Archive for April 15th, 2008
Squat Magazine Q&A, at a Vietnamese restaurant in New York’s Koreantown
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008An interview with Shereen Low for Squat Magazine, which is an online publication focusing on Chinese-themes largely read in the UK.
We did the interview after the Asian American Writers Workshop reading in mid-March. It was us two Chinese-ish girls and three South Asian girls at a Vietnamese restaurant in Koreatown. Very pan-A.
Media & Interviews, Shereen [...]
Audrey Magazine Profile: I collect toothpaste from around the world
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Elisa Mala wrote a nice two-page profile in Audrey Magazine [pdf] in which she interviewed my parents and numerous friends (Nolan, Sugi, Alexis) at the book party. It has a lot of detail about my family actually, and my siblings. And it mentions my hobby of collecting usual toothpaste flavors from around the world. (Coca [...]
Dim sum tasting event at the Asia Society for blog readers
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008I’m speaking at the Asia Society tomorrow with Fuchsia Dunlop, a great Chinese cuisine chef, on Chinese food.:6:30 p.m., April 16, at the Asia Society at 70th and Park. So afterwards there is a dim sum tasting catered by the trendy Chinatown Brasserie.
Since I am a speaker I [...]
Is Chink’s Steak an un-PC name?
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Keith Richburg has an article today in The Washington Post about how Asian American groups are trying to lobby to get the name of a Philadelphia eatery changed from Chink’s steak because of its derogatory connotations. It was the nickname of a man because he had slanted eyes. If it had been called “chink” for [...]