When a celebrity chef's new restaurant threatens Mila's family's food
truck, she plans to expose them for the recipe thieves they are--even if
that means dabbling in the Filipino folk magic she's tried to avoid.
Fans of Tae Keller and Lily LaMotte will cheer for this charming story
about food, family, and finding the place you belong.
Mila may have moved to Coral Beach months ago, but it still doesn't feel
like home. She wants to belong, but a few awkward incidents with her new
friends make her wonder if she'll ever neatly fit into the super-samey
small town.
Mila feels the only place she can be herself is at her dad's
Filipino-Indian food truck, The Banana Leaf. But when celebrity chef
twins the Fab Foodie Brothers open a restaurant nearby, it turns out the
food they are serving is exactly the same as The Banana Leaf's--right
down to the recipes!
Suspicious of the similarities, Mila teams up with family friend Ajay to
investigate. She soon realizes that she needs to take the beloved Fab
Foodie Brothers down before they run her family's tiny truck out of
town. But that means dabbling in the Filipino folk healing and magical
traditions that she has shied away from her whole life . . . as well as
alienating her new friends.
Does Mila have to choose between her family and fitting in? Or, like the
best recipes, will a blend of the traditional and the unexpected mix
into something truly special?
