TALK:
An A-Z of Chinese Food
Writer and community organiser Jenny Lau discusses themes from her book, An A-Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included) - an enriching anthology that uses food to explore who we are and how we relate to the world. This is not a recipe book, but a deliberate ‘anti-glossary’ - a delectable edible anthology that serves up Chinese flavour beyond just its taste.
In a separately bookable series of events, artist Alastair Kwan's installation CONGEE transforms Van Gogh House’s kitchen and garden into a canteen serving Hong Kong style congee: a savoury rice porridge dish widely eaten across Asia.
Saturday 4 October 1–2pm
Van Gogh House, 87 Hackford Rd, London SW9 0RE
Jenny Lau [she/her] is a British Chinese writer, community organiser and author of An A-Z of Chinese Food. She founded Celestial Peach in 2018 as a multidisciplinary platform to tell and connect stories about the Chinese diaspora. She has since built a grassroots East and South East Asian community through her food events and activism, and has been featured in media such as the Sunday Times, South China Morning Post, Gastro Obscura, It's Nice That and Monocle. She has thrice been listed as one of Code Hospitality's 100 Most Influential Women in Hospitality and was one of Observer Food Monthly's '30 Things We Love in the World of Food' 2025.
© Photo: Ming Tang-Evans
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