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A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK
LoveReading's Best Books of the Year 2025
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A deliciously nourishing memoir of food, family and finding love...
'A world-spanning love story.' Rebecca May Johnson
'A wonderfully heartwarming memoir with lots of foodie insights.' Rachel Khoo
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After a thirteen-year relationship ends, food journalist Candice Chung find herself losing both her first love and her favourite dining partner. So when her retired Cantonese parents volunteer as her new plus-ones, she must decide whether to keep the peace - or finally confront the distance that's grown between them.
As a new romance stirs and old wounds heal, Candice begins to learn that some truths can't be spoken - only tasted . . .
This is a deliciously nourishing story of food, family and finding new love.
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'A touching, poignant love story... so vivid and flavoursome.' Huma Qureshi, author of How We Met
'Packed with heart, humour, and those tender moments around a dinner table.' Angela Hui, author of Takeaway
'Will undo anyone whose love language is food.' Tara Wigley, co-author of Ottolenghi SIMPLE
'A real and delightful surprise - and also very funny.' Ella Risbridger, author of Midnight Chicken (& Other Recipes Worth Living For)
Hardback | 256 pages | Published April 2025
