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Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation (a Cookbook)

by Clarissa Wei

Taiwanese food, recipes, and identity

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    IACP/Julia Child Foundation Award winner

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  • Editorial selection

    Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by Serious Eats

    Named a Best Cookbook of the Year.

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Taiwanese food, recipes, and identity

Clarissa Wei combines more than 100 recipes with researched essays and interviews to explore Taiwan’s food traditions and their place in the island’s cultural identity. The collection ranges from familiar dishes such as three-cup chicken and braised minced pork belly to techniques for making stinky tofu and advice on beef-noodle-soup broth. Historical context accompanies the cooking, including Wei’s argument for recognizing Taiwanese cuisine as distinct rather than subsuming it under a broad category of Chinese food. Together, the recipes and reporting connect everyday cooking with the people and history that shape contemporary Taiwan.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home cooks interested in Taiwanese recipes and techniques
  • Readers curious about the cultural and historical context of food
  • Cookbook collectors seeking regional Asian cuisine

Themes

Taiwanese culinary identityFood and cultural historyRegional cooking traditionsContemporary Taiwan

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Book overview

IACP/JULIA CHILD FOUNDATION AWARD WINNER * NAMED A BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR BY THENEW YORK TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, WIRED, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, LOS ANGELES TIMES, DELISH, EPICURIOUS, and SERIOUS EATS

Explore the taste and culture of Taiwan in this James Beard Award Finalist featuring never-before-seen exclusive recipes. "A vibrant, strikingly-photographed guide to the soul of Taiwan, told through food" (Serious Eats).

Taipei-based food journalist Clarissa Wei presents Made in Taiwan, a cookbook that celebrates the island nation's unique culinary identity--despite a refusal by the Chinese government to recognize its sovereignty. The expansive book contains deeply researched essays and more than 100 recipes inspired by the people who live in Taiwan today.

For generations, Taiwanese cuisine has been miscategorized under the broad umbrella term of Chinese food. Backed with historical evidence and interviews, Wei makes a case for why Taiwanese food should get its own spotlight. Made in Taiwan includes classics like Peddler Noodles, Braised Minced Pork Belly, and Three-Cup Chicken, and features authentic, never-before-seen recipes and techniques like how to make stinky tofu from scratch and broth tips from an award-winning beef noodle soup master.

Made in Taiwan is an earnest reflection of what the food is like in modern-day Taiwan from the perspective of the people who have lived there for generations. It is the story of a proud nation--a self-sufficient collective of people who continue to forge on despite unprecedented ambiguity.
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