Tag: history
Written by Linda D. MohlerDecember 11, 2021
The curious history of American Chinese food
Food & Cooking News Article
If you, as I do, frequently expound on your love for Chinese food- I’m a hit at parties, let me tell ya- around either an elitist or cosmopolitan crowd, you’re bound to hear someone say, “Yeah, but that’s not real Chinese food.” Sure, they’re technically correct, but American Chinese food has merit all its own,
Written by Linda D. MohlerSeptember 24, 2020
In California, new effort launched to teach shameful history of anti-Chinese bigotry
Food & Cooking News Article
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When he went to the annual Sacramento Archives Crawl in October, Diego Leibman didn’t expect to discover the dark heart of local history. But in the serene halls of the California State Archives — surrounded by the dusty smell of paper, soft conversation, short-handled hoes and other artifacts out of time — Leibman
Written by Linda D. MohlerAugust 8, 2020
Hiroshima survivors + Rocklin teen, UC Davis grant aim for Chinese history education: Your AAPI newsletter
Food & Cooking News Article
It is Thursday, August 6, and this is The Sacramento Bee’s AAPI weekly newsletter. Here’s a recap of the stories I’ve recently covered and issues I’m following: On this date in 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, followed by a second bomb in Nagasaki three days later. About 220,000 Japanese people