Her second novel, Kaleidoscope (Dutton, Penguin Random House), will be published July 5, 2022.

And hidden gems that might be right around the corner, like the vending machine in Texas dispensing full sized pecan pies. Her debut novel, Diamond Head (Harper, HarperCollins), was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, recipient of an Elle Readers' Prize, and voted a best debut of the 2015 Brooklyn Book Festival. Festivals–feed wild macaques pyramid of fruit at Thailand’s Monkey Buffet Festival. Her debut novel, Diamond Head, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, recipient of an Elle Readers’ Prize, and voted a best debut of the 2015 Brooklyn Book Festival. Travel–scale China’s sacred Mount Hua to reach a tea house. Cecily Wong is the author of three books.

Culture–picture four million women gathering to make rice pudding. Ready for a beer made from fog in Chile? Sardinia’s “Threads of God” pasta? Egypt’s 2000-year-old egg ovens? But far more than a menu of curious minds delicacies and unexpected dishes, Gastro Obscura reveals food’s central place in our lives as well as our bellies, touching on history–trace the network of ancient Roman fish sauce factories. Covering all seven continents, Gastro Obscura serves up a loaded plate of incredible ingredients, food adventures, and edible wonders. Buy Book Sale - The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson, Diamond Head by Cecily Wong, Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans, The Dress by Kate Kerrigan, Untethered by. It’s truly a feast of wonder: Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, Cecily Wong’s Gastro Obscura transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink.