Is writing part of your 2026 resolution? Check out this interview about storytelling and the power of narrative arcs by @elisacp.bsky.social of Optionality with eunicebrownlee.bsky.social, @gracehwanglynch.bsky.social, jentheeditor.bsky.social, and me!

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Thanks, Luke!

My food memoir-in-essays HOW TO COOK RICE will be published with Regalo Press!

Call me Auntie Grace

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

NBC shuts down Asian, Black, and Latino verticals - www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...

Is schnitzel having a moment? I've seen it on 2 menus this week (and I'm not mad)

They have all learned that hearing voices doesn’t mean people are visiting

I'm finally crawling out of the wormhole that is THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY. What do we think about the portrayal of mixed-race Asians on the series? Here's why I think it's more Asian that people realize... open.substack.com/pub/gracehwa...

I really envy his metabolism! 🥟🍕🥟

Oooh… I have some news to share soon that is both exciting and slightly terrifying!

Red bowl of homemade Taiwanese braised pork rice called Lo bah png in Taiwanese Hokkien or Lu ruo fan in Mandarin

Was inspired to make lo bah png - Taiwanese braised pork rice (lu ruo fan in Mandarin) and my family wasn’t mad.

More Who You Really Are My shopping trip was a bust, but I snagged something much better

Read more about why I am leaning to look forward to getting old… I’d really love if you could subscribe to Small Bites on Substack open.substack.com/pub/gracehwa...

It’s my birth month! Here’s a story about how I attempted to buy myself a treat, and what I received instead.

Thanks, Betty!

How to Fold Taiwanese Bah Tsang, With a Video Tutorial Watch my video de-mystifying the process of folding a bah tsang to get the perfect tetrahedron shape and also get the recipe and step-by-step photo directions.

Here's a step-by-step video, in case you're interested in learning how to make ba tsang (zong zi) hapamama.com/how-to-fold-...

Happy ba tsang day to those who celebrate! I make these every year to make sure I don’t lose the muscle memory for wrapping them. 🐉

As usual, @wendiaarons.bsky.social speaking middle aged truth!

I don’t care what everyone else is saying about you, @bsky.app I still like you 🦋

Yes.

So many of my friends’ kids are going into filmmaking, creative writing, journalism. It’s so different than we were in college, and everyone was engineering and pre-med

This warms my heart. And also terrifies me.

Ouch

Now I need to go to Japan so I can eat Taiwan ramen 🍜

Putting the Taiwanese Americans in AAPI Heritage Month Books and Asian American food memories that are extraordinary because they make everyday experiences beautiful

Let’s uplift books about regular Taiwanese Americans for Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month open.substack.com/pub/gracehwa...

Thoughts on what's the best time of the summer to visit #Taiwan ?

Small Bites | Grace Hwang Lynch | Substack Tidbits of what I'm eating and what I'm reading, seen through the eyes of a Taiwanese American mom and daughter. Click to read Small Bites, by Grace Hwang Lynch, a Substack publication with hundreds o...

I’ve learned how to sleep through the night again! Tips, in my next Small Bites newsletter. Subscribe here… open.substack.com/pub/gracehwa...

Today is Qing Ming, a festival honoring loved ones who have passed. I finally got to learn how to make this special mugwort rice dumpling from Henry Hsu of Oramasama. 🌱

Been enjoying everyone's #AWP posts from the comfort of my own home. Hope to see you all in Baltimore next year!

I remember that from every #AWP I've been to! Take care of yourself