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Article: Ying Compestine's new books boast hungry ghosts, dumplings and recipes

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Most cookbooks don't begin with a plump little boy, a hungry ghost and a mad race through Beijing to collect moldy wonton wrappers. But then Ying Compestine's "Boy Dumplings" isn't exactly your ordinary tome.

The award-winning Lafayette author has stirred her two usual genres -- cookbooks and young adult novels -- into a new confection. Her new spooky stories mingle the ghosts, gore and recipes surrounding an esoteric Chinese festival. Now, those recipes are playing a starring role at Hungry Ghost Festival food tastings and book signings around the Bay.

Drenched in tradition and Taoist superstition, the Hungry Ghost Festival is an important part of Asian lore in Southern China, Hong Kong, ...

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