{"product_id":"slow-noodles-a-cambodian-memoir-of-love-loss-and-family-recipes-hardcover","title":"Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChantha Nguon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKim Green\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRECIPE: HOW TO CHANGE CLOTH INTO DIAMOND \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTake a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and 1 wholesale extermination. Subtract a reliable source of food, life savings, and family members, until all are gone. Shave down childhood dreams for approximately two decades, until only subsistence remains.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSlow Noodles\u003c\/i\u003e, Chantha Nguon recounts her life as a Cambodian refugee who loses everything and everyone--her home, her family, her country--all but the remembered tastes and aromas of her mother's kitchen. She summons the quiet rhythms of 1960s Battambang, her provincial hometown, before the dictator Pol Pot tore her country apart and killed more than a million Cambodians, many of them ethnic Vietnamese like Nguon and her family. Then, as an immigrant in Saigon, Nguon loses her mother, brothers, and sister and eventually flees to a refugee camp in Thailand. For two decades in exile, she survives by cooking in a brothel, serving drinks in a nightclub, making and selling street food, becoming a suture nurse, and weaving silk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nguon's irrepressible spirit and determination come through in this lyrical memoir that includes more than twenty family recipes such as sour chicken-lime soup, green papaya pickles, and pâté de foie, as well as Khmer curries, stir-fries, and handmade bánh canh noodles. Through it all, re-creating the dishes from her childhood becomes an act of resistance, of reclaiming her place in the world, of upholding the values the Khmer Rouge sought to destroy, and of honoring the memory of her beloved mother, whose \"slow noodles\" approach to healing and cooking prioritized time and care over expediency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlow Noodles\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring testament to the power of food to keep alive a refugee's connection to her past and spark hope for a beautiful life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChantha Nguon\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cambodia and spent two decades as a refugee, until she was finally able to return to her homeland. She is the co-founder, of the Stung Treng Women's Development Center, a social enterprise that offers a living wage, education, and social services to women and their families in rural northeastern Cambodia. A frequent public speaker, she has appeared at universities and on radio and TV news programs, including NPR's \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e. She cooks often for friends, family, and for private events. An excerpt from \u003ci\u003eSlow Noodles\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eHippocampus \u003c\/i\u003ewas named a Longreads Best Personal Essay in 2021. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Green\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer and public radio producer and contributor based in Nashville. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and on NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition, Marketplace, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker Radio Hour\u003c\/i\u003e. A licensed pilot, she was formerly a flight instructor. \n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978545824045,"sku":"9781643753492","price":28.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9AdUp_HanS9781643753492.webp?v=1775805735","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/slow-noodles-a-cambodian-memoir-of-love-loss-and-family-recipes-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}