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Author
Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes-one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic...
Author
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Professional Lola is a collection of short stories that blend literary fiction with the surreal to present the contemporary Filipino American experience and its universal themes of love, family, and identity. A family hires an actress to play their beloved grandmother at a party; a couple craving Filipino food rob a panaderya; a coven of Filipino witches cast a spell on their husbands; a Lolo transforms into a Lola. These are just a few of the stories...
Author
Publisher
Agora Books, an imprint of Polis Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"His latest job is to catch the one that got away-- three times. Filipino-American bounty hunter Domingo has made a career of catching criminal undocumented immigrants. He's the best in the business--and it isn't lost on him that he's so good because of his similarities to his targets. Despite Domingo's claims that he is unsympathetic to their plight, yet spends his spare moments on stakeouts and in between jobs writing a book of advice for aspiring...
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"M. Evelina Galang's stories center on the experiences of Filipina women and families and interweave Filipino folklore and Tagalog, quietly but insistently challenging racialized capitalism and the exclusion of the Filipino American experience from racial discourse in the U.S. while also making clear the role of ancestry and ancestors on younger generations."--
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Well guys, here it is -- my story. A funny, sad, at times pathetic but also kick-ass tale of how a half-Filipino, half-white kid whose mom thought (and still thinks) his career goal was to become a clown became a success. Not an overnight success, because that would have made for a really short read, but an All-American success who could give my immigrant mom the kind of life she hoped for when she came to this country, and my son the kind of life...
Author
Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchen upside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention of two very eligible bachelors. Or her professional life, since she can't bring herself to open her new café after the unpleasantness that occurred...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Selected as a semifinalist in the 2007 IACP Cookbook Awards, In The Filipino-American Kitchen, Chicago-based chef and teacher Jennifer Aranas introduces the exotic flavors of her ancestral Filipino homeland, taking readers on a gastronomic tour-from sweet and spicy to smoky and tangy-while transforming delicious native recipes into easy-to-make meals. Even if you're an experienced Filipino cook, you will discover new favorites among this collection...
Author
Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. It's Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, The Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she's taken the first step in a new romance with her good friend,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Eugene Gloria's fourth collection of poetry captures the surreal and unreal feelings of the present. Through the voice of Nacirema, the central persona of the collection, who is a Filipina American woman with an ambiguous sexual identity, we are introduced to a character who chooses mystery and inhabits landscapes fraught with brutality and beauty. Flawed like America, Nacirema embodies ideas of wanderlust and self-discovery. In poems that recount...
18) Murder and mamon
Author
Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The next riveting mystery in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen series by Mia P. Manansala, Agatha Award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo. Lila Macapagal's godmothers April, Mae, and June-AKA the Calendar Crew-are celebrating the opening of their latest joint business venture, a chain of laundromats. However, what should've been a joyous occasion quickly turns into a tragedy when they discover the body of Ninang April's niece, recently arrived from the...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After moving to Sacramento to take over his grandparent's Filipino market, sixth-grader Alex seeks popularity by selling homemade slime at school, while his father insists he join a soccer team.
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