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From the author of Fresh Off the Gunkhole, now a striking ABC sitcom, comes a hilarious and fiercely original story of culture, family unit, love, and carmine-cooked pork

Eddie Huang was finally happy. Sort of. He'd written a bestselling volume and was the star of a Idiot box show that took him to far-flung places around the globe. His New York City restaurant was humming, his OKCupid mitt was stiff, and he'd fifty-fifty hung fresh Ralph Lauren curtains to create the illusion of a chamber in the tiny apartment he shared with his younger brother Evan, who ran their restaurant business organization.

Then he savage in dearest—and everything fell apart.

The business was creating tension within the family; his life as a media star took him away from his first passion—nutrient; and the woman he loved—an All-American white daughter—made him wonder: How Chinese am I? The simply way to observe out, he decided, was to reverse his parents' migration and caput dorsum to the motherland. On a quest to heal his family, reconnect with his culture, and figure out whether he should marry his American girl, Eddie flew to China with his two brothers and a mission: to set up shop to see if his food stood up to Chinese palates—and to immerse himself in the culture to come across if his life made sense in China. Naturally, cypher went according to plan.

Double Cup Love takes readers from Williamsburg dive confined to the skies over Mongolia, from Michelin-starred restaurants in Shanghai to street-side soup peddlers in Chengdu. The book rockets off as a sharply observed, globe-trotting comic take chances that turns into an existential suspense story with loftier stakes. Eddie takes readers to the crossroads where he has to choose betwixt his past and his future, between who he in one case was and who he might become. Double Cup Dearest is about how we search for beloved and significant—in family and culture, in romance and marriage—simply too how that search, with all its aching and overpowering complexity, can deliver us to our truest selves.

Praise for Eddie Huang'due south Double Cup Dear

"Double Cup Love invites the readers to journey through [Eddie Huang's] love story, new friendships, alliance, a whole lot of eating and more. Huang's honest recounting shouts and whispers on every folio in all-caps dialogues and hilarious side-commentary. Huang pulls simple truths and humor out of his circuitous hazard to China. His forthright sharing of anecdotes is sincere and generates uncontrollable laughter. . . . His latest memoir affirms not only that the cocky-described "human panda" is an engaging storyteller but a great listener, particularly in the linguistic communication of food."—Chicago Tribune
"An elaborate story of beloved and self-discovery . . . Huang'due south writing is wry and zippy; he regards the world with an understanding of its absurdities and injustices and with a willingness to be surprised."—Jon Caramanica, The New York Times

"Huang is determined to tease out the subtle and not-and then-subtle ways in which Asian-Americans give upwardly parts of themselves in social club to motion forrard. . . . Fortunately for us, he's non afraid to speak up about it."—The New Yorker

"Huang connects in Chengdu the same way he assimilated in America—through food, hip-hop and a never-catastrophe actuality, which readers experience through his hilarious writing vocalization and style."—New York Daily News

"Double Cup Honey invites the readers to journey through [Eddie Huang's] love story, new friendships, alliance, a whole lot of eating and more than. Huang's honest recounting shouts and whispers on every page in all-caps dialogues and hilarious side-commentary. Huang pulls uncomplicated truths and humor out of his complex adventure to Communist china. His forthright sharing of anecdotes is sincere and generates uncontrollable laughter. . . . His latest memoir affirms non merely that the self-described "human panda" is an engaging storyteller merely a bang-up listener, peculiarly in the language of food."—Chicago Tribune

"An elaborate story of honey and self-discovery . . . [Eddie] Huang'due south writing is wry and zippy; he regards the world with an agreement of its absurdities and injustices and with a willingness to exist surprised."—Jon Caramanica, The New York Times

"Huang is adamant to tease out the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which Asian-Americans give up parts of themselves in order to move forward. . . . Fortunately for u.s.a., he's non afraid to speak up about it."—The New Yorker

"Huang connects in Chengdu the same way he assimilated in America—through nutrient, hip-hop and a never-catastrophe authenticity, which readers experience through his hilarious writing vocalization and style."—New York Daily News

"Some other dial of passion . . . With his gift for conversation, edgy sense of humor, and deeply knowledgeable palate, readers get a sense of a young chef on a serious quest. . . . His passion for food and determination to go things right—in the U.South., in China, and in his heart of hearts—mark every page." —Publishers Weekly

"Huang possesses a fiery descriptive flair capable of splicing disparate cultural references with the acuity of a yakitori grill chief. . . . A challenging author continues to bravely bare his soul along with his best dishes."—Kirkus Reviews

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