Cecilia Chiang, who brought authentic Chinese food to America, dies at 100
Cecilia Chiang, whose San Francisco restaurant, Mandarin, introduced American diners in the 1960s to the richness and variety of authentic Chinese cuisine, died Wednesday at her San Francisco home. She was 100 years old. His granddaughter Siena Chiang has confirmed the death. Ms Chiang came to the United States from China as a makeshift girl […]
The legacy of Cecilia Chiang, the ‘mother of Chinese cuisine in America’, who died at 100
Cecilia Chiang, the famed restaurateur who helped introduce authentic Chinese cuisine to America in the 1960s, died Wednesday at age 100. She gained acclaim as the owner of Mandarin, a pioneering San Francisco restaurant she opened in 1961 that served many dishes that are now staples in Chinese restaurants across the country, like pot stickers, […]
Cecilia Chiang, pioneering Chinese chef, dies at 100
(CNN) — San Francisco chef Cecilia Chiang, who pioneered Chinese cuisine in the United States, died on Wednesday. She was 100 years old. His granddaughter, Siena Chiang, confirmed his death with CNN. She said her grandmother died in her sleep early Wednesday morning at her home in San Francisco, surrounded by her family. The exact […]
Chinese food pioneer Cecilia Chiang dies: salt: NPR
Cecilia Chiang poses in her kitchen in 2014. She told NPR that when she first arrived in the United States, she was shocked by the food that most Americans considered Chinese. Eric Risberg / AP hide caption toggle legend Eric Risberg / AP Cecilia Chiang poses in her kitchen in 2014. She told NPR that […]
SF chef brought authentic Chinese food to the United States
By Stacey Lastoe | CNN San Francisco chef Cecilia Chiang, who paved the way for Chinese cuisine in the United States, died on Wednesday. She was 100 years old. Her granddaughter, Siena Chiang, confirmed her death with CNN. She said her grandmother died in her sleep Wednesday morning at her home in San Francisco, surrounded […]
Why China’s Dramatic Economic Recovery Might Not Hold Up | chinese economy
Beijing aroused envy, admiration and not a bit of resentment when it released data last week confirming it was the first major economy to start growing again after the devastation caused by Covid-19 in the first semester. China appeared to have achieved the V-shaped recovery pursued by finance ministers around the world, after launching mass […]
Report Details Abusive Conditions at Mission Chinese Food
What happens when a restaurant theoretically founded on the principles of doing things differently from the rest of its industry turns out to be far from achieving its ideals? It’s been a tough year for Danny Bowien’s Mission Chinese Food, which closed its Manhattan location earlier this fall and found Bowien discussing anti-racism and the […]
Boycott Indo-Chinese cuisine? For most Indians, this is unthinkable
For almost half of his life, Freddy Liao worked at Golden Joy. Her father, Robert Liao, opened the restaurant 18 years ago in Tangra, one of Kolkata’s historic Chinatowns. At the age of 17, Liao, a fourth-generation Chinese-Indian who now runs the place at 33, was taking orders for coriander soup, Hakka chili tofu, Sichuan […]
Our 12 essential addresses for Chinese cuisine
Whether you grew up eating From Americanized staples like sesame chicken or weekly dim sum — or both — there’s always more to discover on Houston’s expansive Chinese food scene. Here are some of our favorite places for Cantonese, Sichuan and more. Gangnam Style This small restaurant next to Mala Sichuan in Asia […]
Chinese economy grows 4.9% in third quarter
China’s economy grew 4.9% year-on-year in the third quarter as industrial growth fueled the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The expansion of gross domestic product fell short of expectations, but was well above a 3.2 percent increase in the second quarter and represented a sharp turnaround from a historic decline at the start of […]
Violent robber in Queens ambushes Chinese food delivery men: NYPD
Queens detectives are looking for the violent robber who attacked and robbed six Chinese food delivery men in separate nighttime robberies dating back to late August. The NYPD released surveillance camera footage of the con artist responsible for the model on Friday evening. In each case, he showed either a knife or a wooden stick […]