@dearclarissa.bsky.social saw you on @pbsnews.org last night, you did a good job!

Excited to announce that I'm co-hosting a food writing workshop with Hannah Kirshner in JAPAN (!!!) this September. Come out and meet us, and spend 4-nights/5-days with us in a dreamy hot spring town.

Details here: www.mokkei-yamanaka.com/workshops/wh...

Also spotted

@dearclarissa.bsky.social's "Made in Taiwan"

@lnachman32.bsky.social's "Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat"

Shawna Yang Ryan's "Green Island"

C J. Anderson-Wu's "The Surveillance: Tales of White Terror"

Xi Xi's "Carnival of Animals" translated by @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social

Trying out new recipes from Made in Taiwan by Clarissa Wei this week clarissawei.com/madeintaiwan - everything in this cookbook looks perfect for a cozy homecooked meal. @dearclarissa.bsky.social

As an Asian recipe developer for whom sesame oil is a cherished pantry staple, I feel attacked by the anti-seed oil rhetoric. 😵‍💫

Critically important, can't-miss food reporting.

I have waited so many years for someone to write this story about Taiwan’s pizza culture and it’s everything I hoped it would be from the inimitable and prolific @dearclarissa.bsky.social

Every now and then I have a bucket list story that sits in my head for years. This was one of them.

When it comes to developing new pizzas, Pizza Hut Taiwan's main criteria are clear: “How do we appeal to the Taiwanese tastes and how do we make Italians angry?”

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/piz...

The governments of China and Taiwan don't love each other. But people from across the strait do - and to my surprise, the biggest source of immigration to Taiwan is still from the PRC. I look into the mixed families that result.
www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...

New piece! For Google x The Atlantic. I wrote about how artificial intelligence is helping the world’s most vulnerable countries stay one step ahead of climate change. www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/go...

Counting down to our visit to Taiwan (and we'll be spending a morning with co-author Ivy Chen)! @dearclarissa.bsky.social, do you know if Ivy has also joined BSky yet? <3

Over the weekend, I took a road trip through Yehliu, Guihou, and Keelung. Listen to my dispatch here for Monocle https://t.co/4WlJ7Q61ni

"The “ranch” in 99 Ranch means freshness (“as if straight from a ranch,” Alice says) and the “99,” in Mandarin Chinese pronounced jiu jiu, is a homophone for longevity." @dearclarissa.bsky.social profiles the family behind 99 Ranch aka Ranch 99.

For many Chinese-speaking families in America, 99 Ranch is a mecca. A place to soothe the sting of homesickness, a refuge to stock up on familiar goods. For @LATimesFood, I wrote a piece about the low-profile family behind the iconic supermarket chain:

Wild bilberry season in Sweden

!! Get your signed copy from Omnivore Books here: https://omnivorebooks.myshopify.com/products/pre-order-taiwanese-clarissa-wei-made-in-taiwan-recipes-and-stories-from-the-island-nation-expected-september-19?_pos=1&_sid=aeead1a30&_ss=r

I was the field producer for this documentary on the Taiwanese post-partum experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CECVGvoHaa8