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#143 Managing Restaurants (ft. Professor Chen)

Posted July 20th, 2015 by Peter · No Comments

This week, SAPL is extremely excited to feature UCI Professor Yong Chen, who is the star of an upcoming episode of “California Matters with Mark Bittman” on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 (CA Food Matters). Professor Chen is the author of “Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America,” which details the rise of [...]

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#82 Mangosteen

Posted July 17th, 2008 by kvietgrl · 28 Comments

Since I’ve received fairly good responses for the durian post, I expect an even better response for the Mangosteen (my all time favorite fruit). Yes, Mangosteen. And no, it looks nothing like a mango, neither does it smell like or taste like it! If you don’t know what it is and how delicious it is, [...]

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#76 Fresh Food

Posted May 23rd, 2008 by Peter · 23 Comments

When you’re in the dairy and produce aisles at any supermarket, you’ll notice an all too familiar sight: an asian woman scrunched over peering into the dark abyss that is the back of the milk refrigerator. You wonder when they’ll move. You wonder if they’ll ever move at all. No, this asian isn’t constipated due [...]

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#23 Durian

Posted March 3rd, 2008 by kvietgrl · 58 Comments

I’ve recently discovered this blog and think it’s hilarious, a good laugh for the day, so I decided to contribute to the effort by writing once in a while a series on tropical fruits – my true passion! I’m not funny so please bear with the cheesy report/journalistic nature of my fruit series. Have fun! [...]

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