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Podcast: Booklicious Podcast
Episode: Arsenic and Adobo: Book By Mia P. Manansala | Book Review Podcast
Description: Arsenic and Adobo: Book By Mia P. Manansala
"This debut introduces readers to Filipino American food and culture, with its emphasis on family. There are cozy tropes (the close-knit community, the food business), but the emphasis on the Tagalog language, the culture, and drug dealing in a small town add gravity and individuality to this outstanding series kick-off."—Library Journal, starred review
"[An] enjoyable and endearing debut cozy...Manansala peppers the narrative with enough red herrings to keep readers from guessing the killer, but the strength of the novel is how family, food and love in...