Preserving Your Family Recipes with the Authors Behind ‘The Woks of Life,’ a Chinese American Cookbook

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🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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“Food was a life raft that connected our families to where we came from, “ writes Judy Leung in the new cookbook, “The Woks of Life.” Her daughters, Sarah and Kaitlin grew up loving their parents’ Chinese cooking but when they moved out of the house, they realized that they had no idea how to cook their family favorites. There were no written recipes or helpful YouTube videos. So the women started a blog, “The Woks of Life,” which is now a cookbook, to document their family’s patrimony of recipes. We’ll talk to the Leungs, as part of our All You Can Eat series with KQED food editor Luke Tsai, and hear from you: What’s a family recipe you wish you had in writing? Guests: Luke Tsai, food editor, KQED Arts & Culture Kaitlin Leung, Co-author, "The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family Sarah Leung, Co-author, "Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family Reyna Maldonado, Owner, La Guerreras Kitchen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.3	A family recipe can be many things. A closely guarded secret, happy memory,
1:30.6	a connection to a culture, a lost way of doing things. The foods that we make and share among our
1:35.8	closest people help to define who we are whether those foods are corn fritters, sesame noodles, or enchiladas.
1:41.8	And because those foods help create our families, they imply a whole genealogy of cooking.
1:47.9	For our latest edition of All You Can Eat with Luke's Eye, we've got the sisters behind the
1:52.2	beloved blog, The Walks of Life, to talk with us about capturing those family recipes, whether
1:57.8	they're stored in a box or on a cute little note card or just in grandma's
2:01.3	heart and fingertips.
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