Food Archive
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NYC Wine & Food Festival’s artery-clogging Burger Bash
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 1, 2013 | No CommentsBoasting its largest competitive field ever with 29 burgers up for grabs, the annual burger contest was hosted by popular Food Network chef starlet Rachael Ray. -
Pizza Brain: Food, memorabilia and culture in Philadelphia
Scott MillerPosted on December 31, 2012 | No CommentsIn the Fishtown neighborhood, four friends have made the dream of a pizza museum a reality. -
Chocolate Show New York: Truffles, peanut butter…and jewelry
Angela K. HomPosted on December 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe decreased number of enthusiastic chocolate fans was no indication of the lack of quality to be found amongst the vendors. -
Marble Lane wins Food Network’s 2012 NYC Sandwich Showdown
Francis ChinPosted on October 15, 2012 | No CommentsA Kobe beef patty and melted cheese between two slices of toast took home $5,000 and the title of Sandwich Showdown Champion. -
Ming Tsai, babe magnet?
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsIn a preview of the Food Network's sushi and karaoke event in New York, here is a look back at the inaugural 2010 edition, when the original Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto was upstaged by a jovial Ming Tsai. -
As Zang Toi expands his empire, fashion and home remain top priority
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 3, 2012 | No CommentsJewelry, shoes, even food. These are potentially risky areas for fashion designers to venture into, but for Zang Toi, it’s a piece of cake. Make that a piece of banana chocolate cake. -
The New York Mets’ Ron Swoboda and his Chinese American roots
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 11, 2012 | No CommentsThe quarterly invitation-only, technology tradeshows run by event production firm Pepcom typically attract hungry journalists. Rarely, though, do they result in celebrity appearances. -
2010 Food Network NYC Festival: Milk, cookies and stone crabs
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe 2011 Food Network NYC Wine & Food Festival is now in full swing, and what is now an annual event boasts a packed lineup of celebrity chef appearances, restaurants... -
Battling crowds, assumptions, hunger: Ramen at New York’s Ippudo
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 16, 2010 | No CommentsAlthough the subject of this long-delayed second column was to focus on an education of ramen in the dish’s motherland, a recent bout of cold weather and the calendar have... -
Plate by Plate food benefit supports Manhattan’s Chinatown
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 15, 2010 | No CommentsProject by Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the Asian American community, ran its third and final Plate by Plate food tasting gala of the year in New York...
