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Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
29 June 2025 11:58 AM | No CommentsThe Japanese artist, both in physical presence and in spirit, seamlessly crossed over to the worlds of art, fashion, sports and even food.
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Paris 2024: Gymnastics – U.S. women victorious in “Redemption Tour”
29 June 2025 2:46 AM | No CommentsThere should have been no doubt: the U.S. women were the favorites to win the Olympic gold. And yet there was, stemming from what happened in Tokyo.
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Paris 2024: U.S. women hang on to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold
23 June 2025 11:54 AM | No CommentsThe U.S. women's team held off France, 67-66, at Bercy Arena.
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Paris 2024: Oh Sang-uk wins South Korea’s first Olympic men’s individual fencing sabre gold
22 June 2025 10:11 AM | No CommentsFor all their accolades in the team sabre event, South Korea individual results were here and there. That changed in Paris.
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Paris 2024: Amid upheaval, South Korea defends Olympic men’s fencing team sabre title
22 June 2025 7:56 AM | No CommentsIn a sport born in France and traditionally dominated by Europeans, Team Korea has worked their way to the top of the men’s sabre fencing world.
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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. -
![The 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 […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/martha_002-115x115.jpg "2010 Food Network NYC Festival: Milk, cookies and stone crabs")
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 […] -
![Although 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 […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kogashi-miso-ramen-115x115.jpg "Battling crowds, assumptions, hunger: Ramen at New York’s Ippudo")
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 […] -
2010 Plate by Plate food benefit supports Manhattan’s Chinatown
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 15, 2010 | No CommentsProject by Project, an organization dedicated to serving the Asian American community, ran its third Plate by Plate gala of the year in New York. -
SXSWXF (South by Southwest by Food): A Glutton’s Guide to Austin
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on December 22, 2009 | No CommentsThe motto of the average Austinite is “Keep Austin Weird,” but there’s nothing strange about Austin’s chow. -
Take Shelter! It’s Nuclear Tacos at SXSW
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on December 11, 2009 | No CommentsThe infamous Nuclear Tacos event is an annual occurrence at SXSW. Unfortunately, I didn't really consider the "nuclear" end of that free taco bargain. -
Annual Chinatown eating contest celebrates dumpling devourers
Pei ChienPosted on October 24, 2009 | No CommentsThe sixth annual Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest was held at the Sara D. Roosevelt Park in the Lower East Side on Sat., Oct. 24, 2009. -
![One mere whiff of the air after stepping onto the third floor of The Standard New York made the theme of the evening’s festivities instantly obvious: bacon – and lots […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/zdsc_00382-115x115.jpg "Bacon, blues and expanding bellies at the Food Network NYC Festival")
Bacon, blues and expanding bellies at the Food Network NYC Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 12, 2009 | No CommentsOne mere whiff of the air after stepping onto the third floor of The Standard New York made the theme of the evening’s festivities instantly obvious: bacon – and lots […] -
Food Network Festival guests satisfy sweet tooth
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 12, 2009 | No CommentsNot for the diabetic or faint of heart, Godiva Chocolatier presented the SWEET event at the 2009 Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival. -
South by Southwest Interactive: The parties, the lounges
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 19, 2009 | No CommentsOne thing was for sure at South by Southwest Interactive: Despite the Tweets, Meetups and Mashups, nothing beats socializing in person.