Eat Bitter. A Story About Guts and Food. - Lydia Pang Loosely woven fugues of images

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Eat Bitter. A Story About Guts and Food. - Lydia Pang Loosely woven fugues of imagesEat bitter is a Chinese proverb meaning endure hardship to taste sweetness. For Lydia Pang, it embodies the struggles of her Hakka ancestors, a persecuted Chinese ethnic group whose ingenuity shaped a food culture rooted in fermenting and foraging. Pang reimagines eating bitter as a philosophy to confront her own challenges: burning out, testing her marriage, navigating fertility struggles and caring for a parent. Through eight recipes, she shares