![]() With “A Taste for Love,” she wanted to tell the story of an immigrant family with a frankness about cultural nuance that she felt was in short supply in YA fiction. But Liza finds her interests and her mother’s expectations for her don’t quite mix, leading to a “Great British Baking Show”-type competition in which her mother tries to find her a suitable Asian boyfriend.Ī Taiwanese American, Yen moved to Houston for college and is now a psychiatrist with UT Physicians. She’s a gifted baker who learned at the side of her mother, who owns a popular Houston bakery. So baking runs throughout “A Taste for Love,” Yen’s new young adult novel, which tells the story of Liza Yang, a teenager on the cusp of college, navigating complications with her connections in social and familial circles. ![]() And who doesn’t love the smell of baked goods in the house?” When you master that, you can find ways to make a recipe your own. It’s about precision and measurements and detail. ![]() ![]() It’s about knowing what’s missing and what needs to be added and what flavors go together. “I have to admit, I’m a terrible cook,” she says. ![]() Jennifer Yen describes the distinctions and differences between cooking and baking, suggesting she is much better at one than the other. Jennifer Yen, a Houston psychiatrist, is the author of the YA book, “A Taste for Love.” Photo: Collage ![]()
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