"Natalie Tan returns home after her mother's death to find that the neighborhood of San Francisco's Chinatown that she remembers from her childhood is fading, with businesses failing and families moving out. She's even more surprised to learn she has inherited her grandmother's restaurant. But Natalie has no desire to help try to turn things around in the community--she resents the local shopkeepers for leaving her alone to take care of her mother...

When Daisy's grandfather, or Yeh-Yeh, visits from China, she does everything she can think of to make him smile and finally finds a way. Includes glossary of Chinese words and recipe for fried rice.

Siblings Alfie and Emilia are on another adventure, this time to Hong Kong, where they are mistaken for foreign-exchange students.

Publisher Annotation: Millie loves to help LaoLao cook, especially her favorite dish. Dumplings! They gather fresh ingredients from Chinatown. Chives from Auntie Lim, shrimp from Uncle Lee, and juicy, fragrant lychees that make their days together so sweet.

As she prepares a traditional Chinese meal for her family, a mother answers her child's question: "What is love?"