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Tiny Moons

Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai

Paperback Published on: 27/02/2020
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Tiny Moons
An absolute treat
An absolute treat of a read. One for the foodies out there. Tiny Moons is a food memoir following Powles culinary journey's as she studies in Shanghai for... READ MORE
Alan O'Keeffe

Synopsis

Tiny Moons is a collection of essays about food and belonging. Nina Mingya Powles journeys between Wellington, Kota Kinabalu and Shanghai, tracing the constants in her life: eating and cooking, and the dishes that have come to define her. Through childhood snacks, family feasts, Shanghai street food and student dinners, she attempts to find a way back towards her Chinese-Malaysian heritage.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: The Emma Press
  • ISBN: 9781912915347
  • Number of pages: 96
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 5 mm
  • Weight: 101g
  • Languages: English

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Tiny Moons
not what I expected
I expected to enjoy it more, I love food and reading about it, but I found it just ok
june.reads
Tiny Moons
A wonderful little book
Probably my favourite book I read last year. I picked it up due to an interest in Chinese food, but it ended up having much more of an effect on me than I ... READ MORE
Nathan Smith
Tiny Moons
A sweet and comforting little read
Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai is a collection of essays by Nina Mingya Powles, told during her time as a scholarship student in Shanghai studyin... READ MORE
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