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I hope you had a great Mid-Autumn Festival with your family last Friday night! We shared a picnic of chicken, fruit, mooncakes and tea under the rising moon here in Oakland. Now, onward into the fall! ~Wes
New in our community this week:
- Bowen Yang joins the cast of Saturday Night Live.
- Differing views on presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
- Meet my Shop’s new featured designers, Lillian Lee and Dingding Hu.
Family Corner
One of my goals when I launched Chinese American Family was to feature the work of talented artists in the community. Meet Lillian Lee and Dingding Hu, two illustrators who’ve created baby and stationery products that are now available in the Shop! Chinese American Family
Want an easy way to keep the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration going at your house? Help your kiddo learn more about moon phases by making Play-Doh mooncakes. This is such a clever idea. Chalk Academy
Voices
The entrepreneur turned presidential candidate Andrew Yang is explaining automation to the masses. And as voters realize he is serious and substantive, he is gaining a passionate following. New York Times
“I’m Asian, so I know a lot of doctors,” Andrew Yang declared at the Democratic presidential debate. Good at math? Work hard? Some Asian Americans bristle at Yang’s use of stereotypes. Washington Post
William Y. Chang, whose English-language newspaper sought to help the children of Chinese immigrants develop an American identity as they adapted to life in the United States, passed away in San Francisco at the age of 103. New York Times
Entertainment
Comedian Bowen Yang recently joined Saturday Night Live, becoming the show’s first Chinese American cast member. In 2008, his prescient high school classmates voted Yang “Most Likely to Be a Cast Member on Saturday Night Live.” Denver Post
Only a few short years ago, Constance Wu was a full-time waitress and forty thousand dollars in debt, with only a few acting credits to her name. Coming late to celebrity, the star has at times felt the burden of representing all Asian Americans. The New Yorker
Food
When Simone Tong opened Little Tong Noodle Shop in New York’s East Village, Pete Wells at The New York Times awarded it two stars for its mixian, or Yunnanese rice noodles. The issue? Tong never intended her inventive cooking to be representative of Yunnan. Vice
Crossing the pond, author and chef Fuchsia Dunlop offers a fascinating retrospective of the 200 year history of Chinese food in the United Kingdom, journeying from city docksides to Michelin stars. The Guardian
OK, this one’s just for fun. Here’s news out of Chicago about a restaurant that intends to use robots to serve a hot pot meal. The X Pot promises that the robots will make dinner “seamless.” Hmm. Block Club Chicago
History
The longest running Chinese restaurant in Memphis was commemorated with a historic marker in the Beale Street entertainment district. Chu Lau and Chu Lain opened what became the Chop Suey Cafe on Beale Street in 1920, where it remained until it closed in 1967. Daily Memphian
A Grain Of Rice
“For what reason must I sit in jail? / It is only because my country is weak and / my family poor.” — Unknown Poet, Angel Island Immigration Center
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