Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
By: Laekan Zea Kemp
3.94
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780316460279.A story of first love, familial expect…
Want to Read $ 9.99"On Thursdays, they come here for the best palomas in town, thanks to my substitution of Jamaican tangelos and blood limes for the traditional grapefruit. And on Fridays, they come for half-price pork carnitas, legendary thanks to my addition of sweetened condensed milk, which caramelizes the meat with a sweet coating."-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
"On Thursdays, they come here for the best palomas in town, thanks to my substitution of Jamaican tangelos and blood limes for the traditional grapefruit. And on Fridays, they come for half-price pork carnitas, legendary thanks to my addition of sweetened condensed milk, which caramelizes the meat with a sweet coating."-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
"I would appreciate it if you'd turn it down." He tries to wrestle out of Pen's grasp. "It's a free country." "I'm actually aware of that," Pen says. "Which means you are free to choose self-preservation and turn down your god-awful music. As long as one of you idiots can manage to find the volume knob. It's the little round thing about the size of your brain."-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
"I would appreciate it if you'd turn it down." He tries to wrestle out of Pen's grasp. "It's a free country." "I'm actually aware of that," Pen says. "Which means you are free to choose self-preservation and turn down your god-awful music. As long as one of you idiots can manage to find the volume knob. It's the little round thing about the size of your brain."-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
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Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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"On Thursdays, they come here for the best palomas in town, thanks to my substitution of Jamaican tangelos and blood limes for the traditional grapefruit. And on Fridays, they come for half-price pork…"-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
"I would appreciate it if you'd turn it down." He tries to wrestle out of Pen's grasp. "It's a free country." "I'm actually aware of that," Pen says. "Which means you are free to choose self-preservat…"-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
"I list what I had for breakfast. I whisper the ingredients for my signature coconut cake. I take a deep breath, the scents of a thousand shifts at the restaurant tucked into the fabric of the front s…"-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
"We've reached that point in the night when we're slinging more drinks than tacos, and the Frankenstein monsters on our menu- which I'd created specifically for the inebriated- are flooding the line. …"-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
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