Ann Mah’s debut novel, Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family and Finding Yourself, has all the ingredients for a successful chick lit novel. It’s an easy, breezy read. It has a lovable heroine--Isabelle Lee--who has her flaws yet emerges victorious. And it offers so...
Researching and writing The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook has given me an appreciation for traditional and authentic recipes and eating the way our grandparents' generation ate. It's been a perfect complement to my other passion--sustainable foods. Many of us shop at the neighborhood farmers market (or even...
When I first started working on my cookbook, I really didn't know what to expect. I was lucky enough to have a brief chat with Grace Young at the 2007 IACP conference in Chicago. The author of two family-based cookbooks, Grace gave me a behind-the-scenes overview of...
Cathy Chun stir-frying vegetables to use with her dad's black bean sauce recipe Not everyone grew up on the tasty goodness of mom's or grandma's cooking. Cathy Chun is a valid case in point. Her late father, David Chun, reined in the kitchen. And everyone, including Cathy's mom,...
Chilies and shrimp The first thing Pranee Khruasanit Halverson did (after she enveloped me in a warm and fuzzy Thai hug, of course) when I entered her kitchen was make me a drink. In this instance it was bale fruit tea, simply the dried fruit boiled in...
