Symbolism In Eating The Hyphen

Food has had many roles throughout our history; however, it seems to have outgrown its primary role in just providing us the nutrients we need to maintain us alive. It now has grown into a field of study in which we can explore the different tastes and cultural values apart from our own. This is a useful guidance in helping everyone outside of the culture understand and appreciate another culture's beliefs and ideals. Food can inform us a lot about a culture, whether they prefer food that's: spicy, sweet, or etc.
In Wong's essay she used food as a form of symbolism to show the balance between her Cantonese-American ethnic background. Wong's title "Eating the Hyphen" is significant being that she believes that by eating her dumplings with