On a hot and muggy summer day, is there anything more refreshing than cucumber salad? Exploring Taiwan's past through a simple recipe
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What does it mean to be a person who can trace their roots to one of the oldest neighborhoods in Taipei?
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My worries have always lived in a clenched jaw, but on this morning the tension escaped, spreading down my neck and deep into my ear.
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I went to Taiwan on the search for the perfect dumpling—and a better way to transliterate my mother tongue.
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How did the early California settlers come up with such a Chinese sounding phrase? My reflections on a childhood apricot tree, my attempts to grow Meyer lemons, and the precarious idea of transplanting.
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The craving for familiar flavors has always been especially strong on my mother’s side of the family. Can we change the path our genes have mapped for us?
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An excerpt from my work-in-progress memoir.
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