Besides this family background, Chen has--all for the sake of eating--travelled more than 50 times to mainland China and travelled to 49 foreign lands.
除了家學淵源，陳靖自己為了吃，前後到大陸五十多趟，去尋訪雲南的全牛餐、揚州的紅樓宴、金山寺的素齋等，走過四十九個國家也是為了吃。