Tu David Phu's cookbook is a love letter to Oakland and his mom
Briefly

One of the things I'm committed to in addition to being an editor-in-chief, is being a mentor. I feel lucky that I had many mentors who helped nurture my path.
The Memory of Taste features recipes from my family, heavily influenced by my upbringing in Oakland, a produce-rich and seafood-abundant region.
In the U.S., more than 16% of kids under 18 live in poverty. I want to speak to that experience, showing how beauty can emerge from hard circumstances.
Southeast Asian cuisine is growing in popularity, and our cookbook focuses on 'authentically inauthentic' Vietnamese cooking, reflecting both tradition and local influences.
Read at The Oaklandside
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