ZSR's Summer Reading Challenge 2021 (Wake Forest University) - hosted by tidybookshelf

A food memoir by an author of color
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Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream

Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction cookbook food and drink memoir emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Daughter of Heaven: A Memoir with Earthly Recipes by Leslie Li

Daughter of Heaven: A Memoir with Earthly Recipes

Leslie Li

304 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Eat a Peach by David Chang, Gabe Ulla

Eat a Peach

David Chang, Gabe Ulla

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India by Madhur Jaffrey

Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India

Madhur Jaffrey

320 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional slow-paced
Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee

Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine

Edward Lee

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen

Stealing Buddha's Dinner

Bich Minh Nguyen

272 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir informative reflective slow-paced
Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Joshua David Stein, Kwame Onwuachi

Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir

Joshua David Stein, Kwame Onwuachi

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Yes, Chef by Veronica Chambers, Marcus Samuelsson

Yes, Chef

Veronica Chambers, Marcus Samuelsson

319 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber

The Language of Baklava: A Memoir

Diana Abu-Jaber

328 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

Michael W. Twitty

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative reflective slow-paced
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