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Lucky Chow
Bay Area's Pacific Rim Cuisine
Season 1
Episode 105
Meet Olivia Wu, designer of the original Asian restaurant concepts on Google's campus where the assembly line churns out 2,000 servings of the Indian fried rice dish, biryani. After a career in Silicon Valley, two retired Japanese executives returned to their ancestral farming roots and constructed an indoor vertical farm which services some of the top restaurants in the Bay Area.
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The culmination of Asian intertextuality - see how trends are born out of traditions.
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Take a look at how being a foodie is more than discovering the hottest new restaurant.
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Danielle gets back to her roots with the distinctive, rustic cuisine of Taiwan.
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Explore the relationship between faith and food at three Asian houses of worship.
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A new generation of chefs are bringing Indian cooking to a broad American audience.
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Danielle visits agriculturists large and small, traditional and cutting edge.
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The rise of China means the rise of Chinese culinary traditions in America.
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Discover how Asian cuisine is driving the growth of the American food industry.
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Discover a new wave of Japanese culinary culture continues to intoxicate us.
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Track the evolution of Chinese food in America with with Chinese-American restaurateurs.
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Learn more about the relatively unknown Filipino cuisine.
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Discover a variety of chefs known for bringing "authentic" Thai food to America.