Tuesday, Jan 8, Farm to Wok: Perfect Stir Fry and Fried Rice (hands on), 6:30-9pm Tuesday, Jan 15, Chinese Dumplings - Lunar New Year Season (hands on), 6:30-9pm Sign up via Cooks Warehouse online or call them directly if you can't find listing. Search Classes by Chef "Margaret & Natalie Keng", by location "Midtown" or type "hands on" classes. 2019 CW class ... Continue Reading
Chinese Asian Cooking Classes!
Tuesday, Jan 8, Farm to Wok: Perfect Stir Fry and Fried Rice (hands on), 6:30-9pm Tuesday, Jan 15, Chinese Dumplings - Lunar New Year Season (hands on), 6:30-9pm Sign up via Cooks Warehouse or if not listed yet online, call them directly. Location: Cooks Warehouse Midtown (404)815-4993, 1544 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 403-R, Atlanta, GA 30324 Interested in a private ... Continue Reading
Who Counts as a Real Southerner?
“Oh, but you’re not a real Southerner,” she exclaimed with a wave of her hand and a laugh. “Your ancestors came from CHINA!” I had just bumped into a woman outside the pizza shop who knew my sister. She loved hearing about my cooking classes and tours connecting food and culture which highlight the best of East, West and the Deep South. Noticing my puzzled look, she ... Continue Reading
Booking Now: Holiday Team-Building Buford Highway Food Tours
*AS FEATURED ON CNN* I love doing leading these food tours as much as the participants seem to love them. Buford Highway "international corridor" is now an international foodie destination especially after celebrity Anthony Bourdain dropped in 2017. It's been a local best-kept secret for decades and we've been leading tours and cooking classes there since 2009 :) The area ... Continue Reading
Women Culinarians Fundraiser: Afternoon in the Country by Les Dames d’Escoffier 2018
Join us for the 18th Annual Afternoon in the Country at Foxhall Resort & Sporting Club, on Sunday, November 4, 2017 from 1pm to 4pm, organized by a prestigious international organization, Les Dames d'Escoffier. Natalie is honored to be a LDEI member and serve as Green Tables Committee Chair promoting Farm to Table, environmental sustainability and awarding the annual Green ... Continue Reading
CNN Start Small, Think Big: Chinese Southern Belle Shatters Stereotypes
In this CNN "Start Small, Think Big" feature, an Atlanta-based entrepreneur, Natalie Keng and her mother, public schools Teacher of the Year, Margaret Keng, are infusing flavors of the Far East with the Deep South and in their custom interactive events and award-winning, family-recipe cooking sauces "opening minds, one mouth at a time" and shattering stereotypes. Ni ... Continue Reading
Taste of Atlanta VIP Party
Join us under the Big Tent for Taste of Atlanta's Global Taste VIP pre-launch party! Featuring tastings, drinks and music. ... Continue Reading
Food and Fun: Taste of Smyrna 2018
Nibble and nosh your way around the Village Green at the Taste of Smyrna Saturday, Sept. 15 from 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Admission is FREE! This is our first time participating. Come visit the Chinese Southern Belle booth for Asian dumplings, sauce tastings & product specials! ... Continue Reading
Decatur Book Festival 2018- Georgia Grown Pavilion
We're excited to join the Georgia Grown pavilion at the Decatur Book Festival! #300 section near Culinary Stage, bandstand and Brick Store Pub. Taste 'n' Shop: Come by and see us, FREE TASTING samples featuring our award-winning, family cooking sauce/marinade/dressing blends. *SUMMER SALE* Asian Home Chef Sauce Trio $20 for 3 bottles, save 30%! Take the deliciousness home ... Continue Reading
Fusion at its Best: Asian Cuisine Experts, Teachers, Food Historians
Fusion at its Best My Mom: Country Asian Chef and Teacher of the Year My mother was born in Hunan, China, grew up in Taiwan, and immigrated to the U.S. to attend graduate school. Her dream was to become a journalist but decided to became a schoolteacher. First landing with a host family in Houston, Margaret got her first job working in the law office of her dear “Jewish ... Continue Reading
Media Interview: Intergenerational Businesses Unite Food, Family, Culture
Teaching with mom: 'Priceless' Sharing stories about family and how they've influenced our journeys or inspired "less than traditional" career choices or start-up businesses--from childhood favorite dishes like Pepper Steak and Rice-a-Roni to working in the family restaurant after school --this is our heritage and what grounds us. Read more Intergenerational Businesses ... Continue Reading
Video: Intro to Chinese Southern Belle (short)
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Joy of Being Yourself: Authenticity in Food & Life
Natalie shares how her cooking style and recipes reflect family, a sense of place, and heritage as a Chinese American and Southerner. “As a little kid, I thought it was only about being Chinese,” she says. “That's what I was teased about, so that's how I defined myself – foreign, different, un-American. In actuality, as a native Georgian, I'm not only more American, but ... Continue Reading
Chinese Soul Food: Intersections of Race and Gender in What We Eat
Like many traditional dishes around the world where written recipes are virtually non-existent because the cooks -- women, people of color and other groups considered second-class citizens-- were not allowed to attend school and often couldn’t read or write, their culinary legacies were handed down verbally with a dash of faith and a dollop of love. READ MORE ... Continue Reading
Earth Day Every Day: Grains of Wisdom: Sustainable Rice Cultivation
When most of us think of rice fields, we vision expanses of flooded rice patties, Asian peasants with traditional conical hats, knee-deep in muddy waters, planting rows upon rows of seedlings... There is a movement a-field that is impacting how rice is grown around the world for the better. S.R.I. (system of rice intensification) is a sustainable method of growing rice that ... Continue Reading