San Francisco ‘Top Chef’ Melissa King Cooks Her Way Home in New Memoir

As a kid, Melissa King rushed home from school to grab her meat cleaver and cook dinner for her family. In her new memoir, “The Girl Who Became King,” the Top Chef winner traces her path from her immigrant parents’ expectations to a career in Michelin kitchens. “I didn’t think my life was interesting,” she notes, but in talking with fans and writing this book, King started “owning who I am and being proud of all of those things that I used to tuck away and hide about being gay and even being Asian in America.”

Guest:

• Melissa King, chef and author “The Girl Who Became King: Recipes from My California Chinese Kitchen”, winner of top chef all-stars L.A., James Beard-award winning chef