What can food teach us about history, immigration, and international relations? For Lucas Sin, chef and culinary director of Junzi Kitchen, food is a window into a larger world, one where Chinese and American culture and history collide, mix, and transform. From four-thousand-year-old noodles to Nixon’s 1972 ‘chopstick diplomacy,’ from… Continue Reading Chinese Cuisine in the United States with Chef Lucas Sin

David R. Chan isn’t your typical Chinese food enthusiast. He can’t speak Chinese, he doesn’t use chopsticks, and he grew up barely eating anything Chinese. But the Los Angeles native has over his adult life, obsessively eaten at over 7,000 Chinese restaurants, mostly in America, and has them all methodically… Continue Reading Obsessed: This Guy Has Eaten at Over 7,000 Chinese Restaurants

There’s a rather unknown community of Chinese-Americans who’ve lived in the Mississippi Delta for more than a hundred years. They played an important role in the segregated South in the middle of the 20th century. Join us as we get a taste of Southern Chinese food and learn about the… Continue Reading The Untold Story Of America's Southern Chinese [Chinese Food: An All-American Cuisine, Pt. 2] | AJ+

Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley is the Chinese food mecca of the U.S., representing dishes from most regions of China. In this video, we’ll learn how the newest wave of mainland Chinese immigrants are impacting the food scene. Watch Part 1: How Chop Suey Saved San Francisco’s Chinatown https://youtu.be/DvXJoCiP6hM Watch… Continue Reading Inside The Chinese Food Mecca Of Los Angeles [Chinese Food: An All-American Cuisine, Pt. 3] | AJ+