UNLOCKED! Xi'an Famous Foods with Mike Hanford & Paul Rust (LIVE)
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🗓️ 2 January 2020
⏱️ 106 minutes
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UNLOCKED! We're joined live in NYC by Mike Hanford (The Birthday Boys, The Sloppy Boys) and Paul Rust (Netflix's Love, Don’t Stop or We’ll Die) to review a family owned chain serving western Chinese cuisine: Xi'an Famous Foods. Plus, a live edition of the Snack Stack.
Recorded live at the Gramercy Theatre in NYC on September 6, 2019.
Sources for this week's intro include:
The Phenomenon Of Xi'an Famous Foods In New York City by Heng Shao
Boom Brands: Xi’an Famous Foods by Alex Yablon
http://nymag.com/news/business/boom-brands/xian-famous-foods-2013-10/
Based on an Old Family Recipe by Steven Stern
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/dining/based-on-an-old-family-recipe.html?_r=0
Silk Road, North China - Ancient Trackway in China by C. Michael Hogan
https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18006
A taste of Xi’an in North London from Fuscia Dunlop
http://www.fuchsiadunlop.com/a-taste-of-xian-in-north-london/
Let the Meals Begin: Finding Beijing in Flushing by Julia Moskin
Xi’an Corporate Website
https://www.xianfoods.com/#about-section
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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