A review by bookwormmichelle
A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

4.0

I've seen some criticism of this because of poor editing. The author does have a very informal style which one could dissect for style and grammar---but the book was so much fun! I didn't have the heart to try to analyze its grammar. I was too involved in the author's memories of food during her childhood in Singapore, and her quest to learn how to cook her family's recipes. And she included recipes! This was a great book, I loved the author's sense of humor, and how I wish I could do something similar, move home and spend all my time learning to cook my family's recipes. I can already do many of them, my problem right now being that I'm from Midwestern farm folk and my diet can't take my ancestral food. LOL But I love this thought of learning about yourself, your childhood, your family, your ancestry--through food. Very entertaining book. I'm just glad if I ever do undertake a similar journey, I'll never have to eat jellied sea worms. :-)