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Gretchen Lin, adrift at the age of thirty, leaves her floundering marriage in San Francisco to move back again to her childhood home in Singapore and immediately locates herself face-to-face with the twin problems she's averted her entire adult life: her mother's taking in problem and the machinations of her father's artisanal soy sauce business. Bounded by family, Gretchen battles with the tension between personal ambition and filial duty, but still locates time and energy to explore a new love with the kid of a client, a nice-looking man of few words. When an old American friend comes to town, the two of them are pulled into the controversy bordering Gretchen's cousin, really the only men grandchild and the heir noticeable to Lin's Soy Sauce. Amid increasing pressure from her daddy to remain permanently in Singapore - and pressure from her mother to do just the contrary - Gretchen must decide whether she will return to her marriage and her graduate studies at the San Francisco Conservatory, or sacrifice everything and sign up for her family's crusade to multiply artisanal soy sauce to the world. Soy Sauce for Starters discloses the triumphs and sacrifices that shape one woman's visit a place to call home, and the surprising art and custom behind the brewing of a much-used but unsung condiment. The result is a foodie love report that will give listeners a hearty appreciation for family commitment and fresh starts.
