Mayumu : Filipino American desserts remixed

Mayumu Filipino American desserts remixed

Abi Balingit

Book - 2023

"A sweet baking book of fantastically imaginative remixed Filipinx American dessert recipes, plus stories of the Filipinx American experience by baker-activist, Abi Balingit When the pandemic started her lonely work-from-home life in 2020, Abi channeled all her energy into the one thing that brought her joy: baking. She started to produce Pasalubong boxes filled with novel treats that blended the Filipino and Asian flavors Abi grew up with and her favorite Western style baked goods, each time selling out within hours and donating the proceeds to support her community in need. Now, Abi shares these cult-favorite desserts with Mayumu (which means "sweet" in one of the 8 major languages in Philippines), an incredibly fresh bakin...g book of 75 recipes for sweet treats, organized in chapters tied to where she discovered these flavors growing up as child of immigrants in a cultural melting pot, from the Philippines, to all around California, to her now home Brooklyn, NY. And she bakes all of these in her tiny, dimly lit, urban kitchen, meaning anyone can do it, too"--

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Subjects
Desserts.
Baking.
Filipino Americans > Food.
HOUSE & HOME / General.
Cookbooks.
Recipes.
Genres
Cookbooks
Recipes
Published
New York, NY: Harvest an Imprint of William Morrow [2023]
Language
English
Main Author
Abi Balingit (author)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
278 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780063244061
  • Introduction
  • Tiny Kitchen Essentials
  • Part I. Pampanga, Philippines
  • Jams, Syrups & Toppings
  • Kakanin
  • Part II. San Jose, California
  • Cakes
  • Candies
  • Part III. Stockton, California
  • Pastries & Pies
  • Part IV. Berkeley, California
  • Brownies & Bars
  • Cookies
  • Part V. Brooklyn, New York
  • Breads & Fried Treats
  • Custards, Puddings & Chilled Desserts
  • Glossary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
Review by Booklist Review

Ube, pandan, and nata de coco are just a few ingredients that will become household staples after readers familiarize themselves with Bay Area-born Balingit's delectable treasure trove of sweet treats. The writer behind food blog The Dusky Kitchen shows immense pride in her family's Filipino culinary heritage while also embracing a flair for fusion. A palette of dark violet, grassy green, and warm caramel hues colors the pages, showing off nature's most vibrant ingredients in desserts like ube skillet crinkle cookies, milky avocado popsicles, and Thai leche flan. Savory-enhanced sweets such as the calamansi fish-sauce shortbread, ube cheesecake with a Gosomi (Korean crackers) crust, Sampalok tajin snickerdoodles, and Turrones de Casoy MSG brownies show off Balingit's creativity and her penchant for international blends. Among a still narrow selection of Filipino cookbooks available in the U.S., this one stands out for its inviting and singular look at the sweet side of Southeast Asian baking and for Balingit's reminiscences of a childhood and young adulthood full of family, warmth, and memories made through food.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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