About Hsiao-Ching

Short bio:

Hsiao-Ching Chou is the author of Chinese Soul Food and Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food. She frequently teaches Chinese home cooking at schools in the Seattle area. By day, she works in communications in tech.

Long bio:

Hsiao-Ching Chou is the author of Chinese Soul Food and Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food. She is former food editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and has appeared on national television and radio, including “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” and “The Splendid Table.” She won the coveted Bert Greene Award from the International Association for Culinary Professionals for excellence in feature writing. After she left the P-I in 2007, she co-founded a public relations firm that specialized in promoting restaurants. In 2011, she pivoted to managing communications for nonprofit biomedical research institutions. She currently is the editorial lead for Salesforce Design. In her spare time, she teaches everyday Chinese home cooking and is most famous for her potsticker classes. She lives in Seattle with her family.

These pieces represent some essential background on Hsiao-Ching’s experience.

Seattle Met Magazine: The Search for Zheng: A few key dishes serve as one Chinese-born food writer’s benchmark of a good restaurant. (Feb. 2016)

Seattle Magazine: How to Shop Asian Markets for the Chinese New Year: Navigating the uninitiated through the aisles of our plentiful Asian markets (Feb. 2016)

KNKX Public Radio: For many immigrant families, food is a way to both stay connected to their culture, and a way to survive. (Nov. 19, 2016)

PCC Sound Consumer: A cooking fail doesn’t mean you’re a failure in the kitchen (Sept. 2019)