Egg Rolls & Sweet Tea

Southern foodways intersect with various Asian-American tastes in this fusion cookbook of 100 recipes celebrating inclusivity and diversity.
A 2024 Book Every Georgian Should Read, Georgia Center for the Book
2024 Finalist, Georgia Author of the Year, Specialty Book
Ni hao, y'all! Welcome to the dining table, a special, sacred place. Egg Rolls & Sweet Tea: Asian Inspired, Southern Style is in part a memoir of Natalie Keng's personal food journey growing up in the deep South, but make no mistake: This is a cookbook full of tasty Asian-American and Southern fusion dishes, sauces, and drinks that home cooks will enjoy preparing and sharing.


Recipes include Fried Chicken Spring Rolls With Honey, Rainbow Black-Rice Salad, Okra and Tomato Stir-Fry, Black-Eyed Pea Hummus, Georgia Bourbon Coca-Cola Meatloaf, Golden Milk and Sorghum Hot Toddy, and of course, several recipes for egg rolls and sweet teas.


"'Can food be the catalyst for accepting diversity?' asks Sauce Maven founder Keng . . . in the introduction . . . Keng gleefully mixes cuisines and high and low culture: an elegant recipe for a whole fish fit for a banquet is followed by instructions for frozen fish sticks atop congee. The fusion is clever . . . This playful collection answers its opening query in the affirmative, and has fun along the way." —Publishers Weekly

"While many of the recipes within are the perfect fusion of American Southern meets Asian cuisine (wasabi deviled eggs), some of the dishes are simpler and lovely (sautéed lemon pepper snow peas), and still others are unexpected, interesting combinations (Vindaloo-inspired ratatouille ziti)." —Library Journal