Chinese Parents Don't Say I Love You

'If only my Cantonese parents weren't so allergic to the word love...''A wonderfully heart-warming memoir from the bottom of the stomach. ' - Xiaolu Guo'A real and delightful surprise, full of smart thought and deft words - and also very funny.' - Ella Risbridger'Poetic, delicious and full of moments of grace and beauty.' - Nikesh ShuklaWhat is the most unsayable thing you have ever wanted to say to your parents? For newly single food journalist Candice Chung, there's been one thing on her mind lately: 'If anything happens, I love you.' Simple. Reasonable. If only her estranged Cantonese parents weren't so allergic to the word 'love'.Still, she's determined to tackle what's left unsaid. To find a way to unscramble what her family has been trying to tell each other all along - not in Cantonese or English, but with food.As Candice dives into the rituals of family dining, and her parents offer to join her at restaurants she's due to review, she begins to unravel how a decade of silence...