Lunar New Year (aka Chinese New Year, Spring Festival or more accurately, Lunisolar New Year) started this week, observed in East Asian countries based on the Chinese or lunar calendar. The beginning ...
Los Angeles-based Diep Tran is a Vietnamese-American chef best known for running the award-winning Good Girl Dinette in Highland Park. She co-authored The Red Boat Fish Sauce Cookbook, chosen as NPR’s ...
Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. A new short documentary shines ...
The Vietnamese New Year kicks off on Monday. For Diep Tran, who is chef and owner of Good Girl Dinette in Highland Park, Tết celebrations are not complete without making a batch of very labor ...
Sonny Side explores the traditional process of making Banh Tet, a beloved sticky rice cake central to Tet celebrations in Southern Vietnam. Through vibrant storytelling, he highlights the cultural ...
The rapid successive popping of hundreds of firecrackers rings out, smoke fills the air and drums and cymbals build in a euphonic rhythm as lions and Buddhas dance energetically down the sidewalk and ...
Humble ingredients have been home-run fare for centuries, all around the globe, but it’s always extra fun when there’s a legend to go along with. With an origin story that dates to 14th-century ...