Clarissa Wei Biography
Clarissa Wei is a journalist and author from the United States. Her primary focus is Taiwan, specifically Taiwanese food and culture. She co-hosts the Taiwan+ cooking show Kitchen Remix.
Clarissa Wei Age
She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, in the United States of America.
Clarissa Wei Family
Wei was born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents from Tainan. However, Attempts to establish the identities of her family, her mother, and her father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether she has any siblings.
Clarissa Wei Career
Wei moved to Asia when she was in her twenties and traveled extensively. She relocated to Hong Kong in 2018 and began writing for the South China Morning Post (SCMP). Her journalism began with politics, but she switched to food after finding politics “too heavy and dark.” Her food writing, on the other hand, frequently touches on politics. During this time, she traveled throughout China producing SCMP food and culture videos. Following the crackdown on the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, she relocated to Taiwan. She co-hosts the Taiwan+ cooking show Kitchen Remix.[5Climate Cuisine is a show on Whetstone Radio Collective. It was launched in 2021 and investigates how various cuisines and agricultural practices have evolved in similar climatic zones around the world.
Clarissa Wei Books
In 2023, Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation will be published. Made in Taiwan is a look at Taiwanese food culture. In it, she emphasizes the use of Taiwanese ingredients rather than more widely available international substitutes. The book has sparked debate due to Wei’s emphasis on Taiwanese identity and politics as embodied in food. On Made in Taiwan, Wei worked with recipe developer Ivy Chen. A historian, James Lin, was hired to ensure that the book’s historical aspects were correct. Clarissa Wei’s research assistant was Xin Yun. The food stylist was Yen Wei, and the photographer was Ryan Chen.
Clarissa Wei Net Worth
Wei has an estimated net worth of 300 thousand dollars.