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Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream
A powerful memoir of resilience, friendship, family, and food from the acclaimed chefs behind the award-winning Hy Vong Vietnamese restaurant in Miami.

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Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mothe…
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You Deserve Good Gelato
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In her inimitably funny and feel-good way, social media star Kacie Rose offers a refreshingly honest take on navigating a new life abroad in You Deserve Good Gelato, covering everything from travel fa…
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Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
4.48 avg. rating
· 1400 Ratings
A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventure, illness and mortality in this stunning, lyrical memoir and family story that sweeps from Pakistan …
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The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
The stunning memoir of a Muslim teen struggling to survive the Bosnian genocide--and the stray cat who protected her family through it all.

Amra was a teen in Bihac, Bosnia, when her friend said they c…
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing ch…
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Daughters of the New Year
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· 1678 Ratings
A captivating debut novel that moves backwards in time to trace five generations of Vietnamese mothers and daughters, drawing on Vietnamese zodiac astrology to chart the fateful events of their lives

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A Fire So Wild
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· 1555 Ratings
With the emotional echoes of  Little Fires Everywhere  and the lush atmosphere of  Disappearing Earth , a riveting debut novel in which a wildfire creeps toward Berkeley, California, igniting tensions…
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Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine
There is a new American culinary landscape developing around us, and it’s one that chef Edward Lee is proud to represent. In a nation of immigrants who bring their own culinary backgrounds to this cou…
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The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a legal education fro…
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the truth of racialized consciousness in America. Binding these essays together is Hong's theory of "minor fe…
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The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal classic.

Reading and eating, like Krazy and Ignatz, Sturm und Drang, prosciutto and melon, Simon and S…
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The Manicurist's Daughter
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· 4396 Ratings
An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery

Susan Lieu has long been searching f…
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Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of …
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Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
Julia Lee is angry. And she has questions.
What does it mean to be Asian in America? What does it look like to be an ally or an accomplice? How can we shatter the structures of white supremacy that fue…
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Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
3.43 avg. rating
· 5941 Ratings
Become enamored with the splendor of Paris in this heartwarming and delightful story about writing one’s own destiny and finding love along the way.

Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people’s fortunes -- …
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Why I Cook
3.85 avg. rating
· 694 Ratings
Get an unprecedented look inside the mind and kitchen of America’s top chef in this memoir and cookbook by Tom Colicchio, the multiple-James Beard and Emmy Award-winning chef, restaurateur, and televi…
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I Decided to Live as Myself
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Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House
A wonderfully entertaining, often surprising narrative history of presidential food: from Washington's lack of it at Valley Forge to Trump's well-done steaks with ketchup--what they ate, why they ate …
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How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
An Invitation to Community and Models for Connection




After almost every presentation activist and writer Mia Birdsong gives to executives, think tanks, and policy makers, one of those leaders quietly c…
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Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World
A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman.

"The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before". (Neil…
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