Hi there. I’m Betty. Thank you so much for visiting my website, and I hope you’ll check out my ultimate labor of love: my two cookbooks: The Chinese Way: classic techniques, fresh flavors, and My Shanghai: Recipes & Stories from a City on the Water.

I’ve played a lot of roles over the years including food photographer, workshop/retreat teacher, blogger, and wedding photographer, but these days I’m mostly a general surgery resident training in Boston with a passion for cooking. I’ve long viewed cooking and food as a creative outlet. This blog is a place for me to document my food experiments and share food stories. Through this, I’ve found an awesome community and somehow, enough people believed in me for me to write a book on the food that is nearest and dearest to my heart: a cookbook. In my book, I share my family’s culinary traditions with you: all of the Shanghai homecooking that gives me comfort. Before residency, I used to be more active in this space, but you can still find recipes, travel stories, and food stories. Find me also on Instagram, and my newsletter.

Recent work: New York Times, Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, King Arthur Flour, Cherry Bombe, and Saveur.

I love hearing from you! If you have any requests, opinions, questions, or just want to say hi, please send me a note at bettysliu07 [at] gmail.com. Or head to the contact form. I’m happy to hear from you.