{"id":26,"date":"2014-04-27T07:38:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T07:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-dub.com\/cv\/?p=26"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:56:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T17:56:49","slug":"book-review-of-l-a-son-my-life-my-city-my-food-and-fresh-off-the-boat-a-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/cv\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;L.A. Son : My Life, My City, My Food&#8221; and &#8220;Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir&#8221; (Book review, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:240px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o-dub.com\/cv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lason.jpg\" alt=\"Lason\" width=\"265\" height=\"330\" title=\"lason.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/cv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FOB.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/cv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FOB-662x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86\" width=\"214\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/cv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FOB-662x1024.jpeg 662w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/cv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FOB-194x300.jpeg 194w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/cv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FOB-768x1188.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/cv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FOB-993x1536.jpeg 993w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/cv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FOB-1324x2048.jpeg 1324w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/cv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FOB.jpeg 1554w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Books reviewed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>Choi, Roy. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/la-son-roy-choitien-nguyennatasha-phan?variant=32207495790626\">L.A. Son : My Life, My City, My Food<\/a><\/em>. Ecco, 2013.<\/li><li>Huang, Eddie. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/217379\/fresh-off-the-boat-tv-tie-in-edition-by-eddie-huang\/\">Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir<\/a><\/em>. Spiel, 2013.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Appears in: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/review\/rage-race-recipes\">Los Angeles Review of Books<\/a><\/em>, April 27, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Background: As both books, in their own way, are memoirs by then-emergent Asian American food figures, I pitched this as a dual review looking at how they write about their lives, their identities and philosophies, and how food enters into all the above. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books reviewed: Choi, Roy. L.A. Son : My Life, My City, My Food. Ecco, 2013. Huang, Eddie. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir. Spiel, 2013. Appears in: Los Angeles Review of Books, April 27, 2014. 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