CATALYST OF A MOVEMENT ? (Left to right): Ranko Yamada, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi and journalist K.W. Lee at a 2002 reunion. photo courtesy of K.W. Lee It doesn’t take a village or a celebrity to launch a movement. It takes only a person. In the 1950s, it took a humble, tired […]
PARTING SHOTS: Ranko Yamada, Catalyst of the Free Chol Soo Lee Movement
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Pan-Asian Comfort Food With a Twist
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The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook: Home Cooking from Asian American Kitchens By Patricia Tanumihardja (Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2009, 368 pp., $35.00, hardcover) A multitude of cookbooks reference mothers. A fair amount offer nods to grandmas of all ethnic backgrounds. And there is no shortage of pan-Asian cookbooks to choose from at the local bookstore. But Patricia […]
Pan-Asian Comfort Food With a Twist
January 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook: Home Cooking from Asian American Kitchens By Patricia Tanumihardja (Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2009, 368 pp., $35.00, hardcover) A multitude of cookbooks reference mothers. A fair amount offer nods to grandmas of all ethnic backgrounds. And there is no shortage of pan-Asian cookbooks to choose from at the local bookstore. But Patricia […]
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