Chef News: Win Son Launches a Cookbook!

Chef News: Win Son Launches a Cookbook!

Congratulations to our dear friends Trigg Brown, Josh Wu, and the whole team at Win Son and Win Son Bakery on their gorgeous first book! Thank you for educating New Yorkers about the flavors of Taiwan — and for making the best pork dumplings we've ever had AND Lu Rou Fan, Fly's Head, Scallion Pancakes, and more! 
"A modern, brashly flavorful guide to cooking Taiwanese-American food, from Brooklyn’s lauded Win Son, Win Son Bakery, and Cathy Erway, celebrated writer and expert on the cuisine. Josh Ku, born in Queens to parents from southern Taiwan, and Trigg Brown, a native Virginian whose mentor was a Taiwanese-American chef, forged a friendship over food—specifically, excellent tsang ying tou, or "flies’ head," a dish of chopped budding chives kissed with pork fat. Their obsession with Taiwanese food and culture propelled them to open Win Son together in 2016.

The East Williamsburg restaurant quickly established itself as a destination and often incurs long waits for their vibrant and flavorful Taiwanese-American cuisine. Ku and Brown have teamed up with Cathy Erway, Taiwanese food expert and celebrated writer, to create this book which explores and celebrates the cuisine of Taiwan and its ever-simmering pot of creative influences. Told through the eyes, taste buds, travels, and busy lives of Ku, Brown, and Erway, this book brings the cuisine of this misunderstood island nation into the spotlight.

With 100 creative, yet accessible recipes, this book will unravel the history of this diaspora cuisine. While featuring classic dishes and well-known favorites, this cookbook also stretches this cuisine's definition, introducing new dishes with brazen twists that are fun, flavorful, and decidedly American-born in style."

"Josh and Trigg have made Taiwanese American food approachable for any home cook." — Tom Colicchio, chef and owner of Crafted Hospitality

"This book is as much a celebration of Taiwanese culture and cuisine as it is Win Son." — Eddie Huang, bestselling author and chef

"The food at Win Son and in this book is so vibrant and so damned delicious, you will want to scrape the bowls clean." — Claus Meyer, co-founder of Noma

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