Food as metaphor in R.F. Kuang's YELLOWFACE

I can't stop thinking about YELLOWFACE and wrote an essay about how food is a metaphor for how people selectively appropriate and consume other cultures:

https://readasaurus.blogspot.com/2023...

I'd be honored if you gave it a read! I had this thought while I was in the shower and didn't see anyone else talking about this use of motif in their reviews (although I'm sure I'm not the first), and I just thought it was so subtle and fascinating and interesting that I just had to share.