Hip hop and African American culture provided a sympathetic counterpoint to the racism and exclusion he experienced at school. Huang, one of three sons of Taiwanese immigrants, struggled with his identity growing up. The memoir relates Huang's childhood, spent first in Washington, D.C., and later in Orlando, Florida. He has mentioned Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift and hip hop as inspirations for his writing. Huang stated in an interview with Publishers Weekly that expressing the experience of being an "other" in America was a major impetus for writing the book. The book shares its title with Huang's blog and his Vice online video program, and refers to Huang's Taiwanese immigrant background. The memoir is Huang's first published work his previous writing experience was mostly limited to his popular blog, which covers both food and topical issues. He developed a reputation as a food personality after hosting food-themed programs on the Food Network and Vice TV. Huang, an attorney, became prominent in New York's restaurant scene after the success of BaoHaus, his purveyor of Taiwanese-braised pork belly buns, also known as gua-bao ( 割包).
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