The Legacy of Flavor

THE LEGACY OF FLAVOR | a family tree cookbook by KAJSA ALGER

Chinatown, New York City and American Chinese

One of my most memorable school moments was the day my history teacher was talking about perspective.  He said “Do you think they call it the Vietnam War in Vietnam?? No! There, it’s called the American War”.   My mind was blown…the simple shift of perspective and a deeper understanding that everything I knew on the subject was from one single point of view.  It was the same way I felt when I learned that my...