The Migrant’s Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households by Krishnendu Ray [in AsianWeek]
06 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Indian American, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian American
A hybrid if I ever saw one: At the heart of the book is a sociological look at how food and ethnicity intersect in the immigrant world (think how our APA holiday tables might...
Mmmm, mmmm, good – the pictures alone will make you hungry. Who knew tofu could be toothsome on the page? You can even learn how to make tofu from scratch. After all...
A collection to share with your daughter – your sister, your cousin, even your mother. Thoughtful and eye-opening, this collection by women from many backgrounds recalls childhood experiences on when and how...
A worthy compendium to enhance the understanding and enjoyment of contemporary Japanese cinema, with authoritative profiles of 19 filmmakers, filmographies, and selected reviews. The final chapter includes a “New and Notable”-like section...
Perfect timing as the holiday season goes into high gear: What better way to survive the stress and mess than to strengthen the body and calm the mind with yoga? As a...
Written by the son of Aikido’s founder, Morihei Ueshiba, this volume is part history, part philosophy, part how-to … not to mention a catalog of some great action shots of flying, flipping-over...
The collected private writings of film and cultural historian Donald Richie, who is perhaps best known as Japan’s pre-eminent 20th-century American expat. Included in the multiple pages devoted to his almost-six-decade love affair with...
The final installation in Mehta’s 11-title series, Continents of Exile, explores his father’s love affair with another woman, documented through their love letters – the eponymous Red Letters. Written without judgment following the deaths...
An intimate memoir about a three-decade relationship between the Dalai Lama and the author Chan that begins with high-pitched giggles over Chan’s Fu Manchu-style mustache and ends with the gift of a...
With Hollywood’s latest creative raids into the East (Ringu/The Ring, Ju-on/The Grudge, My Sassy Girl being remade with Rachel Leigh Cook and directed by Bend It Like Beckham’s...
The first-ever comprehensive anthology in the West of Indian writing, represented in prose, poems, and memoirs by 38 writers from the 1850s to the 1990s.
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This has got to be the easiest-looking cookbook I’ve seen ever … with favorites like sukiyaki and shabu-shabu, even teppanyaki.
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A sweet collection of 101 tips from the creators of the best-selling American Girl series on how all girls – the pictures are very inclusive! – can feel their best about themselves.
Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/asianweek-2004-10-28-new-and-notable.pdf"...
A welcoming, gentle manual of sorts for even the most overscheduled on how to let go of anger and fear to live a more peaceful, fulfilling life — not to...
Just looking at the cover of this book will make you a little happier. … It’s a delightful visual romp that captures Japan’s love affair with the entertaining goldfish: most of these overbred guys are anything...
An academic – but thoroughly readable – look at what defines the growing, loose boundaries of South Asian American literature, an area in which titles appear to be multiplying daily.
Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/asianweek-2004-10-28-new-and-notable.pdf"...
I couldn't stop salivating over these whimsical creations – think butterflies and chicks and sailboats and even soccer balls – done in sushi!! And the full-color, step-by-step illustrations even had me believing that I...
While the Asian American and Pacific Islander community has definitely made progress in gaining political visibility, so much more needs to be done. So next week, especially, make sure to go out...
A contemporary presentation of the ancient Chinese classic, filled with stunning black-and-white photographs that complement each of the 64 ideographs.
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