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An: to eat
According to an old proverb, it is extremely lucky to have five daughters, especially if they are born in a row. Helen An, the matriarch behind the restaurant group House of An , which includes Crustacean in Beverly Hills, hit the jackpot. With her daughter, Jacqueline An, Helene's latest venture is a cookbook: an: to eat: Recipes and Stories from a Vietnamese Family Kitchen .” It is by sheer coincidence that their surname, “an,” means, “to eat” in Vietnamese.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readAccording to an old proverb, it is extremely lucky to have five daughters, especially if they are born in a row. Helen An, the matriarch behind the restaurant group House of An, which includes Crustacean in Beverly Hills, hit the jackpot. With her daughter, Jacqueline An, Helene's latest venture is a cookbook: an: to eat: Recipes and Stories from a Vietnamese Family Kitchen.” It is by sheer coincidence that their surname, “an,” means, “to eat” in Vietnamese.
