How do you really get to know what a different culture is all about?
Yia Vang, chef of Union Hmong Kitchen in Minneapolis, says “Our [Hmong] cultural DNA is integrally woven into the food that we eat. If you want to know our people, you gotta know our food. Because food is actually our story.”
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Join Cook’s Country’s Bryan Roof as he visits with chef Vang to learn about Hmong culture, heritage, and food. Vang brings Bryan to his parents’ home, where they take part in a lavish feast and hear stories about what food means to the Hmong people in Asia, America, and beyond.

