I have been watching cooking shows on Saturday mornings on our local PBS station KQED since I was a kid in the 70's and 80's.  A little over 20 years ago a new show came on called America's Test Kitchen.  Their scientific and methodical way of perfecting recipes really appealed to my nerdy side. 

Lan Lam joined the magazine about 12 years ago as a recipe developer and has since become a regular recipe presenter on the television show.  She just launched a YouTube series from the company called Techniquely which is a really fun look into how and why certain techniques help your cooking!  We had such a fun time chatting and I hope you enjoy listening too!

You can hear us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Infatuasian.podbean.com, or pretty much anywhere you get podcasts.

Follow Lan @lan_cooks on Instagram, watch Lan on America's Test Kitchen on YouTube or your local PBS station. And you can see Techniquely on YouTube.  And of course, you can subscribe and get decades worth of recipes over at Cooksillustrated.com

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*Listener Discretion Advised!* This episode isn’t completely “on-brand” with our usual content but I thought it would be fun to produce a Valentine’s Special by asking my guests (over these past few months) about some of their dating preferences and opinions.  It was a lot of work to put all this together, but I thought it was fun and really interesting! 

There are a ton of unbleeped swear words and content that is probably not appropriate for your workplace or children, so please use your discretion and maybe grab a pair of headphones.

So with that being said, I hope you enjoy this episode, and as always, thanks for listening!

I’m joined “in studio” by my dear old friends over @asiansouppodcast, Rox and Jules! Give their super down-to-earth podcast a listen!  And also joining us is the mysterious and hilarious host of @ABriefCasePodcast, Teddy Teo! If you like true crime, especially crimes about Asians by Asians, give Teddy a listen!

Special thanks to Andy, Jenny, and Brandon @pochaplaylist, Adam from @diehardfishing, Ben from @worstasianpod, Keri @theigcoach, Lisa @ieatsleepplay, and Jennifer and Nadira for answering my questions!

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I'm sure most of us could have used someone to go over sound personal finance advice with us when we graduated from college or grad school. Wilson saw the need for this when he saw his physician assistant and nursing colleagues struggling with debt and money management, so he started mentoring them. Stephanie saw real estate investing as a way to help make their income work for them, so together they have built up a portfolio of properties. Recently engaged, Wilson and Stephanie accumulated over a million dollars of net worth before they hit 30 years old, and they have no intention of stopping there.  Their real goal for accumulating wealth is to be able to have the time and energy to spend with family and friends. They find real joy in sharing with others, what they've learned about finances and investing. On today's episode, we'll be chatting with them about many personal finance topics.  Please have a listen and hopefully, you'll be inspired by this power couple, I know I was!  (note: the information given was for entertainment purposes, please do your research before investing your money)

To find out more about how Wilson and Stephanie managed to reach their milestones, follow them on Instagram.  @wilson_invests and @steph_estate

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America's true national treasures are our National Parks! Stewards of our parks are the thousands of men and women working for the National Park Services as rangers.  Today we will be speaking with Ranger Connie Lau who is currently working at the Grand Canyon but works at Yosemite in Summer. She will tell us about her journey, some of her experiences as a park ranger, as well as some of the amazing contributions that Asian Americans had on Yosemite.

***minor CORRECTION, Connie mentioned that it took 6 months to finish Tioga Road, it actually only took 4 months!  Amazing!***

You can follow Ranger Connie @theclausroom.outdoors on Instagram, and for more general information you can follow the NPS @nationalparkservice or go to NPS.gov to learn more about our wonderful National Parks!

The children's book about Tie Sing called Mountain Chef by Annette Pimentel can be found online, or the first-hand account of Tie Sing's amazing culinary feats is at https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/albright2/pdf/ch7.pdf   

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If you've been on YouTube or TikTok, I'm willing to bet you've seen one of Lisa Nguyen's videos.  She started going viral during the pandemic for challenging herself to eat instant ramen for 30 days straight.  Her improvised and quirky recipes have been downloaded billions of times... BILLIONS with a B!  She has grown to over 4 million subscribers building up her spice tolerance, visiting family-owned restaurants, and inventing unconventional recipes.

Follow Lisa on YouTube and Tik Tok @lisanguyen, or Instagram @its.lisanguyen 

To help support Kanbe's Markets and help get rid of food deserts and food waste in the Kasas City area, you can go to https://www.kanbesmarkets.org/

Special thanks to my co-host, food photographer Erin Ng, you can see more of Erin's work @eringgg on Instagram!

You can let us know your thoughts 24 hours a day at: [email protected], or via direct message on Instagram and Facebook @theinfatuasianpodcast 

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Here's a Bonus Side Dish!  This movie had us in the palm of its hand. It is a dark and moody... romance!  If you liked In The Mood for Love or the classic Vertigo you will adore Park Chan Wook's latest, Decision to Leave.  Visually stunning, and superbly acted, this movie moved us. Go see it in a theater if you can, or you can stream it on Mubi (I took advantage of a free trial).

Coming on the show with me are Zabrina and Margo.  Zabrina is an award-winning photographer and Sony Artisan, and Margo hosts a French-language K-drama podcast called K-Dramas with Margo.  We had so much fun talking about this film!

If you understand French, give Margo a listen wherever you get your podcasts and follow her @margo_dramas  And follow Zabrina @zabrinaxyz on Instagram

Thanks for listening and we'll talk to you soon!

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Cantonese is a variant of Chinese that come from the Guang Dong region of China.  It is spoken by over 80 million people worldwide.  About 2 years ago Stanford University and City College of San Francisco wanted to cut their Cantonese Language programs to save money.  Listen in to hear how Jamie Tam and Julia Quan helped organize and mobilize a community of supporters to get the programs reinstated and much much more! 

Listen to the half-way mark to hear our favorite Cantonese slang terms and cuss words (sort of).  We also give some Cantonese movie and song recs and try some nearly impossible Canto tongue twisters.

Special thanks to Kimberly Szeto who volunteers with Save Cantonese for connecting us.

Follow more of what Jamie, Julia, and other folks are up to at SaveCantonese.Org and follow them @savecantonese and @savecantonese_ccsf on Instagram

You can follow my co-host Kim @kyutiekimbers on Instagram

To try the Cantonese tongue twisters we did you can go to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb1hDjxFmMw&t=193s

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This is a fun conversation I had with XinYi.  She is a Digital Nomad, Creative Chimera, and the host of the Don't Be Strangers Podcast and community.  She is working to fight adult loneliness and the myth that making friends as an adult is difficult.  We recorded in October for her podcast, and she sent me a copy of the edited file, so I figured now would be a great time to post it since I'm way behind on recording!

Learn more about her events and podcast at Dontbestrangers.club or find her on social media @dontbestrangers or find her on Spotify, Apple Podcast, etc... 

We should be back soon with new episodes!  Stay tuned!  Follow us over at Spotify or Apple Podcasts so you don't miss an episode!

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We hope you had a great Christmas or Hanukah (if that's what you celebrate)!  We're taking the next two weeks off, but here's another Holiday Replay from the archives! 

This is a flashback to a fun chat we had with Tristan A. Chen, who voiced the bully Tyler in the amazing Disney movie Turning Red!  Sit back and enjoy as you (hopefully) rest before the new year.  We'll post new episodes in January!

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Happy Holidays Everyone!  Last episode of the year!  This is a short episode, where we catch up with our pal Adam from YouTube's Die Hard Fishing channel.  I couldn't resist calling him up to talk about his epic battle with this open-water beast.  Around San Francisco, we're known for crab, salmon, and other colder-water sealife.  A few years ago, warm water species like tuna started showing up.  Adam gave it a try in earnest a few years ago, but this was the year he got the right gear and the right techniques.  It's an amazing video that even if you DO NOT LIKE FISHING, you should enjoy.  

Watch it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tx3IlbM_FQ&t=5s

Thanks to Adam for coming on to chat with me again... and making us the #1 SF Bay Area Fishing Podcast! (with 2 whole episodes, hahaha)  Let me know if you want more fishing eps, I know Madison will be down to do interviews at Pacifica Pier!  In the meanwhile, follow Adam @diehardfishing on YouTube and social media!

We'll be taking a few weeks off, and will catch back up after the holidays!  Hope you're all happy, healthy, and safe out there!  Talk to you soon!  - Curtis

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