Book description
When Eddie Huang found out Tom Hanks had COVID, he made a split-second decision to cop a flight to Taipei. It was in the thick of the pandemic, before we had much information at all besides to mummify ourselves and cry in a corner of our bedrooms listening to James…
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Okay, order me two Taiwanese dishes: Beef Noodle Soup and a pork belly bun, and I’ll be your friend. Taiwanese food is why I gravitated to the book "Homecoming" by Eddie Huang, a celebrity Taiwanese-American chef and hilarious author.
The story revolves around Huang’s return to his ancestral homeland, Taiwan, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as he seeks to reconnect with his heritage and culture. I accompanied Huang on a comedic and insightful journey filled with conflicting emotions that offered reflections on the immigrant experience in a globalized world.
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