Sarah and Kaitlin Leung are trying to explain luffa to me. “Do you like luffa? Chinese luffa, do you eat it?” Kaitlin asks. It’s a sunny afternoon in September, and we’re crouching in their parents’ ...

When I was younger and people asked what I ate for dinner, I struggled to answer. “It’s Chinese food, but not what you eat at Chinese restaurants,” I’d say. Dinners usually looked like a bowl of rice ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Lan Su Chinese Garden's teahouse has a new name and new food-and-drink menu. Revealed in a ceremony Wednesday, the new name, Yun Shui (雲 水), means "Clouds and Water" in Mandarin ...

Seven decades ago, long before Fu Pei-mei became a beloved authority on Chinese cooking, she was struggling to make jiaozi. These boiled dumplings from northern China were her husband’s favorite and ...

Corrections & Clarifications: New Garden Restaurant founder Mary Tse's name was incorrect in an earlier version of this article. Mary Del Rio walked into New Garden Restaurant on a Friday afternoon in ...