…falling asleep when her surveillance subject takes his daily naps, begins to crave the food he eats. Businesses seemingly pop up and disappear along with their bus advertisements. A fictional…

…for water, and then thirsty for more fruit, which is only food once I eat it. The more my desire makes itself prominent, the more I reveal my lacking. What…

is a writer and food journalist with a focus on Southeast Asian diasporic cuisine. She has an MA in creative writing from the University of California, Davis and is currently…

…manage my pantry, an inability to waste food, a near-constant anxiety about what to eat that reminded me most of a grandmother who lived through Partition. Months later, as we…

…Scott has is that she believes in small conspiracy theories about natural food and odd health cures. I feel like that really shows how conspiracy theories or misinformation are embedded…

…husband and I were just terrified and traumatized by what we saw. Our community was this beautiful, rich place bustling with people, beautiful dress, culture, the aroma of the food……

…nostalgia. Bottles of Pearl River Bridge soy sauce (referring to a key waterway and trade hub in Guangdong Province, and the namesake of the store itself) and other preserved foods…

…was living another person’s life for a few days, meeting people and eating food I had never experienced before, but most of all, I was comfortable with my thoughts. I…

…girls were encouraged to read, write, grow their own food, and work to cease feudal patriarchal relations.  After all, the formation of the Việt Minh in the 1940s called for…

…carnival, acrylic nails, yelling about eidetic variation, funeral food, razor wire, synthetic thinking, anti-dreaming practices, the availability bias, using WeTransfer to give someone an 11 KB pdf, silence. Instagram: @brittgudas….

…now one of us had to run to Whole Foods. An audience coalesced. We cued back and forth with our DJ-A/V Producer, Rob, over text, with our eyes, with emergent…

…bookstore that showcases diverse voices with a focus on immigrant stories. Her favorite books to read are those that make her cry while sipping coffee, and her favorite food is…

…inspiration to guide us forward in our next 30 years. Read more in our AAWW at 30 notebook here. Tsismis is what happens at the table around cards and food—a Tagalog…

…a good symptom of disturbance.” Whenever I read this line, all I hear is Grandma: “Put down your book. Come eat your food.”  In the traditions of the Vietnamese, and…

…the entire Jersey Shore in crusty cheese. I became a writer because of food, because I was voracious for all the senses. Ginger honey crystal tea for the line break….

…of fellows and Noel, our mentor, went on an immigrant food tour of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and it was an unforgettable day! I was getting over an awful cold at…

…the dancers were college students or military wives. Benny’s Dance Hall included a restaurant where the owner cooked Filipino food, and the customers could hang out and talk story. There…

…that got everywhere—but I didn’t mind. Pieces of her left behind on my pillows, on my shirt, in my food. Her hair that smelled of oranges, peeling, peeled. We were…

…to and make a habit of things we taste again and again. It’s why the first bite of a meal always tastes the best, the food neuroscientist wrote—it’s novel. I…

…kindling.  Tonight we will introduce my father to Szechuan food. My husband suggests dishes, but my father has one request. How about some saké? He points to the menu, to…