With college just around the corner, Liza agrees to help out at the bakery’s annual junior competition to prove to her mom that she’s more than her rebellious tendencies once and for all. Yang is the owner of Houston’s popular Yin & Yang Bakery. The one thing mother and daughter do agree on is their love of baking. Yang’s traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. Compared to her older sister Jeannie, Liza is stubborn, rebellious, and worst of all, determined to push back against all of Mrs. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. Read on to find out why.Ī Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen Razorbill | | 304 pages | contemporary YA retelling | Rep: Taiwanese, Chinese, bi | TW: racism, alcohol | Rating: ♥♥♥♥ They were similar in some ways, yet very different in others and I will say it here: I liked both a lot. And just this month, I’ve already read two books about food, one about cooking, one about baking. So of course, I’m always here for stories that deal with food.

I love eating it, I love cooking and baking and I love reading about it. This delicious debut is perfect for fans of When Dimple Met Rishi and To All the Boys I’ve Love Before.Let’s make this clear once and for all: I love food.

Ĭan Linh and Bao’s love survive in the midst of feuding families and complicated histories? But when a chance encounter brings Linh and Bao closer, sparks fly. Bao and Linh have resolved never to befriend each other, for fear of pushing too far and bringing on undue heartbreak. The only problem? Her parents rely on her in ways they’re not willing to admit, including expecting her to work practically full-time at their family’s pho restaurant.įor decades, the Mais and the Nguyens have been at odds, having owned competing, neighboring pho restaurants. She loves art, and she dreams of making a career of it one day. Stable when unlit, but full of potential for joy and spark and fire. If Linh Mai had to describe herself, she’d say she was a firecracker. He works at his parents’ pho restaurant, and even there, he is his parents’ fifth favorite employee. His grades are average, his social status unremarkable. Steady and strong, but not particularly interesting. If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he’d say he was a rock.

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