Hit cookbook explores the multiethnic roots of Taiwanese cuisine

Clarissa Wei highlights diverse influences to argue that the island's cooking is not 'Chinese' food

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In "Made in Taiwan," author Clarissa Wei, pictured here in a yellow apron with collaborator Ivy Chen, illuminates facets of the island's cuisine seldom covered in international media. (All photos © 2023 by Yen Wei and Ryan Chen)

MELINDA JOE, Contributing writer

TAIPEI -- "Taiwanese cuisine is a fusion. People are still trying to figure out what it means because they're still trying to figure out what Taiwanese identity is," says Taipei-based food writer Clarissa Wei.

Like the island's diverse culture, Taiwan's cuisine reflects its legacy as a land of immigrants and inherited traditions. As Wei writes in her recent cookbook, "Made in Taiwan," the food "tells the tale of a country that has been subjected to multiple colonial influences but remains vibrant in its self-expression."

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