Book Review

Eat Bitter a raw exploration of food and endurance

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Eat Bitter is a memoir by Lydia Pang.

Eat Bitter is a memoir by Lydia Pang.

PHOTO: LYDIA PANG/INSTAGRAM, HARPERONE

By Lydia Pang
Memoir/HarperOne/Paperback/288 pages/$36.95

There are recipes in Eat Bitter, but it is not a recipe book, not exactly. It tells you how to put together a bowl of egg noodles, but is really more interested in getting you to ponder the metaphorical nuances of those egg noodles. 

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