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CBR15 Bingo: Edibles

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

August 11, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR15 Bingo: Edibles (this book features both a lot of food and quite a few drugs) Lila Macapagal used to live in Chicago and dreamed of opening her own restaurant, but both her business and relationship failed miserably. She’s back in her hometown, helping to run her tita (aunt) Rosie run the family restaurant, where they serve Philipino food. Unfortunately, Lila’s ex-boyfriend is a food critic and seems determined to come back, again and again, to sample the food and write scathing things about the […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #food, CBR Book Club, CBR15, cbr15bingo, contemporary fiction, cozy, drugs, Malin, Mia P. Manansala, mystery, Philipino Americans, Tita Rosie's Kitchen

Malin's CBR15 Review No:40 · Genres: Book Club, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #food, CBR Book Club, CBR15, cbr15bingo, contemporary fiction, cozy, drugs, Malin, Mia P. Manansala, mystery, Philipino Americans, Tita Rosie's Kitchen ·
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