We’re proud to highlight the impactful charity work of our first biography subject, Chef Jack Lee, who is extending his culinary talents beyond Hollywood to touch the lives of orphaned children in Vietnam. Each year, Chef Jack hosts a Toy Drive, combining the joy of giving with the comfort of American food favorites such as […]
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The feeling of holding a book in your hand that has your picture on the cover is difficult to put into words. It’s something about the weight of the paper, lined with beautifully-formatted text that’s all about you – words that say what you want to say, that express your thoughts and your ideas. It’s
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When my father passed away in 2010, he was about halfway through writing a memoir. I found the fragments on his old, failing PC hard drive, which miraculously survived just long enough for me to copy the files before it too blinked out of existence. Ironically, the documents concerned his attempts to deal with the
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For some time now, Metro Writers have been working on a full-length biography of Chef Jack Lee, Saigon’s own celebrity chef to the stars. I first interviewed Jack Lee for the December 2014 issue of Oi Vietnam magazine. He was highly engaging, amusing, and had a great story. As we were searching for a suitable
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