Chef Yia Vang was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and moved with his family to the U.S. when he was 5. They eventually settled in Minnesota, where his family was part of the large Hmong community ...

“I believe that Hmong food isn’t a type of food, but it’s a philosophy of food,” says chef Yia Vang of Vinai in Minneapolis. “It’s a way of thinking about food. It tells the story of our people.” The ...

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Great Northern’s Festival Eve is set to begin on Jan. 26 outside of Quincy Hall in northeast Minneapolis and will feature one local chef showcasing his Hmong heritage in one of his ...

It wasn’t always chef Yia Vang’s dream to open a restaurant. “I had to be dragged to this thing kicking and screaming,” Vang said, talking about Vinai, the Hmong-centric restaurant he is planning to ...

After his family fled Laos for America, Yia Vang was at first embarrassed by his family's home cooking. Then he learned to embrace it, and found... Yia Vang grew up in a family of storytellers. When ...

When we recently met chef Yia Vang at Hmong Village Shopping Center in St. Paul for an interview, our profile story (see related story) morphed into a second story we weren’t expecting. We asked what ...

Kathy Wolff loves stir fry. Just not when she makes it. “It turns out soggy,” Wolff said. “I never produced anything I was proud to serve.” Wolff was one of several people Tuesday night getting some ...

In South Sacramento, an oasis of South Asian vegetables bloom just off the side of a busy boulevard. Known simply as the Lemon Hill Garden, this multi-acre property is leased by a neighborhood church ...

The scent of pork belly and lime filled the air on a recent Saturday at parking-lot-turned-farmers market in Northeast Anchorage. Here, to the soundtrack of humming generators and traffic noise from ...

In the mountains of Laos, we discovered a truly surreal sight - locals cooking traditional Hmong food inside the shell of an old American missile. This video explores the creative and resourceful ...

This video documents the preparation of traditional Hmong food in a rural village in Laos The cooking takes place beside a decommissioned missile casing left from past conflict Ingredients include for ...