BookDragon Food Tag

A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

06 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Singaporean American, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American

A toothsome distraction from the recent Tiger Mother hunt, journalist Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan offers A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family, which takes readers from Carnegie Hall into fragrant kitchens, trading threatened stuffed animals for pineapple tarts, Prokofiev for pandan. Tan's strong-willed...

Pretty Delicious by Candice Kumai, photographs by Quentin Bacon

22 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese American, Nonfiction

Forget pillow talk; get in the kitchen with your favorite FWBs – that's Foods With Benefits, according to Candice Kumai, also known as the Stiletto Chef and co-host of Lifetime's Cook Yourself Thin. Thanks to her FWBs, Kumai's first cookbook is all about "eating well that's healthy,...

Toriko (vol. 1) by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, translated by Christine Dashiell, adapted by Hope Donovan

21 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

We've all heard the stories of palate-adventurers willing to go to extreme lengths to try some of the most ...

At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka by Madhur Jaffrey

14 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Bangladeshi, Indian, Indian American, Nonfiction, Pakistani, Sri Lankan

What perfect timing! Madhur Jaffrey's newest cookbook makes for a toothsome companion to one of last week's posts, Indivisible, the first anthology that brings together contemporary American poets...

Gente: The People of Ristorante Paradiso (vol. 1) by Natsume Ono, translated by Joe Yamazaki

09 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, European, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

While the story of abandoned Nicoletta in search of her wayward mother was a single-volume deal fully contained in Ristorante Paradiso, the staff of said Ristorante, the charming Casetta dell'Orso, merit their very own series. And why not ...

Ristorante Paradiso by Natsume Ono, translated by Joe Yamazaki

08 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, European, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Nicoletta arrives in Rome with a very specific goal: she's determined to confront the mother who abandoned her 15 years ago. The reason her mother gave then remains just as inexcusable now: "'There's a man I'm destined to be with. But he'll never marry a...

Oishinbo: A la Carte: Japanese Cuisine (vol. 1) by Tetsu Kariya, art by Akira Hanasaki, translated by Tetsuichiro Miyaki

02 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Oishinbo is apparently one of those cult manga series that only recently hit U.S. shelves in translation, but floating out there all over the world already are over 100 million copies. The title, by the way, translates to something like delicious (oishii: 美味しい, orおいしい) and 'a...

The Sandwich Swap by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah with Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Tricia Tusa

15 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Jordanian, Middle Eastern

When our daughter entered kindergarten oh those many years ago (she's a teenager already!), she almost immediately started to get hassled about her lunches ...

Momofuku by David Chang and Peter Meehan, photographs by Gabriele Stabile

13 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean American, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American

Don't even open this book without a very full stomach, because you'll be salivating almost immediately. Culinary bad-boy David Chang, creator of the impossible-to-get-in restaurants of the Momofuku chain (noodle bar, ssäm bar, ko, milk bar, and má pêche coming soon) surely knows how to feed. He's a Korean...

The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook: Home Cooking from Asian American Kitchens by Patricia Tanumihardja

12 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian, Pan-Asian Pacific American

The holiday season is fast approaching (already!) so take note now ...

Boy Dumplings by Ying Chang Compestine, illustrated by James Yamasaki

23 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese American

Missing his usual buckets of left-out food (garbage, unbeknownst to him), a hungry Beijing ghost happens upon a plump little boy out too late with his lantern. The ghost traps his tasty morsel, hurries home, thinking he's going to have a special feast. But the...

Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life: A Story of Sustainable Farming by Jan Reynolds [in Bloomsbury Review]

05 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Balinese, Children/Picture Books, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost

The planting and harvesting of the core food product of Bali – rice – is an exercise in careful natural balance by the local farmers. But when the government gets involved and introduces genetically modified hybrid rice and chemical fertilizers, the perfect cycle breaks and...

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

The perfect companion piece to Fast Food Nation, with even gorier details of death and destruction, as well as the most enlightening look at where, when, and how our food gets processed in our overindustrialized food...

The Real Fast Curry Cookbook by Pat Chapman [in AsianWeek]

03 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian

If you’ve got half an hour, you’ve got a meal. Now hurry up and feed me! Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, November 3, 2005 Readers: Adult Published: 2005...

Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Ho Baek Lee [in AsianWeek]

29 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

This latest picture book from the 2002 Newbery Medal Award winner Linda Sue Park introduces an adorable little girl who hurries her mother to finish making bee-bim bop,...

The Have a Good Day Cafe by Frances Park and Ginger Park, illustrated by Katherine Potter [in AsianWeek]

29 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

When competition threatens Mike’s family’s food cart, Mike’s grandmother suggests offering Korean food rather than the same old hot dogs and pizza. And who wouldn’t prefer bulgogi over...

Simple Indian Cookery by Madhur Jaffrey [in AsianWeek]

04 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian

Gorgeous pages with ingredient lists so short that you might actually start believing that “simple” is not a misnomer! Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, August 4, 2005 Readers: Adult Published: 2005...

The Modern Indian Restaurant Cookbook: 150 Restaurant Dishes for You to Make at Home by Pat Chapman [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian

Put away the car keys and get out the chopping chopping board. Often referred to as “the national food of England,” (colonial history aside) this is curry in a hurry...

The Migrant’s Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households by Krishnendu Ray [in AsianWeek]

06 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center 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...

The Best of Tofu by Junko Takagi, translated by Kazuhiko Nagai and Karen Sandness [in AsianWeek]

06 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost, Translation

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...