The film “Tigertail” focuses on illuminating secrets, but not the salacious kind one might typically expect from a Netflix drama. “There are many things I never told you,” Pin-Jui […]
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Buko Pie, Adobo Fried Rice And More: The Staples Of Margarita Manzke’s Sari Sari Store
At downtown Los Angeles’ Sari Sari Store, bags of chips, jars of preserves and packets of dry noodles adorn the front of the stall. Colorful tins and containers hold […]
Speedskating Legend Apolo Ohno Breaks The Ice On Caregiving
Just because Apolo Ohno has retired from speed skating doesn’t mean he’s slowing down. America’s most decorated Winter Olympian has spent the past decade conquering new, less frigid arenas—from […]
Dale Talde And Agnes Chung-Talde Put AAPI Flair On Upscale Dining
Dale Talde and Agnes Chung-Talde first met surrounded by food, at Dale’s ticketed backyard BBQ in Brooklyn, and as they say, the rest is history. But for us, the […]
Actor Orion Lee Travels Back In Time In A24’s ‘First Cow’
Actor Orion Lee sits in a white, minimalist room on the top floor of a swanky Los Angeles office tower. Against blue-sky views of West Hollywood, lit with soft […]
Filmmaker Sahra Nguyen Is Serving Up Vietnamese Coffee The Right Way
Nearly 9,000 miles away in a central highland province of Vietnam, a rich source of Arabica and Robusta coffee beans grows. The beans receive year-round sunshine and get their […]
Chef Shirley Chung Brings Hot Takes To Traditional Meals
As gas flames waltz with heavy woks, dishes make thunderous cascades of sound as they’re piled onto one another under running water. Onions and vegetables are chopped in a […]
How Dang Foods Is Changing Up The Snack Game
On a cool Thursday evening in Los Angeles, Koreatown’s Little Grace event space was abuzz with a large crowd, who’d gathered to celebrate something first and foremost on many […]
Review: Maxine Mei-Fung Chung’s ‘The Eighth Girl’ Investigates Misogyny And Freud
“The Eighth Girl” begins at the end of our protagonist’s story, on a bridge as she contemplates suicide. What follows—or precedes—is the page-turning action-packed thriller of a photojournalist driven […]
From Spanish Turbot To Unicorns, Chef Jonathan Yao Translates His Michelin Starred Menu
Between a Persian restaurant and a pupuseria, chef Jonathan Yao works meticulously on his tasting menu at Kato. The Michelin starred joint is a time capsule; Yao brings in […]
Review: Producer TOKiMONSTA Welcomes Listeners To Paradise In ‘Oasis Nocturno’
Back in January, TOKiMONSTA surprised her fans by posting a visualizer of her new album on social media, featuring a pair of hands rising from the ground, holding a […]
Review: ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Simmers Through Its First Season
Fire engines scream through a quiet suburban night up to a blazing mansion, as an exhausted, tear-stained woman looks on. This is viewers’ first glimpse of what Hulu’s upcoming […]
Principal Dancer John Lam Talks Changing The Game
Under bright fluorescent lights, John Lam dips and bends, appearing to float across the glossy studio floor after two female ballerinas. Although Lam is slim, he makes every leg […]
All The World’s A Stage For Malaysian Australian Singer, Che’Nelle
In the music video for R&B jam “I Fell in Love with the DJ,” an early-20s Che’Nelle expertly swivels her hips as she dances at a club with Jamaican […]
Review: ‘First Cow’ Explores Relationships In Slow Cinema
The opening scenes of “First Cow” involve a young girl raking her bare hands through a patch of soft dirt. She continues to dig in the same shot; the […]
