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Grace Hwang Lynch

https://gracehwanglynch.com
Grace Hwang Lynch is a San Francisco Bay Area writer, specializing in Asian American food and culture. She has written numerous articles about Taiwanese food for outlets such as NPR, PRI, Eating Well, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, as well as essays that have been published by Tin House, Catapult, and Salon. She was the Grand Prize winner of the Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prize for her essay “Salty Like Tears”, which is excerpted from How to Cook Rice, and a nominee for an IACP Food Writing award in 2025. A former broadcast journalist, she has appeared on NBC, CBC, and often hosts discussions for the Center for Asian American Media. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley, she took her first creative writing course with Maxine Hong Kingston. Her food memoir "How to Cook Rice: On the Care and Feeding of an Immigrant Family" debuts in January 2027 (Regalo Press)
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Student Testimonials

"Grace Hwang Lynch is a great teacher. Loved the concept. Loved the presentation. Loved the way Grace wove in practical tips in the presentation and also included a handout and presentation with the key themes. Also loved that there was a prompt built into the class so that people could generate new writing if desired during the class."