A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family

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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, writer of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles

After growing up in the most food-obsessed city on this planet, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan left home and family at eighteen for The us–proof of the rebelliousness of daughters born in the Year of the Tiger. But as a thirtysomething fashion author in New York, she felt the Singaporean dishes that defined her childhood beginning to call her back. Used to be it too late to be told the secrets of her grandmothers’ and aunties’ kitchens, in addition to 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 way of life with the rich lessons of the Singaporean kitchen, in the long run reconnecting with her family and herself.

Reading Group Guide to be had online and included in the eBook.

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