Eat Bitter
A Story About Guts and Food
$54.42
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
21 June 2026
Summary
Eat bitter is a Chinese proverb meaning ‘endure hardship to taste sweetness.’ For Lydia Pang, it embodies the struggles of her Hakka ancestors, a persecuted Chinese ethnic group whose ingenuity shaped a food culture rooted in fermenting and foraging.
Pang reimagines eating bitter as a philosophy to confront her own challenges- burning out, testing her marriage, navigating fertility struggles and caring for a parent. Through eight recipes, she shares food as memory and medicine- the si…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784746308 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784746304 |
| Author: | Lydia Pang |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Chatto & Windus |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 21 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 402g |
| Dimensions: | 223mm x 144mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
‘A beautiful book about family and food … potent, honest, and unapologetic …I wolfed it down’ * Emma Gannon *‘Bold, honest and utterly relatable …shows how food can be medicine, memory and a lifeline all at once.’ * Service95 *‘A riveting nosedive into the blood and guts of food, family and self compassion. Lydia Pang writes with raw passion straight from the heart, leaving us well fed, but still ravenous for more. A beautiful book.’ * Tobi Coventry *
‘What Lydia Pang fearlessly captures in Eat Bitter is a glimpse into the life of a creative.Nurturing and brave, her story inspires and her recipes warm.’
* Danny Bowien *‘Incredible… Pang beautifully explores what’s really important in our lives, while offering recipes that bring solace. You’ll be handing this book out to everyone you know.’ * Stylist *An engaging story * UK Press Syndication *About The Author
Lydia Pang
Lydia Pang (She/Her) is a Frankenstein, misfit Creative Director with a decade of experience in brand building. Lydia is the Co-Founder of M RNING, a London based, creative strategy and cultural foresight studio. She judged Clio Awards, D&AD and was a Cannes Lions delegate. She’s worked in media, advertising agencies and brands in New York and Portland, always in hybrid creative roles honing her passion for digital storytelling and trend mapping. She has given talks on ethical commissioning and the future of branding at Instagram and NYTimes, and written articles for Refinery29, Riposte, Vogue, Elle, and Dazed.
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