This is an overall enjoyable though predictable memoir. 

Malaika Gharib walks us through her childhood in California as the daughter of immigrants, an Egyptian father and a Filipina mother and later to her college years and adulthood. The book is filled with moments of humor, allowing even the emotional and challenging moments in Malaika's life to be read with levity. 

I find Malaika's childhood to be the most interesting portion of the memoir. Given her connection to two cultures, it was a delight to read all about her childhood and how she navigated her Filipina and Catholic side and her Egyptian and Muslim, as well as growing up with a single mother and summers spent connecting and learning about her father's side of the culture. 

Unfortunately, once we move onto her college years and adulthood, the memoir follows a more predictable beat with the common theme and narratives on diversity as typical of these types of stories. Thus, it becomes less memorable towards the end. 

I am ambivalent towards the art style but absolutely love the DIY aspects of some pages for the recipes. Overall, I will recommend this memoir but I probably will not reread it.