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Amboy : recipes from the Filipino-American dream Cover Image Book Book

Amboy : recipes from the Filipino-American dream / Alivin Cailan with Alexandra Cuerdo and Susan Choung ; photography by Wyatt Conlon.

Cailan, Alvin, (author.). Cuerdo, Alexandra, (author.). Choung, Susan, (author.).

Summary:

"Filipino recipes from the creator of the legendary Eggslut in LA, host of the hit online series The Burger Show, and the most prominent Filipino chef in the US"-- Provided by publisher.
Cailan, arguably the most high-profile chef in America's Filipino food movement, spent his youth feeling like he wasn't Filipino enough to be Filipino and not American enough to be an American. As an amboy, the term for a Filipino raised in America, he had to overcome cultural traditions and family expectations to find his own path to success. In this memoir/cookbook, Cailan tells that story through his recipes. -- adapted from inside front cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781328931733
  • ISBN: 1328931730
  • Physical Description: 352 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Meeting Alvin -- Mom and Dad -- Pico Rivera, 1986 -- Lola -- Ten summers in a row in the Philippines -- Auntie Cita -- Sacred heart -- Weekend heroes -- Portland runaway -- The death of Ten01 -- The rise of Eggslut -- The major leagues -- Unit 120 -- Amboy.

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Subject: Cooking, Philippine.
Genre: Cookbooks.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library 641.59599 CAIL (Text) 34455006741330 Adult Nonfiction 1st FL Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 641.595 (Text) 33062009345357 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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