United States
ESSAYIvan Hodes & Matt P. Jageressay, China, Taiwan, United States, Korea, Beijing, Peking, Taipei, Alaska, California, Los Angeles, Northridge, Phoenix, Chinese food in Phoenix, Chinese food in Alaska, Chinese food in Anchorage, Mongolian BBQ, Mongolian barbecue, Mongolian barbeque, Mongolian BBQ in Alaska, Wu Zhaonan, Colonel Lee, John C Lee, Ding How, Ting How, World War II, WWII, Pacific Rim cuisine, Chinese food on the Pacific Rim, Chinese restaurants in the United States, American Chinese food, Chinese-American food, migrant food, Chinese diaspora food, Taiwanese food, Taipei food, bd's Mongolian Grill, Ulaanbaatar, zhizi, Beijing kaorou, Beijing cuisine, Beijing barbecue, General Tso's Chicken, jingisukan, Hokkaido food, teppanyaki, tieban, Old Beijing, Chinese food in the cold war, Cold War, Chinese food in Arizona

Mongolian Barbecue on the Banks of Grass Creek

How far do you go for Mongolian BBQ?

ESSAYIvan Hodes & Matt P. Jageressay, China, Taiwan, United States, Korea, Beijing, Peking, Taipei, Alaska, California, Los Angeles, Northridge, Phoenix, Chinese food in Phoenix, Chinese food in Alaska, Chinese food in Anchorage, Mongolian BBQ, Mongolian barbecue, Mongolian barbeque, Mongolian BBQ in Alaska, Wu Zhaonan, Colonel Lee, John C Lee, Ding How, Ting How, World War II, WWII, Pacific Rim cuisine, Chinese food on the Pacific Rim, Chinese restaurants in the United States, American Chinese food, Chinese-American food, migrant food, Chinese diaspora food, Taiwanese food, Taipei food, bd's Mongolian Grill, Ulaanbaatar, zhizi, Beijing kaorou, Beijing cuisine, Beijing barbecue, General Tso's Chicken, jingisukan, Hokkaido food, teppanyaki, tieban, Old Beijing, Chinese food in the cold war, Cold War, Chinese food in Arizona
Mongolian Barbecue on the Banks of Grass Creek
ESSAYHunter Lupersonal essay, China, United States, Iraq, Nanjing, Iraq war, Iraq-Chinese food, Chinese food in Iraq, restaurant, banquets, Hunter Lu, Chinese Communist Party, Communist, Communism, WWII, potstickers, instant ramen, Soviet Union, lamb, soy sauce, lentil stew, Iraqi food, Chinese fusion

Grandfathered In

An Iraq war vet cooks for his Communist grandparents

ESSAYHunter Lupersonal essay, China, United States, Iraq, Nanjing, Iraq war, Iraq-Chinese food, Chinese food in Iraq, restaurant, banquets, Hunter Lu, Chinese Communist Party, Communist, Communism, WWII, potstickers, instant ramen, Soviet Union, lamb, soy sauce, lentil stew, Iraqi food, Chinese fusion
Grandfathered In
EXPERT WITNESSThe Cleaver QuarterlyQ&A, China, Hong Kong, Dominican Republic, United States, Vietnam, Caribbean-Chinese food, Sichuan, New York, Tennessee, Chinese food in Tennessee, Chinese food in New York, Chinese food in Nashville, fusion, Chinese fusion, Dominican-Chinese food, Dominican-Chinese foods, chofan, fried rice, Vietnamese food, price point of asian food, American influence on Chinese food, Western influence on Chinese food, Western food in China, American food in China, chop suey, chow chop suey, history of chop suey, KFC, KFC in China, Chinese KFC, authentic Chinese food, food authenticity, hybrid foods, hybridized foods, hybridized Chinese food, Chinese fusion foods, Chinese diaspora, Chinese food in Washington Heights, Chinese-American food, regional Chinese-American food, General Tso's Chicken, doubanjiang, Sichuanese food, Sichuan chili cris, Jenny Gao, Lucas Sin, Peter Kim, Lien Lin, Chris Cheung, East Wind Snack Shop, Junzi Kitchen, Bricolage, Museum of Food and Drink, pupu platter, wontons, beef and broccoli, oyster sauce, pork fried rice, sweet and sour pork, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese-American cuisine, history of Chinese-American food, mapo doufu, kung pao chicken

Authentically What?

Chefs grapple with hybridized Chinese foods in history and today

EXPERT WITNESSThe Cleaver QuarterlyQ&A, China, Hong Kong, Dominican Republic, United States, Vietnam, Caribbean-Chinese food, Sichuan, New York, Tennessee, Chinese food in Tennessee, Chinese food in New York, Chinese food in Nashville, fusion, Chinese fusion, Dominican-Chinese food, Dominican-Chinese foods, chofan, fried rice, Vietnamese food, price point of asian food, American influence on Chinese food, Western influence on Chinese food, Western food in China, American food in China, chop suey, chow chop suey, history of chop suey, KFC, KFC in China, Chinese KFC, authentic Chinese food, food authenticity, hybrid foods, hybridized foods, hybridized Chinese food, Chinese fusion foods, Chinese diaspora, Chinese food in Washington Heights, Chinese-American food, regional Chinese-American food, General Tso's Chicken, doubanjiang, Sichuanese food, Sichuan chili cris, Jenny Gao, Lucas Sin, Peter Kim, Lien Lin, Chris Cheung, East Wind Snack Shop, Junzi Kitchen, Bricolage, Museum of Food and Drink, pupu platter, wontons, beef and broccoli, oyster sauce, pork fried rice, sweet and sour pork, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese-American cuisine, history of Chinese-American food, mapo doufu, kung pao chicken
Authentically What?
THE ILLUSTRATED WOKThe Cleaver QuarterlyThe Illustrated Wok chefs, Michigan, Midwest, Middle America, Detroit, United States, Chinese-American food, regional Chinese-American food, Midwest Chinese-American food, Chinese food in the midwest, ABC, almond boneless chicken, almond boneless chicken recipe, immigrant food, Chinese food in Michigan, Chinese food in Detroit, terrine, jellied stock, soup dumplings, xiaolongbao, Brion Wong, The Peterboro, The Peterboro's almond boneless chicken

Nuggets Of Wisdom

Brion Wong turns chicken nuggets into soup dumplings

THE ILLUSTRATED WOKThe Cleaver QuarterlyThe Illustrated Wok chefs, Michigan, Midwest, Middle America, Detroit, United States, Chinese-American food, regional Chinese-American food, Midwest Chinese-American food, Chinese food in the midwest, ABC, almond boneless chicken, almond boneless chicken recipe, immigrant food, Chinese food in Michigan, Chinese food in Detroit, terrine, jellied stock, soup dumplings, xiaolongbao, Brion Wong, The Peterboro, The Peterboro's almond boneless chicken
Nuggets Of Wisdom
BOOKSKiki Aranitabooks, cookbooks, book review, history, China, United States, Pensylvania, Hawaii, Philadelphia, Honolulu, Oahu, Chinese food on Oahu, Chinese food in Hawaii, Hawaiian-Chinese food, The Gourmet's Encyclopedia of Chinese-Hawaiian Cooking, Alyce and Theodore Char, Alyce Char, Theodore Char, Poi Dog, Waikiki, Chinese-Hawaiian food, canned food, preserved food, Tahiti, fusion, poi, mushrooms, canned mushrooms, pipi kaula, kumquats, corn, The Illustrated Wok chefs

Get Kitsch Quick

A vintage cookbook leads Kiki Aranita to a lost world of Chinese-Hawaiian food

BOOKSKiki Aranitabooks, cookbooks, book review, history, China, United States, Pensylvania, Hawaii, Philadelphia, Honolulu, Oahu, Chinese food on Oahu, Chinese food in Hawaii, Hawaiian-Chinese food, The Gourmet's Encyclopedia of Chinese-Hawaiian Cooking, Alyce and Theodore Char, Alyce Char, Theodore Char, Poi Dog, Waikiki, Chinese-Hawaiian food, canned food, preserved food, Tahiti, fusion, poi, mushrooms, canned mushrooms, pipi kaula, kumquats, corn, The Illustrated Wok chefs
Get Kitsch Quick
LANGUAGECindy Lee & Julia Kuographic, animation, food animation, translation, food translation, China, Canada, Taiwan, United States, U.S., Cleveland, Toronto, Ohio, Taipei, tri-color cake, tricolor cake, sanse dangao, san se dan gao, 三色蛋糕, dangao, 蛋糕, egg cake, Black Forest dangao, Chinese black forest cake, 蘿蔔糕, 萝卜糕, radish cake, 年糕, niangao, New Year's Cake, Taiwanese niangao, 月饼, 月餅, yuebing, mooncake, li bai mooncake, li bai, su dongpo mooncake, 蘇東坡, 李白, mung bean paste, mung bean paste mooncake, Mid-Autumn Festival, 太陽餅, taiyang bing, suncake, Taiwanese sun cake, 囍餅, shi bing, 鳳梨酥, fenglisu, feng li su, pineapple cake, 凤梨酥, SunnyHills, Sunny Hills pineapple cake, Sunny Hills fenglisu, peanut brittle, 花生酥, peanut cake, Changhua County, Taiwanese bakery, Chinese bakery, Chinatown bakery, Taiwanese baked goods, Taiwanese bakery specialties, Chinese pastries, Taiwanese pastries

Cake in Taiwan

Cindy Lee and Julia Kuo decipher the English renderings of Taiwanese snacks

LANGUAGECindy Lee & Julia Kuographic, animation, food animation, translation, food translation, China, Canada, Taiwan, United States, U.S., Cleveland, Toronto, Ohio, Taipei, tri-color cake, tricolor cake, sanse dangao, san se dan gao, 三色蛋糕, dangao, 蛋糕, egg cake, Black Forest dangao, Chinese black forest cake, 蘿蔔糕, 萝卜糕, radish cake, 年糕, niangao, New Year's Cake, Taiwanese niangao, 月饼, 月餅, yuebing, mooncake, li bai mooncake, li bai, su dongpo mooncake, 蘇東坡, 李白, mung bean paste, mung bean paste mooncake, Mid-Autumn Festival, 太陽餅, taiyang bing, suncake, Taiwanese sun cake, 囍餅, shi bing, 鳳梨酥, fenglisu, feng li su, pineapple cake, 凤梨酥, SunnyHills, Sunny Hills pineapple cake, Sunny Hills fenglisu, peanut brittle, 花生酥, peanut cake, Changhua County, Taiwanese bakery, Chinese bakery, Chinatown bakery, Taiwanese baked goods, Taiwanese bakery specialties, Chinese pastries, Taiwanese pastries
Cake in Taiwan
ESSAYAngie Leepersonal essay, China, Hong Kong, southwest China, United States, New Mexico, Yunnan, Los Alamos, gan, 甘, 回甘, huigan, Pu'er tea, Pu'erh tea, Puerh tea, Pu'er, Puer, Puerh, translation, bitter, bittersweet, sweet, bitter melon, ginseng, bitter nail tea, kuding cha, 苦丁茶, old tree puer, old tree Pu'erh, old tree Pu'er, 普洱茶, Pu erh, old tree Pu erh, southwest US

Going Going Gan

Angie Lee plumbs the murky depths of old tree Pu'er tea leaves

ESSAYAngie Leepersonal essay, China, Hong Kong, southwest China, United States, New Mexico, Yunnan, Los Alamos, gan, 甘, 回甘, huigan, Pu'er tea, Pu'erh tea, Puerh tea, Pu'er, Puer, Puerh, translation, bitter, bittersweet, sweet, bitter melon, ginseng, bitter nail tea, kuding cha, 苦丁茶, old tree puer, old tree Pu'erh, old tree Pu'er, 普洱茶, Pu erh, old tree Pu erh, southwest US
Going Going Gan
TRAVELOGUEThe Cleaver Quarterlytravel, reporting, China, Mexico, United States, USA, southwest, Arizona, California, Mexicali, Calexico, Phoenix, Chino Bandido, Chinese food in Phoenix, Sonoran Desert, Sonoran-Chinese, bok cheet gai, ginger-scallion sauce, Chinese quesadilla, Chinese tacos, Mexican-Chinese combos, Mexican-Chinese fusion, fusion, Imperial Valley, La Chinesca, San Diego-style Chinese, chop suey, chow mein, Jiangxia Huang Clan, Wong Surname Clan, Huang Clan of Jiangxia, Jiangxia, antichinismo, cafe de chinos, pollo cantones, orange beef, orange skirt steak, carne arrachera al naranja, Chinese food in Arizona, Chinese food in Mexicali, Chinese food in Mexico, Mexican-Chinese food, Chinese Mexican food, Sonoran-Chinese food, Chinese food in Baja, salsa de soya, Restaurant Victoria, vaquita de res, tieban niurou, carnitas coloradas, char siu taco, fu yong, foo yong, Mexican-Chinese fried rice, fermented bean paste, Salton Sea, Chinese food in the Imperial Valley, Chinese food at the US-Mexico border

Down Mexicali Way

Mexican-Chinese food blurs the lines that divide us

TRAVELOGUEThe Cleaver Quarterlytravel, reporting, China, Mexico, United States, USA, southwest, Arizona, California, Mexicali, Calexico, Phoenix, Chino Bandido, Chinese food in Phoenix, Sonoran Desert, Sonoran-Chinese, bok cheet gai, ginger-scallion sauce, Chinese quesadilla, Chinese tacos, Mexican-Chinese combos, Mexican-Chinese fusion, fusion, Imperial Valley, La Chinesca, San Diego-style Chinese, chop suey, chow mein, Jiangxia Huang Clan, Wong Surname Clan, Huang Clan of Jiangxia, Jiangxia, antichinismo, cafe de chinos, pollo cantones, orange beef, orange skirt steak, carne arrachera al naranja, Chinese food in Arizona, Chinese food in Mexicali, Chinese food in Mexico, Mexican-Chinese food, Chinese Mexican food, Sonoran-Chinese food, Chinese food in Baja, salsa de soya, Restaurant Victoria, vaquita de res, tieban niurou, carnitas coloradas, char siu taco, fu yong, foo yong, Mexican-Chinese fried rice, fermented bean paste, Salton Sea, Chinese food in the Imperial Valley, Chinese food at the US-Mexico border
Down Mexicali Way