Clarissa Wei

@dearclarissa.bsky.social saw you on @pbsnews.org last night, you did a good job!

Writing Retreat in Japan: What is a Recipe For? — MOKKEI Hosted by Hannah Kirshner and Clarissa Wei, with guest lecturer Bryan Washington | September 15–19 2025 Join us for a five-night, four-day food writing retreat in Yamanaka Onsen—a mountain hot sprin...

Excited to announce that I'm co-hosting a food writing workshop with Hannah Kirshner in JAPAN (!!!) this September. Come out and meet us, and spend 4-nights/5-days with us in a dreamy hot spring town.

Details here: www.mokkei-yamanaka.com/workshops/wh...

Also spotted

@dearclarissa.bsky.social's "Made in Taiwan"

@lnachman32.bsky.social's "Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat"

Shawna Yang Ryan's "Green Island"

C J. Anderson-Wu's "The Surveillance: Tales of White Terror"

Xi Xi's "Carnival of Animals" translated by @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social

Trying out new recipes from Made in Taiwan by Clarissa Wei this week clarissawei.com/madeintaiwan - everything in this cookbook looks perfect for a cozy homecooked meal. @dearclarissa.bsky.social

As an Asian recipe developer for whom sesame oil is a cherished pantry staple, I feel attacked by the anti-seed oil rhetoric. 😵‍💫

Critically important, can't-miss food reporting.

I have waited so many years for someone to write this story about Taiwan’s pizza culture and it’s everything I hoped it would be from the inimitable and prolific @dearclarissa.bsky.social

Every now and then I have a bucket list story that sits in my head for years. This was one of them.

When it comes to developing new pizzas, Pizza Hut Taiwan's main criteria are clear: “How do we appeal to the Taiwanese tastes and how do we make Italians angry?”

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/piz...

The governments of China and Taiwan don't love each other. But people from across the strait do - and to my surprise, the biggest source of immigration to Taiwan is still from the PRC. I look into the mixed families that result.
www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...

Outsmarting Disaster How artificial intelligence is helping the world’s most vulnerable countries stay one step ahead of climate change

New piece! For Google x The Atlantic. I wrote about how artificial intelligence is helping the world’s most vulnerable countries stay one step ahead of climate change. www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/go...

Counting down to our visit to Taiwan (and we'll be spending a morning with co-author Ivy Chen)! @dearclarissa.bsky.social, do you know if Ivy has also joined BSky yet? <3

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The Lowdown - The Concierge 18 - Radio Journalist Clarissa Wei takes a scenic roadtrip along the northeastern coast of Taiwan.

Over the weekend, I took a road trip through Yehliu, Guihou, and Keelung. Listen to my dispatch here for Monocle https://t.co/4WlJ7Q61ni

How second-generation owners of 99 Ranch are turning the Asian supermarket into a national powerhous... They grew up at the nearly 40-year-old Asian grocery chain in the San Gabriel Valley. Now, siblings Alice and Jonson Chen are overseeing the national expansion of 99 Ranch Market.

"The “ranch” in 99 Ranch means freshness (“as if straight from a ranch,” Alice says) and the “99,” in Mandarin Chinese pronounced jiu jiu, is a homophone for longevity." @dearclarissa.bsky.social profiles the family behind 99 Ranch aka Ranch 99.

How second-generation owners of 99 Ranch are turning the Asian supermarket into a national powerhous... They grew up at the nearly 40-year-old Asian grocery chain in the San Gabriel Valley. Now, siblings Alice and Jonson Chen are overseeing the national expansion of 99 Ranch Market.

For many Chinese-speaking families in America, 99 Ranch is a mecca. A place to soothe the sting of homesickness, a refuge to stock up on familiar goods. For @LATimesFood, I wrote a piece about the low-profile family behind the iconic supermarket chain:

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yes! they taste like blueberries

Wild bilberry season in Sweden

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Dateline follows SBS World News' presenter Janice Petersen to Taiwan where the ancient Chinese practice of postpartum confinement has been given a modern twi... Inside Taiwan’s luxury post-birth hotel | SBS Dateline

I was the field producer for this documentary on the Taiwanese post-partum experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CECVGvoHaa8