Mister Jiu’s in Chinatown (Ten Speed, 2021)
Mister Jiu’s is a Michelin-starred restaurant in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, the oldest in the Americas. Through stories and recipes, this cookbook tells the story of how Chinese food became American food and the making of a modern Chinese American chef.
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JAMES BEARD WINNER 2022, Restaurant and Professional Cookbook
LDEI M.F.K. Fisher Work of Distinction 2022
BEST COOKBOOK 2021 by The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Eater, Food & Wine, Glamour, Business Insider, Robb Report, The Telegraph, Vice, Houston Chronicle, Tatler, The Infatuation, and more.
Some Very Kind Press
“…a beautifully photographed project that’s both faithful and innovative — there’s sourdough in the green onion pancakes, peanut butter in the hoisin sauce — as well as technical yet conversational…the book [ ] makes for great reading: on cultural touchstones like lazy Susans and pleated pot stickers; and on a place — and one of its leading chefs — that continues to define contemporary American cuisine.”
- Kurt Soller, The New York Times.“…triumphant…full of passion and care…The writers, photographer and recipe developer are all Asian American — an unusual feat for a cookbook by a major publishing house — and it shows.”
- Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle.
Charlotte Druckman interviewed me for Eater about this book from a process point of view, including representation, creative decisions like what goes into a cover, and whether cooking down a sauce for three hours was something home cooks would do.