Tea Eggs (茶叶蛋) and School Days

Photo by G. Yek: Ling presenting a pair of tea eggs — one peeled and one still in shell

Born and raised in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province in Southwest China, Ling Peng stands in her kitchen in Cincinnati, Ohio and gazes at the tea eggs on the countertop. The eggs are hard boiled and distinctively marbled, much like a webbed veil.

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