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A narrative: What does Lunar New Year mean?

A narrative: What does Lunar New Year mean?

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly As early as I can remember, I loved firecrackers.

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Posted in Cultures, Features 05, Food, Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/30 Comments

Chefs and foodies root for ginger’s versatile properties for Lunar New Year

Chefs and foodies root for ginger’s versatile properties for Lunar New Year

By Michelle Locke For The Associated Press Fresh, dried, candied, or pickled, the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale — ginger root to you and me — is a hot commodity at the moment. Used quietly for years to add zip to everything from stir-fries and sushi to breads and cookies, ginger happens to be [...]

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Posted in Food, Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/270 Comments

The little-known history behind your favorite Chinese New Year foods

The little-known history behind your favorite Chinese New Year foods

By Vivian Miezianko Northwest Asian Weekly With the Lunar New Year approaching, Asians around the world are looking forward to a variety

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Posted in Cultures, Features 04, Food, Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/270 Comments

Thanksgiving … Asian-fied! (a round-up of blog posts and newspaper stories)

Thanksgiving … Asian-fied! (a round-up of blog posts and newspaper stories)

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Creating content around Thanksgiving for an Pan-Asian newspaper is unexpectedly difficult.  After all, there’s only so many times we can run the same old, “How to bring add Asian flair to your Thanksgiving dinner!” story. However, there are some folks who have brought some freshness to an old schtick.

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Please take off your shoes when you enter my house (for Thanksgiving!)

Please take off your shoes when you enter my house (for Thanksgiving!)

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Yeah, a Thanksgiving article about etiquette is pretty exciting and cutting-edge stuff. But before

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Posted in Community News, Cultures, Features, Features 48, Food, Vol 30 No 48 | 11/26-12/20 Comments

Demystifying hot pot … and Little Sheeps

Demystifying hot pot … and Little Sheeps

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Is there such a thing as a “real little sheep” (versus “fake little sheep”)?

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Posted in Food, Vol 30 No 32 | 8/6-8/120 Comments

Is there plasticizer in your food? What is the FDA hiding?

Is there plasticizer in your food? What is the FDA hiding?

By Ngoc Nguyen, Vivian Po, Summer Chiang New America Media More than three weeks after the Taiwanese government began a massive recall of tainted food products, the United States government has provided no guidance to retailers as to which products are safe to sell. By contrast, the Philippines, Canada, and New Zealand have published the [...]

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Posted in Food, Health, Vol 30 No 26 | 6/25-7/10 Comments

Edmonds man famed for being instant ramen connoisseur

Edmonds man famed for being instant ramen connoisseur

The unemployed Edmonds transplant has carved out an online niche as a prolific sampler of packaged Asian noodles, the kind you cook by adding boiling water and little else.

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Posted in Community News, Features, Food, National News, Vol 30 No 24 | 6/11-6/171 Comment

A tiger enters the kitchen — Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan shows why she isn’t the typical cookbook author

A tiger enters the kitchen — Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan shows why she isn’t the typical cookbook author

Journalist Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan stood in front of the wok clutching her Blackberry, admittedly scared that if she diverted from the recipe, she’d make a mistake.

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Posted in Cultures, Food, Profiles, Vol 30 No 24 | 6/11-6/171 Comment

10 Asian food makeovers for your holiday party

10 Asian food makeovers for your holiday party

Let’s face it. We gain weight during the holidays because there are too many leftovers. So why not share the wealth (and calories) by throwing a leftover party on Dec. 26?

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Posted in Cultures, Food, Vol 29 No 52 | 12/25-12/313 Comments

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