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Not My Bowl Of Rice: Telenovela and Cookbook

by E. R. Escober

Family conflict served alongside Filipino recipes

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Family conflict served alongside Filipino recipes

Ligaya De Guzman, 25, faces conflict with her traditional Filipino mother in the family kitchen. The book combines this family drama with Filipino recipes, bringing cooking and family relationships together in a hybrid novel-and-cookbook format. Its telenovela framing and focus on cultural identity make food part of the book’s exploration of belonging and family ties.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in family stories and cultural identity
  • Readers curious about Filipino food and recipes
  • Those interested in books that combine fiction and cookbook material

Themes

Family relationshipsFilipino food and cookingCultural identityBelonging

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Book overview

LITERARY REVOLUTION UNLEASHED! Unique, Hybrid Telenovela-Style Semi-Graphic Novel/Cookbook Will OBLITERATE Everything You Thought You Knew About Family, Food, Drama, And... Book Formatting/Style for Novels and Cookbooks!

"NOT MY BOWL OF RICE" Combines Heart-Stopping Filipino Family Saga with Mouthwatering Authentic Recipes in Publishing's Most EXPLOSIVE Genre-Defying Masterpiece

Prepare to have your SOUL SHATTERED and your taste buds REVOLUTIONIZED! E.R. Escober has UNLEASHED upon the world "Not My Bowl Of Rice," a literary TSUNAMI that defies every known law of publishing by combining a telenovela-style family drama with an authentic Filipino cookbook, creating the most DEVASTATINGLY DELICIOUS reading experience of the century!

This is NOT your ordinary novel! This is NOT your typical cookbook! This is a WEAPON OF MASS EMOTIONAL DESTRUCTION that follows 25-year-old Ligaya De Guzman as she battles her traditional Filipino mother in the most sacred battlefield of all: the family kitchen! Every recipe becomes a test of love! Every ingredient tells a story of survival! Every grain of rice holds the power to either DESTROY their family forever or reveal the ultimate truth about belonging!

"We've never seen anything like this," declare Escober's Publisher/Editors. "Every page drips with such magnificent drama that readers will be WEEPING while they're cooking. It's simultaneously the most emotionally devastating story and the most practical cookbook we've ever published!"

Written in outrageously over-the-top telenovela prose where every cooking technique becomes a bitch-slapping LIFE-OR-DEATH PASSION, "Not My Bowl Of Rice" serves dual markets with EXPLOSIVE impact:

Novel readers craving diverse voices and cultural identity stories

Cookbook enthusiasts hungry for authentic Filipino recipes

Food memoir fans seeking emotional culinary journeys

Social media audiences ready for the most dramatically shareable book experience ever created!

Get your copy today to experience this EARTH-SHATTERING literary phenomenon firsthand! Warning: Side effects may include uncontrollable weeping, sudden cravings for Filipino food, and the overwhelming urge to declare your love for family while cooking rice dramatically!

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