A Tiger in the Kitchen

" Starting with charred fried rice and ending with flaky pineapple tarts, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan takes us along on a personal journey that most can only fantasize about— an exploration of family history and culture through a mastery of home-cooked dishes. Tan' s delectable education through the landscape of Singaporean cuisine teaches us that food is the tie that binds." — Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie ChroniclesAfter growing up in the most food-obsessed city in the world, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan left home and family at eighteen for America— proof of the rebelliousness of daughters born in the Year of the Tiger. But as a thirtysomething fashion writer in New York, she felt the Singaporean dishes that defined her childhood beginning to call her back. Was it too late to learn the secrets of her grandmothers' and aunties' kitchens, as well as the tumultuous family history that had kept them hidden before? In her quest to recreate the dishes...