Hmong cuisine is slowly getting attention beyond its immigrant roots. Once mostly confined to home kitchens and community gatherings, it’s now stepping into the American culinary spotlight - ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Back in May, I had the great pleasure of attending a pop-up event at Union Hmong ...

Whether for a reunion, a celebration or a holiday, Hmong meals begin as assembly lines and end as celebratory feasts. When chef Yia Vang was a kid, anytime his large family gathered for the holidays, ...

Sep. 1—FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — When the Union Hmong Kitchen's new menu offering at the Minnesota State Fair made it onto multiple don't-miss food lists, Ming-Jinn Tong knew demand would be high. The ...

Chef Yia Vang of Union Hmong Kitchen joins the studio with his Mom, Pang Her, to make a family recipe for Toasted Sticky Rice Cakes with honey. You can check out Yia’s restaurants below as well as the ...

Candles were just one of the many finishing touches needed at Vinai before it could open to the public next week. Specifically, “bougie candles,” as Yia Vang calls them: the battery-operated, ...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A Twin Cities favorite for Hmong cuisine is bringing some of its delicious menu back to the Minnesota State Fair. Union Hmong Kitchen, which has two Minneapolis locations on ...

Tiffany Alexandria, left, hands a purple sticky rice dish to a Minnesota State Fair goer at the Union Hmong Kitchen booth in the International Bazaar at the Minnesota State Fair grounds in Falcon ...

In the late 18th century, an ethnic group that lived throughout China's Yellow River basin began to migrate southward and into the mountains bordering Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Some even moved deep ...