Couture Fantasy / California Foodways: Rosebud Cafe / New Arrivals: Kirstin Chen

Today, we hear about an exhibit featuring garments by renowned Chinese designer Guo Pei. When East meets West and fashion meets fantasy. Then, we’ll visit a restaurant in conservative rural California that relies on Bay Area diners. And, we’ll listen to a reading from a San Francisco author Kirstin Chen.

• Fashion meets fantasy in an exhibit featuring exquisite garments by Chinese designer Guo Pei
• Transgender man finds — and creates — refuge in his family’s small-town restaurant
• Kirstin Chen pens con-artist caper that shatters the model minority myth