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New Yawk, New Yawwwwk!

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Hello 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 [...]

It’s a book!

Friday, January 15th, 2010

So, 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, 2010

Once 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, 2010

Bonjour 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 [...]

News about my novel

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Bonjour, 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 [...]

All about my book

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Bonjour, 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 [...]

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