‘I started stitching together my story through a different, universal language: food.’
An A-Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included) is not a recipe book, but a deliberate ‘anti-glossary’ – a delectable edible anthology that serves up Chinese flavour beyond just its taste.
Jenny Lau always found herself sitting between cultures, connected to both east and west. Hungry to understand herself, she threw herself into researching the Chinese food of her heritage. The result is An A-Z of Chinese Food – a surprising, unputdownable and deliciously enriching anthology that uses food to explore who we are and how we relate to the world.
From A is for Authentic, breaking down our assumptions of who ‘owns’ what cuisine, to R is for Rice Cooker, a humorous entry from the point of view a hard-working kitchen appliance that has seen a family through its ups and downs, An A-Z of Chinese Food will change the way you think about, see, and eat, food.
An A to Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included) by Jenny Lau (Hardback)
Jenny Lau is a London-based writer and the creator of Celestial Peach, a platform for stories about food in the Chinese diaspora and the people and cultures behind it.