April, 2024 - Gom Benn Scholarship Fund

Fried rice has been a Chinese favorite since the Sui dynasty, more than 1500 years ago.

Fried Rice: A Treat Even When Not Second-to-Last

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Post published:April 30, 2024
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This recipe was submitted by Rachel Wong, a student at UC Davis majoring in managerial economics. Her goal is to be a music festival planner. She is the granddaughter of Richard…

Listen to Linda Huang read her mother Fay Hing Lee's Toisan proverbs, sayings and rhymes.

Part 7: Fay Wong’s Proverbs

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Post published:April 28, 2024
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Fay Hing Lee Wong and her daughter Linda Huang Voy and Fay Wong with their children: Janlee, left, Ellen, Linda (front), Julie and Don. c. 1950s The following proverbs, colloquial…

Listen to Linda Huang read her mother Fay Hing Lee's Toisan proverbs, sayings and rhymes.

Part 6: Fay Wong’s Proverbs

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Post published:April 8, 2024
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Fay Hing Lee Wong and her daughter Linda Huang Voy and Fay Wong with their children: Janlee, left, Ellen, Linda (front), Julie and Don. c. 1950s The following proverbs, colloquial…

Chinatown's Sam Sing butcher shop relied on locally raised hogs to operate for nearly a century, run by men from Gom Benn, including Wong Done, right, and Wong Toy Wing.

Sam Sing Butcher’s Secret: Hometown Hogs

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Post published:April 8, 2024
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A recent study focused on Los Angeles’ Old Chinatown from the 1890s to the 1930s, and analyzed how the Chinese created a self-reliant network that linked pork butchers, ranchers and rice growers.