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Chef Yia Vang was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and moved with his family to the U.S. when he was 5. They eventually settled in Minnesota, where his family was part of the large Hmong community ...

The Hmong people are nomadic indigenous tribes from the northern mountainous regions of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and China.

Yia Vang has a set of classic stories he loves to tell. He's just told me the one about the guy who comes up after a Hmong cooking demonstration, cups Vang's big right hand in both of his, looks up ...

“I believe that Hmong food isn’t a type of food, but it’s a philosophy of food,” says chef Yia Vang of Vinai in Minneapolis. “It’s a way of thinking about food. It tells the story of our people.” The ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Nearly every day, you can find Chef Yia Vang cooking outside Sociable Cider Werks in northeast Minneapolis. Vang and his staff operate Union Hmong Kitchen from a trailer out ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Great Northern’s Festival Eve is set to begin on Jan. 26 outside of Quincy Hall in northeast Minneapolis and will feature one local chef showcasing his Hmong heritage in one of his ...

Kathy Wolff loves stir fry. Just not when she makes it. “It turns out soggy,” Wolff said. “I never produced anything I was proud to serve.” Wolff was one of several people Tuesday night getting some ...

After his family fled Laos for America, Yia Vang was at first embarrassed by his family's home cooking. Then he learned to embrace it, and found... Yia Vang grew up in a family of storytellers. When ...

The Hmong community is celebrating a major milestone this week, marking 50 years of Hmong New Year celebrations in the ...

Yia is currently the owner/chef of the James Beard-nominated restaurant Union Hmong Kitchen located in Graze Food Hall in North Loop Minneapolis specializing in Hmong cuisine. The stateless, nomadic ...