Wednesday, October 30, 2013

My 15 Seconds Of Celebrity

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These days it seems that new categories of celebrities are popping up all the time.  Celebrity doctors, celebrity chefs, celebrity real e...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

The Gentrification of Manhattan Chinatown

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Ever since Chinese immigration to the United States was once again legalized nearly 50 years ago, the Chinese population in this country has...
Monday, August 26, 2013

My Good Deed For The Day

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Recently I received a call from a friend of mine whose son just moved to New York City as an entry level employee at the Manhattan office of...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The Chinese Stomach Changing The Face of High End Los Angeles Shopping Malls

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Among the communities in the Los Angeles area where one would not expect to find authentic Chinese food are Glendale, Costa Mesa, Century Ci...
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Saturday, June 29, 2013

A Day In Manhattan and Flushing

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Despite being on the plane for 10 hours coming back from New York to Los Angeles (five hours on the runway, five hours in the air) my 24 hou...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Two Weeks In Europe and Nothing To Eat

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Well actually there was food to eat, it's just that it wasn't very good, such that I actually LOST two pounds on the trip.  We'r...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

What's In A Name? With A Couple of Cantonese Favorites It's Not What You Think

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I love the pineapple buns you get at Cantonese bakeries, (known in Cantonese as bo lo bao, literally pineapple bun).  This is in part becaus...