Nguyen's memoir of her family's escape from Saigon in 1975 to the U.S. and their/her subsequent adjustment to American culture. She came to love American food, which seemed more exotic than her grandmother's traditional Vietnamese dishes. Her father married a Mexican woman, Rosa, who introduced even more diverse food into Nguyen's life. The book deals with her longing to be just like the blue-eyed, blonde-haired Americans. In the end, as a young adult, she travels back to Vietnam and realizes that it is not her home anymore; she is American. Also, the book chronicles how she, as an adult, reunites with her mother, who didn't emigrate with them in 1975 but arrived much later. I enjoyed the book from a cultural perspective as well the nostalgic details of food items. Maybe a 6.
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