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Topic “Chinese food”

Behind the Fried Rice Curtain, Part 1

Behind the Fried Rice Curtain, Part 1

I grew up in my parents’ Chinese restaurant in Abbeville, SC. We were the only Asian Americans in a town of not quite 6,000 that was known as the “birthplace and the deathbed of the Confederacy.”

Anita Chen | Tue, Jan 29th- 10:25am | Chinese food, Rice, South Carolina, Food and Agriculture, Essay, Food, Issue 26: The South - Spring 2013, Race
Behind the Fried Rice Curtain, Part 2

Behind the Fried Rice Curtain, Part 2

Growing up in the 1940s in Macon, GA, where we were the only Chinese family in town, I never knew Chinese restaurants existed.

John Jung | Thu, Jan 31st- 8:54pm | Chinese food, Georgia, John Jung, South Carolina, Food and Agriculture, Food, Issue 26: The South - Spring 2013, History, Race

Romancing the Wok

Grace Young on achieving the perfect stir-fry -- and why we shouldn't use nonstick woks. 

Nina Kahori Fal... | Tue, Apr 10th- 2:16am | Books, Chinese food, cookware, Grace Young, wok, Culture, Diaspora, Food, Health & Environment
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