Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
A GIRL CAN COOK: STREET FOODS, TRADITIONAL MARKETS, AND HOME COOKING FROM TAIWAN AND BEYOND老派少女購物路線
Introduction
2021 TLA Golden Book Award
About the Book
An award-winning writer in many disciplines, Hung Ai-Chu is especially notable for her status as a rising star of food and beverage writing. Direct and intimate, her prose delivers the sights, smells, and tastes of fine food straight to the reader’s senses, making this book a surefire hit with foodies and old souls alike.
Judge Commentary (By Shen Ru-Ying)
There exists a long tradition of writing about food, cooking, and groceries, while love, memory, and family are also perennial themes in literature. Hung Ai-Chu takes the seemingly wispy threads of the ordinary and weaves them into a densely ornate brocade of vibrant color.
Whether she talks about Tshik-a pork noodles in Luzhou District or Malaysian chaa chan teng, the most moving passages in the book are those filled with reminiscences of her mother, her yearning for love, and the depth of feeling that seeps out from her everyday acts of prepping and cooking. Memory with a sense of taste is the most enviable thing of all.
About the Book
An award-winning writer in many disciplines, Hung Ai-Chu is especially notable for her status as a rising star of food and beverage writing. Direct and intimate, her prose delivers the sights, smells, and tastes of fine food straight to the reader’s senses, making this book a surefire hit with foodies and old souls alike.
Judge Commentary (By Shen Ru-Ying)
There exists a long tradition of writing about food, cooking, and groceries, while love, memory, and family are also perennial themes in literature. Hung Ai-Chu takes the seemingly wispy threads of the ordinary and weaves them into a densely ornate brocade of vibrant color.
Whether she talks about Tshik-a pork noodles in Luzhou District or Malaysian chaa chan teng, the most moving passages in the book are those filled with reminiscences of her mother, her yearning for love, and the depth of feeling that seeps out from her everyday acts of prepping and cooking. Memory with a sense of taste is the most enviable thing of all.
Info
Category：Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
Author：Hung Ai-Chu
Publisher：Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Ltd.
Rights Contact：Jennifer Wang
Email：jenny@ylib.com
ISBN：9789573289982
