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““Sum seung si sing 心想事成,” Sabrina Popo would repeat as she handed me a red envelope with both hands and a wink.”
“The withdrawal of affection that defined both my parents’ childhoods was a common story in Chinese culture.”
“I’d catch her wearing an oversized visor, like an Asian Darth Vader, while watering her garden.”
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“* Phillip Gong Gong was a charmer with a sharp jawline and glossy coiffed hair.”
“Because Sabrina Popo spoke only Cantonese, our common language was food.”
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“Sabrina went for the things that made her happy, and in a way, she modeled freedom.”
“A queer Shanghainese Cantonese American, she grew up in Los Angeles’s San Gabriel Valley.”
“But the strongest tradition we shared was dim sum—it rooted our whole family.”
“Newly independent, she picked up a job as a bank teller in the very white San Fernando Valley.”
“And by my mom’s teen years, my grandparents’ marriage was falling apart.”
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“It’s hard to picture my mom doing everything on her own at such a young age, including acting like a parent to her siblings.”
“She is the author of the cookbook Cook Like a King: Recipes from My California Chinese Kitchen , which won the 2026 James Beard Award.”
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“And he was also a romantic—that’s where I get it from—who lived for the thrill of falling in love.”
“Both she and my grandfather simultaneously bent to cultural expectations while trying to follow their own passions.”
“But even after she gave birth to my mom, and later to three more kids, Sabrina never got used to being a mother.”
“Steph passed one to each family member, spinning the lazy Susan in the middle of the table.”
“Her work has since taken her beyond the kitchen into television, fashion, and culture, including hosting Tasting Wild for National Geographic, curating the 2022 Met Gala menu, and being featured in global campaigns for Levi’s and GAP.”