Tracing the History of Asian Americans in Royal Icing

A Pittsburgh artist and baker paints portraits on cookies to showcase underrepresented cultures

Francesca Dabecco
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6 min readSep 13, 2019

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All photos by Kate Buckley

In a coworking kitchen space in Pittsburgh, Jasmine Cho preps a palette of icing colors to decorate her freshly baked cookies.

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Francesca Dabecco
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Pittsburgh journalist with a knack for stories about food, culture, activism, and sustainability. plant eater. brain tumor survivor. 🌈