Film, art, food, talks celebrate Asian Pacific American culture
Rejoice Asian Pacific American heritage on campus all through April in diverse methods. Observe a movie about Chinese immigrants in the deep South. Attend a keynote address by engineering lawyer…
New ‘Mee-Ka’ pop-up restaurant blends Hmong and American food cultures
Chef Yia Vang and his team have revamped their menu and room at 901 W. Lake St. in Uptown to start a new pop-up strategy, “Mee-Ka,” geared towards the merging…
Yia Vang’s new Mee-Ka pop-up embraces Hmong American food
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History, identity, and food: ‘Sharing Our Roots’ event highlights Asian American culture through storytelling
Developing up in her Vietnamese group in Westminster, Emily Diem Tran remembers her mother enlisting her and her siblings in an assembly line to aid make sticky rice cakes during…
Hokkaido Food Is Getting the Attention It Deserves from American Diners
Takashi Igarashi, the head chef at NR, speaks fervently about the high quality of Hokkaido substances and the uniqueness of the prefecture’s cuisine. “Potatoes, corn, carrots—so much of Japan’s greatest produce…












