Chinese Adoptee Cookbook Zine

“Chinese Adoptee Cookbook, 养女的食谱, is a risograph-printed conceptual cookbook, created for and by Chinese adoptees. Blending food with narrative, the cookbook goes beyond traditional recipes to weave together memories, poems, photographs, and illustrations that reflect the adoptee experience. This book serves as a collective table, an archive, and a vessel. It creates a cross-cultural kinship space for adoptees to nourish and hold each other close.” - Madeleine Conover (organizer and Mad Dog Studio owner)

Contributing Artists: Madeleine Conover, Jillian Hammer, Eva Lin Fahey, Alison Spring, Katie Mongoven, Ari Zuaro, Allie Carl, Talia Connelly, Mia Kaplan

“Welcome to You”

My submission details the experience of obtaining a DNA test kit from a fellow Nike adoptee, and the bizarre and delightful encounters with strangers in the aftermath of receiving my results.