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Socola Chocolatier Dreams Big with Brick and Mortar Shop
Wendy Lieu, chief chocolatier at Socola Chocolates, in South San Francisco. Photo: Momo Chang Post by Ashlyn Perri, CAAM Socola Chocolatier’s mascot, Harriet the Flying Alpaca, will be finding herself...
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CAAMFest Food Film Screenings: “East Side Sushi” and “Zone Pro Site: The...
Movie still from “East Side Sushi” starring Dianna Torres as a single mom striving for sushi-making dreams. Photo courtesy of the film Post by Ashlyn Perri, CAAM While eating at a diner one day,...
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Share Your Lunar New Year Story with StoryCorps and CAAM (Center for Asian...
Photo: michael davis-burchat via Flickr Creative Commons CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) is proud to partner with StoryCorps on Asian American culture and food stories. Throughout the month of...
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Lunar New Year Memories with StoryCorps
Spread with Sticky Rice, Soup, Rice, Pickles, Chive Cakes. Photo by Elizabeth My-Tuyen Phu. By Momo Chang, CAAM (2/18/15) The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) partnered with StoryCorps in San...
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CAAMFest 2015: This Year’s Festival is Full of Food Films
CAAMFest, the largest film festival of its kind in North America featuring Asian and Asian American film, food and music, comes back to San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley March 12-22. Off the Menu:...
View ArticleAlice Waters Reflects on Friendship With Cecilia Chiang
Alice Waters is well-known as the chef and proprietor of the Berkeley, California restaurant Chez Panisse. Waters is a pioneer in modern cuisine, bringing local, seasonal and sustainable ingredients to...
View ArticleNew Mom Turns to Ancient Chinese Recipes for Postpartum Recovery
First came the liver, then the kidneys, then pigs feet — lots and lots of pigs feet. In the early weeks after my daughter was born, each morning I would nurse her while my husband, the “seagan” (vegan,...
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Food Allergies: A Hidden Danger for Many Asian-American Kids
What better symbol of a Chinese mother’s love than a steaming bowl of homemade soup? Nine years ago, Sharon Wong was trying a magazine recipe for a Southeast Asian-inspired peanut soup in her San...
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Are Your Grandparents Being Served?
James Wong is a man of routine. Every morning, the 63-year-old resident of San Francisco’s Sunset District meets his friends for some tai-chi exercise. Then they decide where to eat lunch. It’s usually...
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Chef Brandon Jew of “Mister Jiu’s” Shares His Inspirations and Creative Process
Chef Brandon Jew (Courtesy of CAAM) Tucked in an alleyway named Waverly Place will soon be San Francisco Chinatown’s newest restaurant, Mister Jiu’s. Months before opening, it had already garnered...
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An Unlikely Duo Brings LocoL Fast Food and Jobs to Youth in Oakland
What happens when celebrity chef Roy Choi, of Kogi BBQ truck fame, and chef of the Michelin-starred Coi restaurant Daniel Patterson, team up for a “revolutionary fast food” joint? LocoL is their...
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Which Way Should I Lean In The Current War Over Vietnamese Cuisine?
People take pride in the food they eat, and ethnic communities especially form and retain their identities around their traditional cuisines. What’s Italian without pasta? Or the Thai without their Tom...
View ArticleMartin Yan’s Yan Can Cook Back On TV In Time For Valentine’s Day & Lunar New...
On a fall evening in Emeryville, CA, Martin Yan is affable and happy about taping his show in front of a studio audience. Just back from a trip to Chengdu, China, he excitedly shows the audience—on...
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