Yia Vang is a multi-nominated James Beard Award chef the founder & head chef of Union Hmong Kitchen, and he’s carved out time to compete on the Netflix show, “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend,” host the show, ”Feral” on the Outdoors Channel, host another show, “Stoked” on the Food Network, and host the excellent podcast,“Hmonglish” which focuses on the Hmong people, their culture, representation, and Asian excellence overall.Yia and Jonathan discuss all of the above, plus his ‘run & gun’ approach to running a restaurant the history of the service and sacrifices made by many Hmong people on behalf of the USA patriotism curiosity football the art of Hmong cuisine and more.TOPICS & TIMES:Managing Restaurants, Flexibility, & Football (8:29)Current State of Food Culture in the USA (22:16)Being Anti "Fusion" (28:01)Hmong / US History (34:02)Hmong Cuisine & Hmong Clans (46:41)The Craft of Hmong Cuisine (51:46)Past, Current, & Future Projects (56:20)RELATED LINKSHmonglish PodcastUnion Hmong KitchenBlister Craft CollectiveBecome a BLISTER+ Member Farmers Markets & Where to Purchase (1:01:04).The Engineering & the Art of Roasting (30:10).Sign up for their email list to get 15% off of your first order of non-subscription coffee.Use the code COFFEELOVE to get $10 off of your first subscription.Use the code Blister for 15% off your first order. Want to try some Calibration coffee? Check out the following deals: So what led him to leave the world of engineering to start Calibration Coffee Lab, and roast beans for a living? And how did he go about doing it? This conversation is about the process of turning your passion into a business, and the process of creating some very good roasts, too. Before Alex LeBlanc started Calibration Coffee Lab in Greenville, South Carolina, he was a mechanical engineer by trade, a home brewer, a home distiller, and a home coffee roaster.
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