Ming-Na Wen Portrait Session

Ming-Na Wen's acting breakthrough was in the 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan’s novel “The Joy Luck Club.” Now, she's breaking into the cookbook market. The book, “Have You Eaten Yet? Family Recipes From a Restaurant Daughter,” is sprinkled with Chinese and Western recipes and first-person anecdotes. The recipes parallel Wen's evolution from immigrant kid helping out at her parents’ restaurant to working actor cooking for her own children. For generations of Asian Americans, Wen became an icon after her appearance in “The Joy Luck Club.” The first big studio feature with an all-Asian cast was applauded for depicting Chinese characters and Chinese food in a non-demeaning way.