Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
"When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from...
Author
Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. It's Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, The Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she's taken the first step in a new romance with her good friend,...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Marvin Gapultos, a food blogger-turned-gourmet food trucker, brings the exotic-- yet easy to make-- flavors of the Philippines into your home. With a distinct lack of Filipino restaurants to be found, the road to great Filipino food begins and ends at home. In his debut cookbook, Marvin demonstrates that Filipino cuisine can be prepared in any kitchen-- from Manila to Los Angeles and everywhere in-between. Marvin interprets traditional Filipino...
Author
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the 1950s through the 1970s, blue-collar Filipino Americans, or Pinoys, lived a hardscrabble existence. Immigrant parents endured blatant racism, sporadic violence, and poverty while their US-born children faced more subtle forms of racism, such as the low expectations of teachers and counselors in the public school system. In this collection of autobiographical essays, acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Peter Bacho centers the experiences...
10) We belong
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Through a bedtime story to her daughters, a woman weaves together her immigration story and Pilipino mythology. Includes glossary, songs, and author's note.
11) Murder and mamon
Author
Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The next riveting mystery in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen series by Mia P. Manansala, Agatha Award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo. Lila Macapagal's godmothers April, Mae, and June-AKA the Calendar Crew-are celebrating the opening of their latest joint business venture, a chain of laundromats. However, what should've been a joyous occasion quickly turns into a tragedy when they discover the body of Ninang April's niece, recently arrived from the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Eugene Gloria's fourth collection of poetry captures the surreal and unreal feelings of the present. Through the voice of Nacirema, the central persona of the collection, who is a Filipina American woman with an ambiguous sexual identity, we are introduced to a character who chooses mystery and inhabits landscapes fraught with brutality and beauty. Flawed like America, Nacirema embodies ideas of wanderlust and self-discovery. In poems that recount...
15) Maribel's year
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"New country, new school, new friends. A lot can happen in a single year. But one thing's for certain: Maribel won't forget her Papa, even when he's 8,000 miles away in the Philippines"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a cross-cultural collision, a New Yorker discovers love among the locals! When Halina Mitchell makes her first trip to Manila, the eye-opening immersion in her homeland turns all her assumptions on their head. With the film critic Cris as her guide, she's given a vivid glimpse of a teeming city few others get to see. Will her growing affections include the irreverent writer? Captured in Arnold Arres's distinctive style, Halina Filipina is about...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Chronicle Books edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sam is fascinated by her new neighbors and their ability to talk with their hands, and when she meets Mai, she starts to learn Filipino sign language so they can communicate. Includes dictionary of Philippine signs.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Hilarious and earnest, this collection of essays, drawings, recipes, how-tos and never-before-seen photos goes far beyond what we know of Bretman Rock from social media. Who is Bretman Rock Sacayanan behind the screen and how did he become the original superstar influencer and today’s beloved best friend of the internet? You're That Bitch welcomes you into Bretman Rock's world—from how his childhood in the Philippines, his family, Filipino culture,...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly, a client publisher of Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1929 and Bobot is just another migrant worker in rural California. Or rather, a migrant worker with a law degree from the Philippines reduced to manual labor in America. Bobot, like so many other young Filipinos, finds himself bunking in the fields, picking fruit by day. When his cousin writes claiming to have spotted his estranged wife in nearby San Francisco, he swipes a co-worker's favorite nightclub suit and heads to the big city...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Santa Barbara Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try suggesting a title. Submit Request