Third Culture cookingisAmerican cooking: Delicious everyday multicultural recipes, borrowing from our parents and their parents' homes, melding the old with the newand the familiar with the unfamiliar to create bold flavors and new classics for the next generation of cooks. Thefoodthat author Zaynab Issacooks—inspired by her East African and South Asian roots, the American suburban delights she grew up eating, and her international travels—ispacked with unique and flavorful riffs. Her affectionate homages to the chain restaurants we love are reflected here: fluffy cinnamon rolls that rival Cinnabon's, Baskin Robbins–inspired almond fudge squares, and an artichoke dip that recalls TGI Fridays' delights that will make you want to stay in. To complete the collection, Zaynab looked to her primary inspiration, the women who've fed her, and meticulously recorded her favorite traditional dishes from each of them.