Martin Yan’s Yan Can Cook back on TV in time for Valentine’s Day & Lunar New Year
byOn a fall evening in Emeryville, CA, Martin Yan is affable and happy about taping his show in front of a studio audience. Just back from…
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How Creative Cooking Gives API Prisoners a Taste of Home
byIn an Oakland, CA youth center on a Sunday morning, while many everyday American folks prepare to eat brunch, I’m in for a different…
“Off the Menu: Asian America” on DVD
byPBS just released Off the Menu: Asian America on DVD! It’s available for purchase now. From award-winning filmmaker Grace Lee (American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace…
Announcing The Winner Of The #OfftheMenuAsianAmerica Contest
byAfter looking and drooling over all the submissions for the #OfftheMenuAsianAmerica contest, Grace Lee has chosen the two winners! Congratulations to the winners, who…
#OfftheMenuAsianAmerica Contest — Winning Recipes!
byHere are the three winning recipes for the Off the Menu: Asian America recipe contest! Sticky Rice Stuffing by Linda Shiue I thought…
Jennifer Yee: Pastry Chef at Lafayette
byIf Jennifer Yee had known the level of success she would achieve making pastries, choosing to go to culinary school right away instead of…
Table for Eight: Asian American Women Chefs You Should Know
byTwo years ago, Time magazine published an article tracing the genealogy of the most influential chefs and culinary thinkers in the game today. They called it, “The…
Hmong New Year When Grandma Was Alive
byMy grandma was a medicine woman, a healer, and a shaman. Each Hmong New Year, the entire family came together to uphold our spiritual…
‘Asian-American: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes From the Philippines to Brooklyn,’ by Dale Talde
byWe’re not supposed to judge books by their cover but how about their titles? It feels deliciously brazen of former Top Chef standout Dale…