Writer Clarissa Wei

Clarissa Wei

AFAR Contributor

Clarissa Wei is a Taiwanese American journalist, author, and video producer. Her cookbook, Made in Taiwan, won the 2024 IACP Julia Child First Book Award and was a finalist for the 2024 James Beard Award for Best International Cookbook.

Most recent articles
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Food + Drink
This Is the World’s First Michelin-Starred Ice Cream Shop
May 13, 2025 12:01 PM
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Clarissa Wei
The outdoor pool area of Onsen Papawaqa. Green mountains loom in the background.
Hotels
Taiwanese Hot Spring Hotels for Every Kind of Traveler
February 03, 2025 12:41 PM
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Clarissa Wei
A group of old friends who are dining at Buzi, a rechao restaurant in Taiwain.
Spring 2023
Move Over, Night Markets—Why Rechao Restaurants Are the Place to Be in Taiwan
May 02, 2023 04:19 PM
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Clarissa Wei
Indigenous Taiwanese educator Dongi Kacaw, who has devoted her life to sharing Indigenous plant knowledge.
Food + Drink
For Some, Weeds Are Garbage—to Taiwan’s Dongi Kacaw, They’re Lunch
November 02, 2022 04:12 PM
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Clarissa Wei