James Wong, one of the competition’s contestants, sticks out like a sore thumb to Liza and she cannot help but be attracted to his irritating and aloof personality. Just when things couldn’t get any crazier, Liza comes to find out the contestants for the baking competition are of course, young Asian-American men that her mother picked as potential suitors.

With high school ending, college months away, and the bakery’s annual junior baking competition coming up, this might be Liza’s chance to prove to her mother she is more than an Asian mother’s nightmare. Yang, Liza maintains a somewhat civil relationship with her through their passion for baking at the family-owned Yin and Yang Bakery located in Houston, Texas. Other than butting heads almost 24/7 with her mother, Mrs. In comparison to her prim, proper, and perfect older sister, Jeannie, Liza is the daughter every Asian mother fears: an out of control, headstrong, rebellious girl determined to escape the restrictive traditional values of her culture, especially the ones that involve dating. She is free-spirited, determined to chase her dreams, and will not settle for anything less, at least, that’s what her friends think. It is her senior year and she is looking towards bigger and better things for her future. To the outside world, Liza Yang may seem like she is living the life every high school teenager could dream of. A Taste for Love is an adorable YA rom-com about a Taiwanese–American teenager who attempts to balance relationships with family and friends, a love for baking, and a shot at finding love all on one platter.

A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen