A review by enby
Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed by Abi Balingit

5.0

ok i only read the essays and the accompanying notes for now, but the recipes and ambition and curiosity and love are so terribly kapampangan LOL i love everything about this and i’m happy it’s out there. it’s not a perfect book but i’m  too pleased and proud(?!) as a fellow kapampangan-american to care. desperately need to make all the cookies and that banger of a last recipe (melon chicharron crumble) 😮‍💨 for my loved ones, no less!!!

also she’s so real for thinking she never fit in with typical fil-ams growing up just bc she was a dorky scene girl LMAO i don’t have a single unique experience