Chow Mein House owner Alan Zhengalan’s background may be chemical engineering, but his after-work passion is cooking for friends and family. In fall 2015, he brought that passion to the public, ...

As a kid I assumed that the foods my family enjoyed were authentic interpretations of how the rest of the world ate. When my mom made chow mein, I speckled the top of my supper with lots of salty ...

Is chow mein really authentic Chinese food? Is soy sauce in everything? Did we invent the modern-day fortune cookie or did Japan? If you don't know the truth yet, it may be time to find out.