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Hustle and Grow

Hustle and Grow

Writer Jeff Kang

In the spring of 2009, three guys stood over a five-gallon paint bucket holding seven fresh oyster mushrooms. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business students Alex Velez and Nikhil Arora were in the...

Jeff Kang | Wed, Nov 9th- 3:34pm | Food, Issue 24: Survival
Sea Change

Sea Change

Writer Nina Kahori Fallenbaum
Photographer Lisa Cates

Some say that Asian America began in Louisiana. In the late 1700s, Filipino sailors escaped Spanish galleons and started shrimping the hot, humid Gulf Coast, where the weather...

Nina Kahori Fal... | Wed, Nov 9th- 11:54pm | BP Oil Spill, Louisiana, New Orleans East, vietnamese americans, Food, Community, Food, Issue 24: Survival, Health & Environment, News & Politics, Recipe
Better Living Through Bitter Melon

Better Living Through Bitter Melon

Editor’s note: The National Bitter Melon Council was established by a group of performance artists and Asian American activists based in Boston. The council exists to “celebrate the health, social, culinary and creative possibilities of this...

National Bitter... | Sun, Dec 11th- 5:32pm | bitter melon, manifesto, trade group, Food, Community, Events, Food, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Health & Environment, Performing Arts
Mississippi Bok Choy

Mississippi Bok Choy

Telling the stories of Chinese American groceries in the South.

Nina Kahori Fal... | Sun, Dec 11th- 5:44pm | Arkansas, Chinese American, Mississippi, oral history, Food, Culture, Food, Issue 23: Bittersweet, History, Race
Our Own Song

Our Own Song

Before Nobuko Miyamoto became a chopstick activist, she was probably best known for her role in what is commonly dubbed as the first Asian American...

Margot Seeto | Mon, Oct 31st- 4:15pm | A Song for Ourselves, charlie chin, Chris Ijima, yellow pearl, Food, Issue 23: Bittersweet, History, Music, Performing Arts
Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood

Nobuko Miyamoto's green campaign to stick it to disposable chopsticks.

Alison Minami | Sun, Dec 11th- 5:53pm | B.Y.O. Chopstix, chopsticks, disposable chopsticks, Activism, Food, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Health & Environment, Social Issues
Menu to Go

Menu to Go

Long the underdog of Asian fare, Filipino cuisine is finally enjoying its moment as the next big food fad.

Paola Rodelas | Fri, Jun 3rd- 11:56am | catering, entrepreneurs, Filipino American, Business, Food, Community, Issue 22: Throwback, Food
Two Cups Rice

Two Cups Rice

Sometime in my early 20s, I discovered the pleasure of the Japanese izakaya. Roughly speaking, these are taverns: places to consume beer, sake, shochu (or all three!) with food that’s straightforward, focused on the ingredients and well-suited...

Sylvan Mishima ... | Fri, Dec 16th- 10:29am | Food, Diaspora, Issue 21: New Legacy, Food, Recipe
Who Needs Cooking Lessons?

Who Needs Cooking Lessons?

Jamie Oliver thinks every American should know an Asian recipe or two. Last fall, he arrived in Huntington, WV, where half the people are obese, to film his show Food Revolution. His mission: Convince a thousand locals to cook healthy meals...

Darryl Campbell | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Food, Culture, Essay, Issue 21: New Legacy, Food, Health & Environment
As American as Tofu

As American as Tofu

A confession: I’m an Asian American food writer and I’ve never liked tofu. It’s true. The all-important protein, which sustained ancient Asian civilizations for centuries, quite frankly, bores me. Tofu served in saucy, stir-fried dishes? Ho hum....

Susan C. Kim | Tue, May 17th- 11:14am | Tofu, Business, Food, Issue 21: New Legacy, Food, History
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