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.
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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
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)
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