{"product_id":"eat-bitter-6308","title":"Eat Bitter","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px 24px; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003eLydia Pang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003eGenre\u003c\/span\u003eMemoir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003eHardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003eVintage Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003eYear\u003c\/span\u003e2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/span\u003e288pp\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the Must-Read Books To Have On Your Radar in 2026—Service95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a dazzling new writer, a stirring memoir rooted in Hakka culture about the lesson to accept both bitterness and sweetness in life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEat bitter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Chinese proverb meaning ‘endure hardship to taste sweetness.' For Lydia Pang, it embodies the struggles of her Hakka ancestors, a Chinese ethnic group subjected to forced migrations whose ingenuity produced a distinct food culture based on fermenting and foraging. Pang reimagines eating bitter as a philosophy to confront her own burning out, testing her marriage, navigating fertility struggles and caring for a parent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough eight recipes, she shares food as memory and the silly egg noodles her father cooked when her sister was ill, the bone broth she boiled in New York while homesick and courgettes grown in rural Wales as a gesture of reconnection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComprising the satire and darkness of Netflix's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeef\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the tender insight of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrying in H Mart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the distinct magic of Ella Risbridger's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidnight Chicken,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEat Bitter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a very special book from a brilliant new voice and creative talent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lorien Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":54600213201235,"sku":"9781784746308","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1079\/6695\/5859\/files\/9781784746308.jpg?v=1786898114","url":"https:\/\/lorienbooks.com\/products\/eat-bitter-6308","provider":"Lorien Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}