After a stint at Jamie Oliver’s restaurant in Taiwan, Jessie YuChen moved to New York City and hit the ground running. In the past seven years, they’ve gotten degrees in food studies and photography; worked at Bon Appetit and Saveur ; styled food, developed recipes, and photographed both people and food for countless projects; and thrown pop-ups all over the city, including one for the James Beard Foundation. “Food is the language I use to tell stories,” says YuChen. “My career represents my desire to express and also to explore others’ journey through food and visual storytelling.”

Somehow, they’ve also found time to start importing craft beers from Taiwan to New York City and have a popcorn brand, Boomipop, that features a spice blend found on Taiwanese popcorn chicken. Her latest p

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