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Oral History Interview with Guo-Gan Yan, 2004-03-08
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Identifier: 2014.036.025
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Mr. Guo-Gan Yan is an immigrant who arrived in the United States from Guangdong, China in the 1990s in search of better educational opportunities for his daughter. Yan describes his life and career in Guangdong before immigrating. He details aspects of life in China related to recreation and work habits and compares it to his life in the United States. Yan also describes the effects of the 9/11 Terrorist attacks on his job as a restaurant worker in Chinatown, and the assistance he received...
Dates:
2004-03-08
Oral History Interview with Jeff Gao, 2015-11-14
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Identifier: 2016.037.010
Abstract
Jeff Gao was born in 1976 in Shandong, China. He grew up during the end of the cultural revolution and thus did not have an abundant amount of food to eat or experience. He was fond of hand pulled noodles and eventually followed a chef for two weeks to learn the dish. He learned the importance of broth. This inspired him to study in Beijing, where he had the opportunity to try food from all over the world. His perspective on food changed from its survival purposes to its role as a social...
Dates:
2015-11-14
Oral History Interview with Linda Kwok, September 15, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.019
Dates:
September 15, 2020
Oral History Interview with Ming Tsai, 2015-10-19
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Identifier: 2016.037.023
Abstract
Ming Tsai talks with MOCA about his lifelong relationship with food and how he came to be one of the most successful East-West fusion chefs. Listen in as Ming explains the role that food and cooking played in his early life growing up around his grandparents in a Chinese-American household and visiting Taiwan. Despite going to Yale for a degree in engineering, he ultimately decided to become a chef, and after working in several famous French kitchens and culinary schools, he pursued a...
Dates:
2015-10-19
Oral History Interview with Nancy Chen, 2016-04-01 - 2016-04-30
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Identifier: 2016.037.003
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Nancy Chen, brought up in Taiwan and an immigrant to the US since 1996, speaks about the role of cooking and Chinese food in her life. She details the way Chinese food and her own journey in home cooking has played a constant role in her life as an immigrant in America while commenting on the changes Chinese food has undergone in America during her time here. Her narration contains plenty of anecdotes about her experiences with food both during her childhood and adulthood while she expresses...
Dates:
2016-04-01 - 2016-04-30
Oral History Interview with Peter and Lisa Chang, 2015-07-05
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Identifier: 2016.037.002
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Peter Chang is a chef and restauranteur who owns and operates a series of restaurants in the D.C. area, including Peter Chang Café, Peter Chang’s China Café, Q by Peter Chang, and the most recent Mama Chang. In the interview, Mr. Chang speaks about his incredible journey from his childhood in rural Hubei, his time in culinary school, his success as a chef in China, how he came to America, and how he survived then thrived in America, eventually garnering media attention in the US from...
Dates:
2015-07-05
The Family Journey of San Yan Wong & Rosanna Wong, 2021-10-18
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Identifier: 2021.026.001
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During the interview, Mr. San Yan Wong and Mrs. Rosanna Wong talked about Hunan Garden they owned and how the cooking demonstration attracted customers. They discussed the time when the Confucius Plaza was built and how people applied for it. They also talked about kids’ education, as well as how the family keeps the Chinese culture and traditions. They brought kids back to China often and keep their Chinese ancestry root. Mr, San Yan Wong also shared his publications and calligraphies that...
Dates:
2021-10-18
The Family Journey of the Wong Family , 2017-04-06
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Identifier: 2017.041.003
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In this interview, Wong family representatives, David, Nancy, and their mother discuss their early lives in Colorado, move to California and LA, their lives in San Francisco at school and at their grocery store, and family history of paper sons. This interview was conducted in English with few conversations in Toishanese.
Dates:
2017-04-06
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