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By Annabel Annuo Liu

likes to devour yet hates to cook dinner. Annabel Liu has lived with this conundrum all her immigrant lifestyles, and her intentions within the kitchen have constantly been dishonorable—to cheat, skimp, and escape with as little paintings as attainable. ahead of leaving Taiwan for the U.S. on the age of 22, she had by no means set foot within the kitchen, and she or he spent the subsequent sixty years attempting to reduce her effort and time there whereas feeding herself and her relatives.

In this witty and contemplative selection of own essays, Liu takes us on a trip into her brain and around the globe along with her specific perception into foodstuff, family members, trip, and existence as an intruder. She delves into why the chinese language are the main food-obsessed humans on this planet; her thirty-year pursuit of an honest chinese language meal within the sticks of the USA; the problems of food and drinks among tremendously disparate cultures; and the struggles of bridging generational and cultural gaps in the family.

A journalist by way of education, Annabel Liu has released ten books in English and chinese language, together with My Years as Chang Tsen: Wars, One formative years and below the Towering Tree: A Daughter’s Memoir. while Chopsticks Meet Apple Pie: Cross-Cultural Musings on existence, kinfolk, and foodstuff completes her trilogy on one immigrant’s life.

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