Eddie Huang was born in the American South to FOB ("fresh off the boat") Taiwanese parents. While his father improbably launched a chain of steakhouses, Eddie burned his way through American culture, defying every "model minority" stereotype along the way. He obsessed over football, fought the All-American boys who called him a chink, partied like a maniac, sold drugs with his crew, and idolized Tupac. His anchor was food, from making ribs with the Haitian chefs in dad's restaurants, to cooking ...