While most fifth graders would wake up Saturday morning watching cartoons, I watched an animated chef with remarkable knife skills named Martin Yan “Yan Can Cook.” A few years later, while working for California Culinary Academy, I went to his live food demonstration at Macy’s cellar in San Francisco. After the show, I went to [...]
On a chili night in San Francisco, I struggled just briefly to fit into my Bruce Lee outfit. Yellow track pants and suit combined with black sneakers resembling kung fu suits. At the costume contest, Bruce Lee was an entertaining force along with “too” naked Tarzan and swift Manny Pacquiao. Thanks to Julie (Jules) Vano [...]