Ming-Na Wen reflects on the Asian American experience in 70 recipes

Just like her mother, Ming-Na Wen will show you that she cares through the love language of food.

“Whenever anyone comes to the house, it’s always, ‘Have you eaten yet?’” Wen told The Associated Press. “So that was how I came up with the title because I wanted that as a greeting for my fans.”

Wen, who found fame in the 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club and went on to star in Mulan, is wading into the cookbook market. Have You Eaten Yet? Family Recipes From a Restaurant Daughter is sprinkled with Chinese and Western recipes and first-person anecdotes.