However, they were both born in China and relocated along with an influx of Nationalist Chinese in the 1940s. Meanwhile, the families of Wei and her recipe developer, Ivy Chen, hail from the south ...

“I’m not a food influencer or a professional chef,” Clarissa Wei says ... roadside food stall owner Lin Tai-Yu, or Gloj, who inspired the recipe for braised minced pork belly over ...

Grace Lin, author of “Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods,” offers her mother's scallion pancakes in her very good new book. It's the only recipe she includes.

The seed of inspiration for author Grace Lin ... recipe (which is included in the book!), but noted that "the food my mother served at home and the food that was served at our local Chinese ...