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Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

✍️ Nguon, Chantha
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🏛 Algonquin Books 📅 2024 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9781643753492

📝 Description: Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen"--

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This volume will not suit readers looking for a traditional, step-by-step instructional cookbook or a lighthearted kitchen guide, as its primary weight rests on the harrowing historical backdrop of Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s rather than extensive culinary techniques. Instead, it serves as a deeply moving tribute to a lost family and country, anchored by the recipes of a mother's kitchen. Those expecting a conventional recipe collection may find the narrative focus on loss and survival to be heavier than anticipated.
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This volume will not suit readers looking for a traditional, step-by-step instructional cookbook or a lighthearted kitchen guide, as its primary weight rests on the harrowing historical backdrop of Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s rather than extensive culinary techniques. Instead, it serves as a deeply moving tribute to a lost family and country, anchored by the recipes of a mother's kitchen. Those expecting a conventional recipe collection may find the narrative focus on loss and survival to be heavier than anticipated.

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