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Kauffman's Five: Food Bloggery High Points from This Week

Favorite morsels from the blogs and beyond:Le Cherpumple​1. They said it couldn't be repeated. They said it shouldn't be repeated. But this week Andy Wright spent five hours baking a pie-in-a-cake-times-three cherpumple. The results seemed surprisingly sliceable. I am in awe. 2. Mary Ladd talked t ... More >>

Amy Tan Recalls the Taste of Chinese New Years Past

Amy Tan ― the Year of the Tiger begins Sunday.​Born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrant parents, Bay Area novelist Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and more. Tan recently shared some thoughts with SFoodie on celebrating Chinese New Y ... More >>

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Amy Tan ― the Year of the Tiger begins Sunday.​Born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrant parents, Bay Area novelist Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and more. Tan recently shared some thoughts with SFoodie on celebrating Chinese New Y ... More >>

Writers with Drinks

Amy Tan ― the Year of the Tiger begins Sunday.​Born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrant parents, Bay Area novelist Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and more. Tan recently shared some thoughts with SFoodie on celebrating Chinese New Y ... More >>

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We find, sitting next to us, a petite and smiling Amy Tan, sadly without her legendary posse of yapping dogs

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We find, sitting next to us, a petite and smiling Amy Tan, sadly without her legendary posse of yapping dogs

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Amy Tan's tale gains impact as it moves from novel to story to stage

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Amy Tan's story comes to life onstage, with bonesetters, coffin constructors, and dragon dust

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Behind the civil rights clash

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Amy Lam's memory boxes use common objects to reveal family history

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Best-selling authors moonlight as rock stars

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It's shoplifting season, and book dealers know what thieves are after

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It's shoplifting season, and book dealers know what thieves are after

Night+Day

It's shoplifting season, and book dealers know what thieves are after

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It's shoplifting season, and book dealers know what thieves are after

Night+Day

It's shoplifting season, and book dealers know what thieves are after

Night+Day

It's shoplifting season, and book dealers know what thieves are after