The acclaimed author of A Replacement Life shifts between heartbreak and humor in this gorgeously told memoir that is at once a story of family, immigration, and love—and an epic meal—as it explores the challenges of navigating two cultures from an unusual angle. “If you like books about affectionate, colorful families, imagine Irving Howe’s World of Our Fathers mixed with Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey’s Cheaper by the Dozen. If you’re a fan of food memoirs, you’ll want to shelve it near M.F.K. Fisher’s The Art of Eating and A.J. Liebling’s Between Meals.… [A] smorgasbord of humor, pathos and emotional insight. I very much enjoyed Savage Feast, and so will you.”—Michael Dirda, Washington Post