Spoonful of Time A Novel

Maya s grandmother, Halmunee, may be losing her memory, but she hasn t lost her magic touch in the kitchen. Whether she serves salty miyeok-guk or sweet songpyeon, her stories about Korea come to life for Maya. Then one day, something extraordinary happens: one delicious bite transports Maya and Halmunee into one of Halmunee s memories.Suddenly they re in Seoul, and Halmunee is young. This is just the first of many secrets Maya will uncover: that she and her grandmother can travel through time. As Maya eats her way through the past, her questions multiply until a shocking discovery transforms everything she thought she knew about family, friendship, loss, and time itself.Brimming with heart and interspersed with seven family recipes that readers can make themselves, this is a story to savor by rising Korean American author Flora Ahn.