Liquid Rice
May 27, 2005
I have a newfound appreciation for rice. In a previous issue, I ruminated on the delectably irresistible Thai glutinous rice. After writing the column, I whipped up a huge batch of rice. I saved about one-quarter of the rice to have with my lunch and dinner, and the rest I mixed with the intoxicating sweet coconut reduction that marries so well with mangoes. Read more
Assembly Honors APA Excellence
May 27, 2005
SACRAMENTO –– On May 9, the California State Assembly observed May as Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month by presenting the Inaugural API Heritage Excellence Awards to: Ruthe Ashley (right) for Read more
Giant Robot Goes Sub-Pop
May 27, 2005
Last time I checked, Chris Duncan is not an Asian guy’s name. I Googled him and I was right: He is an average-looking white guy with moppy brown hair. Read more
All the Gossip that Fits
May 27, 2005
A few months ago, AsianWeek editor Ted Fang asked me if I’d be interested in writing a gossip column for this publication –– something giving our readers an inside Read more
In AsianWeek History
May 27, 2005
May 25, 1984
McDonald’s in Chinatown
The fast food company’s application to build a franchise on Grant Avenue raises questions regarding land use, the care of historic buildings and development decisions. Read more
SFUSD, ‘AsianWeek’ Honor 16 Schools for Community Service
May 27, 2005
San Francisco’s public high school and middle school students were honored for their community service in a ceremony just prior to the kickoff of the first ever Asian Heritage Street Celebration in Japantown. Read more
Tao of the ‘Sith’
May 27, 2005
The May 19 release of Star Wars: Episode III –– Revenge of the Sith is the climactic finale of the film saga. It is the final piece of the puzzle that connects the vibrant original Star Wars trilogy of the late 1970s and early ‘80s to the Read more
‘Sixteen’ for Sammy and Yoo
May 27, 2005
Paula Yoo was reading and autographing for a half hour on Saturday, May 14 for her first picture book –– Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds. The story is about Olympic 1948 and 1952 gold medalist diver Sammy Lee, who recently Read more
Villanueva’s New ‘Mayor’
May 27, 2005
In celebration of Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month, author Marianne Villanueva read from her new book, Mayor of the Roses, at Borders Books in Stonestown, San Francisco. Villanueva is the author of two Read more
New and Notable
May 27, 2005
Fiction
Maps for Lost Lovers
By Nadeem Aslam (Knopf / Random House)
Personal favorite of the month –– and favorite of many others as it won the Kiriyama Prize just recently. A pair of unmarried Read more
Deliveryman’s Killer Gets 51 Years
May 27, 2005
A teenager who viciously beat and stabbed Chinese deliveryman to death during a robbery, was given the maximum sentence by a Queens judge, who became teary-eyed as he described the brutal murder. Read more
Letters to the Editor
May 27, 2005
Neither Fear Nor Favor
It was refreshing to read an article (“How to Rewrite Asian American History 101,” May 19) in which the writer demands accuracy from both those who write from within our community and those from without. Read more