Month: August 2022
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These Local Chefs Are Dishing Up New Foods at the Minnesota State Fair
After a 2020 hiatus and a cautious return in 2021, this year the Minnesota State Fair is back in full gastronomical glory. Nearly 500 foods are served at the fair, which can make wandering its streets … Read Full Article
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Union Hmong Kitchen becomes State Fair’s first Hmong restaurant
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Nearly 50 years after the first Hmong refugees arrived in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota State Fair has its first Hmong food vendor. Chef Yia Vang’s Union Hmong Kitchen is attracting big crowds to the … Read Full Article
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Did Peng Her put the squeeze on clients of The Hmong Institute?
Peng Her, a longtime leader in Madison’s Hmong community, is the CEO of The Hmong Institute, a nonprofit that provides services to resettled political refugees of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Isthmus … Read Full Article
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Chef Yia Vang Hosts “Stoked”
Yia is currently the owner/chef of the James Beard-nominated restaurant Union Hmong Kitchen located in Graze Food Hall in North Loop Minneapolis specializing in Hmong cuisine. The stateless, … Read Full Article
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New Hmong, Spanish Dual Language Immersion Program Begins
Merced Scholars Charter School has starting a new Hmong and Spanish classroom-based Dual Language Immersion program. The Dual … Read Full Article