With the Fire on HighWith the Fire on High

Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions, doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen. There she lets her hands tell her what to cook, listening to her intuition and adding a little something magical every time, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she's always dreamed of working in a kitchen after she graduates, Emoni knows it's not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she's made for her life-and everyone else's rules, which she refuses to play by-once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.