Grace Young on Championing Chinatowns

About this episode

Grace Young discusses her advocacy for Chinatowns and her culinary journey inspired by Julia Child.

In this episode of In the Test Kitchen, host Dan Souza and co-host Lan Lam welcome cookbook author, culinary historian, and stir-fry guru Grace Young to discuss her work as a fierce advocate for Chinatowns across the country. Grace reflects on how, as a young girl, she was inspired by Julia Child—a spark that eventually led her to publish her first cookbook, The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen. She also shares the story of her now-iconic family wok, which she donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History contributing to the preservation of Chinese-American food history. If you want to learn more about Young's important work, you can visit her website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Lan Lam

Guest: Grace Young

Topics covered

• Chinatowns
• cooking
• culinary history
• advocacy

Keywords

• cookbook
• The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen
• family wok
• Smithsonian

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen

Books & works: Championing Chinatowns, In the Test Kitchen, The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen

Places: Chinatowns

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