Why I Love Airports: A Comic
In airports, I have never been a resident alien; I am a traveler, just like everyone else.
I Do Not Want to Write Today: A Comic
I don’t want to write today. I don’t want to write about violence today. I don’t want to write about honor or duty or respect today.
How Did Chop Suey Become a Staple of Chinese American Cuisine?
The authenticity of chop suey was always the authenticity of survival, of adaptation. And so, like generations of Chinese Americans, chop suey stayed.
Get Your Kicks on Route 66: A Comic
I’ll drive with that tender balance of guilt and curiosity and a lifetime of learning and unlearning, still looking for an America that was there, is there, and will be there.
Stone Fruit Season: A Comic
Yes, I dared to eat a peach. And I had to live, so I could eat another.
Of Mufflers and Men: A Comic
Adapted and reinvented and reborn—not venerated, but persistent, present, iconic. Is this such a bad fate?
Say It with Noodles: On Learning to Speak the Language of Food
I have forgotten how to speak two languages. But I have learned this one.