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Colorado Public Radio KCFR Colorado Matters, Denver anti-Chinese Race Riots 1880
And here is my Colorado Matters Interview with KCFR Colorado Public Radion from May 8, 2008. Denver is interesting because it was home to one of the most vicious race riots against the Chinese in 1880....
View ArticleMy Taste3 Talk is Up On Ted
Went up today! Beautifully edited by Jason Wishnow. Jennifer 8. Lee: Who was General Tso? and other mysteries of American Chinese food Reporter Jennifer 8. Lee talks about her hunt for the origins of...
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Men at Wok
Met at Work Chinese Restaurant in Brooklyn This is another hilarious name for Chinese restaurant, courtesy of Michael Epstein. I still think Wok n Roll is still better, but getting cliched. This one is...
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Randomly Cute Kid Pic of My Sister in Kinmen
As part of my appearance on Martha Stewart, they asked me to scan in old family photos (which really hadn’t been scanned in before) in case they wanted to show them with the turkey dumpling recipe. So...
View ArticleSong Lyrics Exclusively From Fortune Cookie Fortunes
This is an amusing stop animation video on YouTube where all the song lyrics are derived from fortune cookies. The funny thing is I’ve seen some of these fortunes before, like “The first and only love...
View ArticleSatellite Kids, a Chinese Restaurant By-Product
In The New York Times, Nina Bernstein writes about the troubled development of satellite kids, (often) of Chinese restaurant workers, who are sent back to China to be raised (often) by grandparents....
View ArticleMartha Stewart Rerun, Fried Turkey Dumplings, August 6
Martha Stewart segment is re-airing today, August 6. It was taped originally live-ish in late February. We make fried turkey dumplings. If you look closely, you will be able to see my mom!
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Sometimes You Just Need a Picture of a Dog
This picture was sent to me by Roy Zuckerman. It is Lola from Basel, and she is apparently a big fan of my book.
View ArticleMy General Tso’s chicken talk on TED.com in classrooms
I recently learned that my talk at TED.com on General Tso’s chicken, which was filmed at Taste3 conference in July 2008, is being used in two different university settings. It’s being shown to computer...
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The Search for General Tso. In Theaters January 2, 2015!
Happy to say that The Search for General Tso has been acquired by IFC/Sundance for distribution and will be in theaters (and VOD) on January 2, 2015. Director Ian Cheney did a great job of shepherding...
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