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Amid Racism And The Pandemic, Many Chinese-Canadian Restaurants Are Struggling To Survive

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 8 months ago






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(Illustration by Justine Wong)

Manzou Bakery almost blends in with the industrial businesses that surround it. What makes the Scarborough, Ont., storefront stand out is that it’s the only one in the quiet plaza with a steady flow of customers. They enter empty- handed and emerge with cake boxes. The store carries nine flavours of chiffon cake—each a creamy, airy, layered delight—including the unique black sesame cake, filled with Japanese black sesame seed-infused cream. For those who can’t commit to just one flavour, the bakery sells boxes of cake cups—mini versions of the coveted chiffons.

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How The Pandemic Is Shaping Residence Cooking Tendencies

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 12 months ago

Evidence of the health and training impact of these packages must be documented to further demonstrate their value. A 35-item survey set was administered in every classroom before and after the 10-week intervention to evaluate the effect of CWK on college students’ fruit preferences (FP; 7 items), vegetable preferences (VP; eleven Ice Culinary School items), cooking AT , and cooking SE . Possible scores for the FP survey ranged from 7 to 35, rating ranges for VP have been 11–55, score ranges for AT were 6–30, and rating ranges for SE had been 8–40. Previous cooking experience in general , … Read More

Little Lan’s, Winnetka’s oldest eatery, could get booted after surviving pandemic: ‘It would be devastating’

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago

Is a chop at the end of this stick?

Is Winnetka’s oldest restaurant heading to the land of the lost?

Little Lan’s, a traditional, old-school Chinese eatery in the middle of posh North Shore environs, may lose its lease — a move that would devastate its owner, Chien Lan Pi, who has given her blood, sweet and tears to the business for 29 years.

“It’s sad and it’s bad optics,” said longtime Winnetkan Monica Bidwill. “The owner is a hard-working Asian American woman, who fought hard to make it through the COVID-19 pandemic.”

The tiny spot is almost hidden

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How House & Home Thrived Despite The Pandemic Ad Drought » Media In Canada

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago

Stephanie is keen about collaborating together with her purchasers to create more beautiful and useful properties. When not working, Stephanie enjoys exploring Richmond’s neighborhoods and museums, doing DIY tasks, cycling, and making music. We get pleasure from learning about our prospects’ lives, their households, careers and life-style as a result of it helps us do a greater job on each project. After all, home improvement and transforming is not only about tearing up a wall or installing a new sink. It’s the selections and objectives behind that home improvement that drives us. Ultimately, it’s our job to fix and preserve … Read More