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Southern California speaks Kitchen Chinese!
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Bonjour mes amis! I am back from my wanderings and home from my book tour!I was so happy to meet so many old and new friends in Southern California and couldn’t believe it when I saw Book Soup’s sign in Hollywood (photo above). How many times do you see your name in lights on Sunset Boulevard? […]
Flowers in my hair
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Hello and greetings from San Francisco! Though I’m officially in town to promote my novel, Kitchen Chinese – I hope you’ll join me for my reading TONIGHT at 6pm at Books, Inc. (601 Van Ness) — I’ve managed to sneak in a little fun as well. What have I been up to?
The best laid plans of mice and first-time authors
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Oh, mes amis, where do I even start? Well, the good news is that we had a wonderful party on Tuesday at the beautiful Museum of Chinese in America, sponsored by the delicious Luckyrice Asian food festival. I loved seeing old and new friends from the New York book and magazine world and was incredibly touched that so many […]
New Yawk, New Yawwwwk!
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Hello and greetings from the the Big Apple!
Since I arrived on Friday, I’ve indulged in a cheap pedicure, feasted on lots of great food (spicy tuna rolls and tri-color rolls at Yama, housemade fresh tofu at En Brasserie – yum!), enjoyed an icy saketini, and spent a whole day eating nothing but toasted sandwiches (yesterday was panini Monday). […]
It’s a book!
Friday, January 15th, 2010So, yesterday I was in the bathroom trying to discern if certain strands of hair were white or simply just reflecting under the light (when you have black hair, it can be hard to tell), when I heard the doorbell ring. And, lo and behold, there was a DHL delivery man, with a very special […]
Dreaming of a French life
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Once upon a time, about five years ago, I used to stare out my office window, through the layer of grime that covered the pane, and gaze at a smog-filled sky, the filled parking lot below, and a series of Communist cereal box buildings, each blockier than the last. I was living in Beijing at […]
Bonne année and bits of book news
Monday, January 4th, 2010Bonjour and happy new year, mes amis! I counted down to the New Year in Scotland (more on this later), where we welcomed 2010 under the clear light of a blue moon. While I was there, Kitchen Chinese received two wonderful reviews, which I’m thrilled to share with you now!
The China Daily says: “Kitchen Chinese by […]
News about my novel
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Bonjour, mes amis, and please forgive me for today’s shameless self promotion! But I’m so thrilled to share this new blurb for my novel, Kitchen Chinese, from Franco-American culinary doyenne, former restaurant critic for the International Herald Tribune, and cookbook author, Patricia Wells:
“Ann Mah’s richly detailed Kitchen Chinese is humorous enough to make you laugh […]
All about my book
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Bonjour, mes amis! I am so, so, SO squeakily excited to share with you news about my first novel, Kitchen Chinese: A Novel about Food, Family and Finding Yourself, which Avon/HarperCollins will publish in February!
I wrote the book while living in Beijing, and it’s based loosely on my experiences as a Chinese-American young woman in […]