The Best Korean Restaurants in the DC Metro Area Right Now
From a Michelin-recognized Dupont Circle gastropub to a Sinchon-style seolleongtang in Annandale, here’s where to eat Korean food in the DC metro area in 2026.
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10 Asian American Stand-Up Specials Worth Watching
Ten stand-up specials by Asian American comedians, currently streaming on Netflix and HBO. From Ali Wong’s breakthrough to a James Beard newcomer of comedy.
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How Asian Americans Can Build a Personal Brand Without Self-Promoting
Most Asian American adults were raised to let their work speak for itself. The job market increasingly doesn’t allow that. A guide to building a personal brand without compromising who you are.
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The Best Chinese Restaurants in Chicago Right Now
Chicago’s Chinese food scene runs from a James Beard-honored Peking duck institution in Uptown to a dumpling specialist with 120 options in Chinatown. Here’s where to eat right now.
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10 Asian American Memoirs Everyone Should Read in 2026
From Pulitzer winners to debut graphic memoirs to scholar-activist manifestos: ten Asian American memoirs that have shaped the conversation, and ten worth starting with.
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The Best Filipino Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
Seattle’s Filipino food scene has grown into one of the country’s most exciting — anchored by James Beard nominees, tasting menus, and an institution at Pike Place Market.
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The True Cost of Sending Asian Parents Money Every Month
Twenty percent of Asian Americans send money to relatives, three times the national average. Here’s what that actually costs, in dollars and trade-offs, and how to plan around it.
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The Best Vietnamese Restaurants in Houston Right Now
Houston’s Vietnamese restaurants reflect the third-largest Vietnamese American population in the country. Here’s where to eat: from a Bib Gourmand newcomer to the cash-only pho joints locals have lined up for since 1983.
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The Best Japanese American Restaurants in Los Angeles (LA) Right Now
The best Japanese American restaurants Los Angeles has to offer span a range no other American city can match, a fact inseparable from the city having the largest Japanese American population in the United States. They cover the widest spectrum: from the oldest surviving Japanese American neighborhood in the country in Little Tokyo, to a…
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How K-Pop Conquered American Music
K-pop has conquered American music in one of the most improbable stories in the history of the industry. A genre built on the systematic manufacturing of pop perfection, training programs that last years, synchronized choreography, visual aesthetics governed by very specific standards should not have crossed cultural lines that have historically been nearly impermeable. That…
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The Asian American Family Business: What Three Generations Build
The Asian American family business is one of the most consequential and least examined institutions in American economic life. The dry cleaning shop, the restaurant, the convenience store, the nail salon, the motel. These are not merely businesses. They are survival strategies, community anchors, vehicles for intergenerational wealth transfer, and sites of enormous complexity for…
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27 Years, One Rematch, and Jeremy Lin in the ESPN Booth: A Lifelong Knicks Fan on Tonight
Knicks-Spurs is back. Linsanity returns to Madison Square Garden, this time at the broadcast desk. A lifelong Knicks fan and Taiwanese American writes on the night that compresses three things he’s waited his whole life to see.
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