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A graphic novel cookbook telling the stories behind some uniquely named Chinese dishes

March 24, 2025Food

A new graphic cookbook — complete with recipes and comic book-style illustrations — tells the backstories of the names behind some Chinese dishes. Author Ying Chang Compestine discusses the book with The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler.

Kolkata’s Jewish population is dwindling

December 25, 2024Sacred Spaces

Smoke in front of a man, with remnants of firecrackers on the ground

Why a medical interpreter was surprised to see Vietnamese immigrant patients at California hospitals around Lunar New Year

February 16, 2018Culture

Hazel Bethel is a Manischewitz wine devotee. She's originally from Trinidad and was introduced to the wine by friends who worked in Jewish homes in New York.

Is that Manischewitz? The Kosher wine is a hit in some Caribbean communities.

December 22, 2017Food

The savory treat of the Dragon Boat Festival and the aunties who make them

June 7, 2016Culture