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A Memoir of Food and Family
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February 2011
On Sale: February 8, 2011
304 pages
ISBN: 1401341284
EAN: 9781401341282
Kindle: B004KZOQ9C
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"Starting with charred fried rice and ending with flaky
pineapple tarts, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan takes us along on a
personal journey that most can only fantasize about--an
exploration of family history and culture through a
mastery of home-cooked dishes. Tan's delectable education
through the landscape of Singaporean cuisine teaches us
that food is the tie that binds."
--Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles After growing up in the most food-obsessed city in the
world, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan left home and family at eighteen
for America--proof of the rebelliousness of daughters born
in the Year of the Tiger. But as a thirtysomething fashion
writer in New York, she felt the Singaporean dishes that
defined her childhood beginning to call her back. Was it
too late to learn the secrets of her grandmothers' and
aunties' kitchens, as well as the tumultuous family
history that had kept them hidden before? In her quest to
recreate the dishes of her native Singapore by cooking
with her family, Tan learned not only cherished recipes
but long-buried stories of past generations. A Tiger in the Kitchen, which includes ten
authentic recipes for Singaporean classics such as
pineapple tarts and Teochew braised duck, is the charming,
beautifully written story of a Chinese-Singaporean ex-pat
who learns to infuse her New York lifestyle with the rich
lessons of the Singaporean kitchen, ultimately
reconnecting with her family and herself.
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Interviews for A Tiger In The Kitchen
Interview with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan A Tiger In The Kitchen February 3, 2011
Comments
6 comments posted.
Re: A Tiger In The Kitchen
pineapple tarts
(Teresa Ward 10:39pm February 1, 2011)
Pineapple tarts, and they sound yummy! What an adventureful life CHeryl has
had! I look forward to reading her book.
(Mary McCoy 10:02pm February 5, 2011)
pineapple Tarts
(Patricia Kasner 7:51pm February 6, 2011)
pineappe tarts. Pineapple jam on a buttery cookie sounds scrumptious!
(Marguerite Guinn 3:24pm February 7, 2011)
Pineapple tarts sound heavenly! I have had a pineapple empanada which is really yummy, but a tart sounds even better.
(Sandy Fielder 3:11pm February 8, 2011)
Pineapple tarts. No small undertaking.
(Caroline Kolb 6:58pm February 19, 2011)
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