Yia Vang almost didn’t believe the email that brought good news. “I kind of always do that, like, ‘Oh, this is a Nigerian ...

Chef Yia Vang's Vinai and Thomas Dambo's "Alexa's Elixir" installation are drawing attention outside of the state.

TV personality, and highly decorated chef Yia Vang is the owner/chef of the James Beard-nominated restaurant Union Hmong Kitchen in Minneapolis. Union Hmong Kitchen specializes in Hmong cuisine.

To chef Yia Vang, it’s never about the food; it’s about the cultivated community that happens through food. As Vang begins his residency for Union Hmong Kitchen, a pop-up restaurant that aims to tell ...