http://ninaeats.com Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:08:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://ninaeats.com/2012/12/27/on-diverse-leadership-rest-in-peace-senator-inouye/ http://ninaeats.com/2012/12/27/on-diverse-leadership-rest-in-peace-senator-inouye/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:42:36 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=222 Senator Daniel Inouye, who passed away last week at the fortuitous age of 88, had much to teach about diverse leadership. Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2012/12/27/on-diverse-leadership-rest-in-peace-senator-inouye/feed/ 1 http://ninaeats.com/2012/11/19/voting-is-our-yelp-for-politicians/ http://ninaeats.com/2012/11/19/voting-is-our-yelp-for-politicians/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:38:42 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=216 We’re already paying for the service (in taxes), so voting is like a big customer comment board. As soon as we tune out, service gets worse. Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2012/11/19/voting-is-our-yelp-for-politicians/feed/ 0 http://ninaeats.com/2012/08/05/an-asian-american-farm-bill/ http://ninaeats.com/2012/08/05/an-asian-american-farm-bill/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:56:26 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=211 Imagine if just a quarter of our enthusiasm for food were channeled to changing the bill that affects every aspect of food production here and abroad: our impact would be felt. Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2012/08/05/an-asian-american-farm-bill/feed/ 0 http://ninaeats.com/2012/07/24/on-the-trail-of-citrus-visionary-lue-gim-gong/ http://ninaeats.com/2012/07/24/on-the-trail-of-citrus-visionary-lue-gim-gong/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:22:43 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=203 Alissa Hamilton is a former Food & Society Fellow, lawyer and scholar from Toronto. She's written a seminal book on the origins and manufacture of Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2012/07/24/on-the-trail-of-citrus-visionary-lue-gim-gong/feed/ 0 http://ninaeats.com/2012/07/20/rice-is-nice-my-profile-on-marion-nestle/ http://ninaeats.com/2012/07/20/rice-is-nice-my-profile-on-marion-nestle/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:59:22 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=209 Originally published in Hyphen magazine.  “No rice, please.” I keep hearing this disturbing sentence from Asian American friends. Many are Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2012/07/20/rice-is-nice-my-profile-on-marion-nestle/feed/ 0 http://ninaeats.com/2012/04/27/hello-no-agent-orange-corn-please/ http://ninaeats.com/2012/04/27/hello-no-agent-orange-corn-please/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:20:07 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=201 This article on the possible deregulation of crazy-sounding "Agent Orange corn" really freaked me out. I'd rather not have a chemical arms race taking Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2012/04/27/hello-no-agent-orange-corn-please/feed/ 0 http://ninaeats.com/2012/04/12/romancing-the-wok/ http://ninaeats.com/2012/04/12/romancing-the-wok/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:53:56 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=195 As we wrote about in Hyphen Issue 20, the physics of the wok are not child’s play. A mystical marriage of meats and greens occurs when natural oils have built up on the wok’s metal surface, creating a natural nonstick coating also called “seasoning.” Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2012/04/12/romancing-the-wok/feed/ 1 http://ninaeats.com/2012/02/09/our-american-story/ http://ninaeats.com/2012/02/09/our-american-story/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:27:30 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=188 Korematsu's family were California flower growers, helping lay the groundwork for what became our nation's wealthiest agricultural state. Although Oakland today is almost completely urban, neighborhoods like the Fruitvale are a reminder of the area's beginnings as greenhouses and fruit orchards. Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2012/02/09/our-american-story/feed/ 4 http://ninaeats.com/2011/12/05/sea-change/ http://ninaeats.com/2011/12/05/sea-change/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:08:41 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=162 Phuong Nguyen has worked in and out of the crab industry for 30 years. He learned how to fish in Vietnam before immigrating in 1982, eventually buying his own boat and house after many years of hardscrabble work. Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2011/12/05/sea-change/feed/ 0 http://ninaeats.com/2011/11/21/food-that-inspires-music-and-vice-versa/ http://ninaeats.com/2011/11/21/food-that-inspires-music-and-vice-versa/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:33:51 +0000 Nina Kahori Fallenbaum http://ninaeats.com/?p=159 Sometimes a shrimp sandwich just inspires poetry. Singleton’s Mini Mart is a New Orleans lunch counter owned by the Nguyen family and profiled in Hyphen’s Issue 24, the Survival Issue. Their work ethic and memorable seafood po’boys inspired a New Orleans rap group called Double Trouble to film their first video in Singleton’s, aptly titled “Watch Me Work.” Read More]]> http://ninaeats.com/2011/11/21/food-that-inspires-music-and-vice-versa/feed/ 0