Computer expert Meena Kumari of California returns to India to reacquaint herself with her husband from a forced child marriage before she was saved by an American couple who adopted her. Paradoxically, the trip leads to love with an American. A…
In the 1950's, Olivia and her extended family travel along California's coast while her stepfather works at transient jobs, and although her grandmother annoys her with her stories, after her grandmother's death, the stories continue to guide Olivia…
In the course of a homosexual affair, a Laotian cook tells his refugee story, interspersed with recipes. He is Fong Mun, who survived the Vietnam War to find refuge first in a Thai camp, then in San Francisco, where he became a caterer and cookbook…
