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Hsiao-Ching Chou first set out to write a book when she was in her 20s. What she didn’t realize then, when it failed to materialize, was that it required a crucial component: life experience. Now in her 40s, she’s written two books in the past several years devoted to home-style cooking:
Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food (Sasquatch Books, 2021).
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“Things happen when they’re supposed to happen,” says Chou. “Knowing what I know, and having lived my life the way I’ve lived and all of the experiences I’ve had in other fields, I definitely value the notion that I want to knock down barriers to cooking everyday Chinese food. I don’t really care about the fancy stuff because that’s all about exclusivity; it’s not about inclusivity.”