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Food Crawl with Lee Anne Wong

Food Crawl with Lee Anne Wong

Chef Lee Anne Wong has a lifelong passion for exploring, learning and savoring Asian food. Sometimes a simple craving for a bowl of noodles is all the motivation she needs to hit the town and search for delicious eats. In this one hour special “Food Crawl with Lee Anne Wong”, she goes on a food crawl for the best dumplings and noodles New York has to offer. Her eating tour takes her to the historic Chinatowns in Manhattan and Queens, as well as the up and coming food neighborhoods in Williamsburg and Park Slope. Lee Anne visits legendary Vanessa’s Dumplings where the choices for dumplings are high and the prices are low. It’s a fun lesson filled with a lot of laughs while learning how to make hand-torn noodles at Biang! in Flushing, Queens. At Williamsburg’s Smorgasburg, Lee Anne indulges at two innovative food stalls for the best cold Chinese sesame noodles and mazeman which is cold Japanese ramen noodles. This delicious food crawl features families who have made culinary marks, as well as the next generation of inspired cooks who continue to celebrate Asian cuisine.

Food Crawl with Lee Anne Wong

Here’s the list of locations that Lee Anne Wong hits on the special:

BIANG!
41-10 Main Street Flushing NY 11358
The flagship restaurant for the Xi’an Famous Foods empire. The food is authentic Xi’an cuisine featuring the infamous handpulled noodles in lamb broth!

VANESSA’S DUMPLING HOUSE
310 Bedford Ave Brooklyn NY 11211
New Yorkers seek out these authentic handmade, Beijing-style dumplings. They are simply amongst the best in the city!

YUJI RAMEN
East River Waterfront between North 6th & North 7th Streets Brooklyn NY 11211
Yuji introduces ramen lovers to the brothless mazemen-style while using regional and seasonal ingredients in innovative ways.

SHORTY TANG & SONS
East River Waterfront between North 6th & North 7th Streets Brooklyn NY 11211
Casey and Gilley Tang bring back their grandfathers’ beloved Cold Sesame Noodles.

HURRICANE CLUB
360 Park Avenue South New York NY 10010
When you enter this Polynesian-Supper Club, you enter a new world. The drinks are served in whole fruit, the food is nuevo pan-Asian and everyone is having a great time!

TALDE
369 7th Avenue Brooklyn NY 11215
Chef Dale Talde has created a local restaurant with an Asian-American menu that marries authentic dishes with a nostalgic twist.

Taste in Translation with Aarti Sequeira

Taste in Translation with Aarti Sequeira

Aarti Sequeira explores the most popular dishes from around the world as well as the history and cultural significance behind every bite in Cooking Channel’s original series Taste in Translation on Fridays at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm ET. Each country has its own unique and delicious way to celebrate a holiday, commemorate a special moment, or even satisfy a ravenous craving. From the number one comfort food in America to the most popular first date dinner in Thailand, Aarti not only tastes her way from dish to dish but also discovers how they became iconic from both local cooks and culinary experts.

Over the course of the series, Aarti uncovers the most popular, and sometimes, unlikely dishes that play a role in different cultures. In one episode Aarti dives into the number one global comfort foods starting with a unique, comforting Scandinavian family classic-hint: it’s not meatballs! She then gets acquainted with a Senegalese chef cooking up a scrumptious, hot stew at Cazamance in Austin as well as a comforting breakfast dish from the popular restaurant Mission Chinese in New York City. On another journey, Aarti explores birthday traditions around the world. From a symbolic spicy soup in China, to a brightly colored, bite-size sweet in Brazil, each tradition is more unique than the next. Aarti tops off her list at Vanilla Bakeshop in Los Angeles where she reveals America’s number one birthday dish.

Taste in Translation with Aarti Sequeira

More about Aarti Sequeira
In August 2010, Aarti Sequeira won season six of Food Network Star, landing the ultimate dream culinary job: her very own Food Network show, Aarti Party. She draws from her Indian heritage to put approachable and delicious twists on all-American classics. In January 2012, Aarti made her Cooking Channel debut as food correspondent on Drop 5 lbs with Good Housekeeping. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism with an adjunct major in International Relations then worked at CNN in both Chicago and New York. She married her college sweetheart in 2003, moved to Los Angeles, and produced ‘Sand and Sorrow,’ a documentary about the genocide in Darfur. She decided to explore her culinary calling by attending The New School of Cooking in California where she earned her professional cooking certificate. She then combined her educational and professional backgrounds in journalism with her passion for food into a successful blog and online cooking-variety show, “Aarti Paarti” . She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Brendan.

Nate Tao auditions on American Idol Season 12

Nate Tao auditions on American Idol Season 12
American Sign Language instructor Nate Tao from Reston, VA was deemed “unassuming” by judge Randy Jackson when he walked into his audition. However, his voice is keen to make him stand out from the pack. Learn more about Nate Tao and his two deaf parents. Watch his auditions in Oklahoma City as he sings to Stevie Wonder’s For Once in My Life. He gets a round of yes from the judges.

Nate Tao auditions on American Idol Season 12

Hari Kondabolu Goes Before the Senate on Totally Biased

Hari Kondabolu Goes Before the Senate on Totally Biased

During the recent much-discussed Benghazi hearings, Hillary Clinton/ Rand Paul touched on an event “Make Chai Not War,” where three comedians (Rajiv Satyal, Azhar Usman and Hari Kondabolu) toured India in 2012 spreading laughter. Totally Biased’s Hari Kondabolu addresses this public outcry in his own words. How much did his trip really cost the American taxpayer? What is Hari Kondabolu’s dark secret and how does it tie into Benghazi?

Also listen to Hari Kondabolu’s thoughts on Indian Americans in the media.

Hari Kondabolu Goes Before the Senate on Totally Biased

Conan gets outsourced to China

Conan gets outsourced to China

What happens when the Late Night TV Show Conan O’Brien gets outsourced to China. After hearing about the Verizon computer programmer who hired someone to do his work while he surfed the Internet. Andy Richter tries it out on the show. Andy’s not the only one; suddenly the whole show is much more “Beijing” than “Burbank.”

Conan gets outsourced to China