles Shop. Two food shops: The Greens' Grocery, with its crates of fruit and vegetables, and the cookbook shop of Cooking Bookstore. And bars and taverns: Corner Tavern, The Ancient Bar, the izakayas of The Mellow Pub and Sakura Tavern, the Japanese bistro Choshi no Shitamachi and the beach bar of The Last Drop.

The colors follow the shop: pink and cream for bakeries, red and wood for Japan, dark wood and copper for taverns.

What are the best food book nooks to build?

Among our best-selling food book nooks, you'll find Sweet Marie, Oishii Kyoto and Kanmi-dokoro Kurihara.

Sweet Marie is a sweet shop with hand-labelled jars of jam and candy, two sundae glasses and a pink rotary phone: 242 pieces, intermediate level, about 3 hours. Oishii Kyoto is a ramen shop with menu boards over the counter, a white cat in a blue bandana and a cherry tree over the door: 175 pieces, intermediate level, about 3 hours. Kanmi-dokoro Kurihara is a Japanese tea and sweets shop, with boxes of green tea, a sakura mochi sign and a pine tree by the entrance: 227 pieces, easy level, about 3 hours.

Where to buy our Food Book Nook ?

You can purchase your Food Book Nook directly on our website. Payments are secure, and your order will be shipped quickly.
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You can find some Food Book Nook at physical retailers or in large stores, but they are not widely distributed yet. That's why we recommend ordering directly from our website to ensure you get the exact model you want at the best price.