Way Too Complicated

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Sharing my Fulbright application essay
Free and available for anyone interested in the program
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Sharing my National Geographic Explorer Application Essay
I'm off to Singapore this November!
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Recipe: Imagined Snail Noodle Soup
Frustration level: 3/10
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Recipe: Cabbage Cookies from Avatar the Last Airbender
Plus, how to make real food from a fictional universe
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Sharing my Harvard statement of intent (SOI)
Free and available for anyone interested in graduate school
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Reflections on achieving Bestseller status
on the fears of being perceived and "perfect" accomplishments
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I didn't want this tattoo
on empty consent, part two
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The realities of writing a cookbook for hire
Plus, the most complicated recipes from my grilling cookbook
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I didn’t consent to eating that ice cream
on implied consent, part one
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Representation is not social justice
on Asian American as a political identity in a time of genocide
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Rosé, fanfiction, and Harry Styles
Or, how women have "bad taste"
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A life update + a (new) Food Politics 101 lecture
From my birthday lecture at the National University of Singapore
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