Chinese adoptee cookbook

Chinese Adoptee Cookbook, 养女的食谱, is a risograph-printed conceptual cookbook, created for and by Chinese adoptees. Blending food with narrative, the cookbook goes beyond traditional recipes to weave together memories, poems, photographs, and illustrations that reflect the adoptee experience. This book serves as a collective table, an archive, and a vessel. It creates a cross-cultural kinship space for adoptees to nourish and hold each other close.

artists:
Jillian Hammer, @jillianphammer
Eva Lin Fahey, @evalinfahey
Alison Staffin, @unicorncaptain
Katie Mongoven, @katiemongoven
Ari Zuaro, @oatsntats
Allie Carl, @allisoncarl
Madeleine Conover, @madeleineconover (organizer)
Talia Connelly, @apaintinginthepark
Mia Kaplan, @miakaplanmakes

Sliding scale payment options:
Tier 1: Adoptee Community → Discounted pricing for other Chinese adoptees, helps cover printing costs, and supports creative work
Tier 2: Sustainer → Covers printing costs and contributes to future reprints
Tier 3: Supporter → Fuels future book projects, keeps studio afloat, helps pay contributors a stipend, and helps keep community pricing available

Each book is risograph printed by Mad Dog Studio, spiral-bound, and handmade in Philadelphia. There maybe slight variation in printing, books should not be stored in direct sunlight. Limited edition of 100.