During the last three years, Celestial Peach, a platform founded by community organiser and writer Jenny Lau, has hosted #ChineseFoodiesofIG, an Instagram series inviting diasporic voices of Chinese heritage to discuss food and identity. In each interview the question "what does home taste like?" was asked. We were invited to illustrate Lee Man's answer: 

"Cantonese cuisine values vividly fresh ingredients, and so my parents loved foraging for the best that the Pacific West Coast had to offer. Rock cod caught by my father, wild watercress gathered by my mother, and locally raised chickens all made their way to our dinner table. Everything was simply prepared and absolutely delicious. My father has passed away, but I still have a small jar of tiny wild kumquats that he harvested and salted. Steeped in boiling water with honey, it makes a fantastic medicinal tea. But I can’t bear to use any of it!"⁠

There are 100 interviews and accompanying illustrations to see here.