YouTube and The Asia Society collaborated for a video series on Asian Americanness for Asian American Heritage Month. And I got to be included in it (very flattering). It’s a pretty fneat group — including a senator, Hollywood actors and a Silicon Valley start-up folk. The main video is a montage of interviews from a bunch of Asian Americans, and then we get our own video. And then Asian Americans are invited to submit their own and win an iPod if they get the one that is most watched.

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I’m in a recent Podcast episode from my conversation at the Asia Society.

4/22/08: India Goes Hungry; Secrets of Chinese Takeout
The world food crisis and Asia, with analysis by Asia Society Fellow Mira Kamdar… Food author Jennifer 8. Lee solves a Chinese takeout mystery… and upcoming Asia Society programs in Mumbai and Hong Kong.

To the podcast: http://www.asiasociety.org/podcasts/subscribe.html

To my episode: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/asiasociety/eqec/~3/276217508/weeklyfix20080422.mp3

Another event at the Asia Society next Tuesday, May 6. (James Oseland, Editor in Chief, Saveur Magazine, is really a very skilled moderator)
From Silk Road to Steppe: Exploring Cuisines Beyond the Great Wall

In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. But beyond the urbanized eastern third of China lie the high open spaces and sacred places of Tibet, the Silk Road oases of Xinjiang, the steppes of Inner Mongolia, and the steeply terraced hills of Yunnan and Guizhou. The peoples who live in these regions are culturally distinct, with their own history and their own unique culinary traditions. The inimitable duo of Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid–who first met as young travelers in Tibet–will discuss the enticing flavors of this other China while presenting riveting photographs chronicling their travels.

Panelists:

Jeffrey Alford & Naomi Duguid, Authors, Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China

Moderator: James Oseland, Editor in Chief, Saveur Magazine

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Registration: 6:00—6:30pm
Discussion: 6:30—8:00pm
Reception and Book Signing: 8:00—9:00pm

Asia Society and Museum: 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York City

I’m speaking at the Asia Society tomorrow with Fuchsia Dunlop, a great Chinese cuisine chef, on Chinese food.:6:30 p.m., April 16, at the Asia Society at 70th and Park. So afterwards there is a dim sum tasting catered by the trendy Chinatown Brasserie.

Since I am a speaker I have complimentary tickets (normally $15 for members and $30 for non-members), which I will have a few extra even after I invite friends and family. So I’m throwing open some invites to blog readers. (Thanks for being loyal). Admittedly, I have been a slacker in getting invites out to friends because of other book stuff. (I have four talks this week, two in Chicago)

So if you want to go, email me jenny8lee at fortunecookiechronicles.com. It’s first come first served.

Here is the event info: http://www.asiasociety.org/events/calendar.pl?rm=detail&eventid=17206. It starts at 6:30 pm. (but show up early) 725 Park Avenue @ 70th Street.