"Fully of provocation and insight." - Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, author of War, Genocide, and Justice

Examines the ways our conceptions of Asian American food have been shaped Chop suey. Sushi. Curry. Adobo. Kimchi. The deep associations Asians in the United Sta

California roll, Chinese take-out, American-made kimchi, dogmeat, monosodium glutamate, SPAM—all are examples of what Robert Ji-Song Ku calls “dubious” fo

This interdisciplinary study examines the theme of consumption in Asian American literature, connection representations of cooking and eating with ethnic identi

The French epicure and gastronome Brillat-Savarin declared, "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are." Wenying Xu infuses this notion with cultura