Archive - Dear Clarissa

Taiwan's Top 500 Cheap Eats

As ranked by one of the country's largest newspapers

Sep 2

August 2024

Indigenous Taiwanese Ingredients

Maqaw is so 2013

Aug 26

A dispatch from the cookbook writing trenches

Made in Taiwan was nominated for an IACP award!

Aug 19

Avoiding The 9-5 Rat Race

Only 39% of the workday is spent on actual work.

Aug 12

Misc Swedish Things I Really Like

That will probably trend at some point (or have already)

Aug 5

July 2024

Why I Spend My Summers in Sweden

+ a foolproof recipe for crispy chicken thighs

Jul 29

On adapting recipes for Americans

It feels like deja vu all over again

Jul 7

June 2024

I'm writing a new cookbook!

...plus tips on how to write a collaborative cookbook

Jun 29

Hi From The James Beard Media Awards

Did not win, but meeting the who's who in food media was a real treat 🥹

Jun 9

My Favorites Tools For Writing and Reporting

+ how journalism school confused me

Jun 3

May 2024

Soap That Grows On Trees

+ Are they too good to be true?

May 30

All The Food @ Taiwan's 2024 Inauguration

+ Book Tour! 👋 Chicago and SF Bay

May 22

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