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 ...

This video follows the preparation of traditional Hmong food in Laos, filmed in a setting that creates an immediate cultural contrast: cooking inside an old American missile shell. The focus stays on ...

Yia Vang and Diane Moua have created a moment in the Twin Cities for the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community. A spread of Hmong food at Vinai, which, along ...

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 ...

This video documents the preparation of traditional Hmong food in a rural village in Laos The cooking takes place beside a decommissioned missile casing left from past conflict Ingredients include ...

The dawn of Hmong American cuisine is here, and it is delicious. The emergence of Hmong food into the limelight of the Twin Cities’ culinary scene is more than a gastronomic trend; it is a cultural ...

(From left) Mecca Bos, Yia Vang and Pang Vang rolls Fawm Kauv, a Hmong steamed rice roll filled with a ground pork mixture. Most Minnesotans know the state is home to the largest urban concentration ...

Yia Vang grew up in a family of storytellers. When he was a child, his father used to regale him and his six siblings with war stories from his native Laos. His mother would read verses from the Bible ...

Mara at Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis is thrilled to announce its upcoming Heritage Dinner on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 6:00 pm. Heritage Dinner will showcase the legacy of Hmong cuisine and ...

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 ...