When I was running down my culinary goals I had hoped to head a NYC kitchen by the time I was 30. It seemed ambitious at the time and I was equally proud once achieved. But it pales in comparison to the drive and success of today’s guest. She can...

When the Michelin starred chef Andrew Wong was on a working tour of China, it ignited a burning curiosity in not just exploring the vast cultural and regional differences that have come to define the gastronomic identity of China, but also opened his eyes to the beauty of China’s 3000-year...

Grace Young discusses receiving the 2022 Julia Child Award and why saving Chinese restaurants and Chinatowns is so vital.

This episode features Coral Lee, Food52 Podcast Network’s Producer. For this conversation, she is on the other side of the mic sharing a deeply personal story of the cake that encapsulates her grandmother’s communal table. Coral explores the nature of intimacy, her hyphenated identity as an Asian-American, as well as...

How many peanuts can you pick up using chopsticks? Where did chopsticks originate? How do you use chopsticks? On this episode of Time For Lunch we’re getting to know one of the most versatile eating tools: chopsticks! Hannah and Harry play a fun stacking game and learn about the proper...

Today’s guests are Margaret, Irene, and Andrew Li, the sibling co-owners of the The Mei Mei Group, a Boston-based restaurant, food truck, and catering company with a focus on innovation, sustainability, and great service. Led by Chef Irene, Mei Mei’s creative Chinese-American cuisine combines Chinese techniques and influences with local...

You're listening to the last episode of the season! And that coincides with a conversation about one of our favorite foods of all time - the famous xiao long bao (XLB), aka soup dumplings. We're chatting with Sean Tang, managing partner for Pinch Chinese, which recently got named the best...

We're talking about a Chinese cuisine we’ve never covered before on Feast Meets West - and that’s Yunnan cuisine. Yunnan’s best known for its “crossing the bridge noodles”, which is a soup based rice noodles dish. It's also the signature dish at the new noodle shop “South of the Clouds”...

Today, we are not just talking about Chinese food, but also the elevated dining experience you can find at a number of Chinese restaurants in recent years. We're chatting with founders Yiming Wang and Xian Zhang of Cafe China, China Blue, and Birds of a Feather, who are purposefully designing...

On this week's episode, we talk about one of the oldest and most popular street food items in China--jianbing. It’s a crispy and savory crepe packed with delicious flavors, textures and color. Brian Goldberg, Founder of Mr. Bing, first fell in love with jianbing when he studied Chinese in Beijing...