Restaurateurs
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Series 14: Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape, 2019
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc014
Scope and Contents
In Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape Asian American chefs/restaurateurs share their lived experiences of opening restaurants in D.C. and introducing their heritage cuisines and flavors to local communities. All narrators have some shared experiences, yet uniquely individualized stories, echoing the diversity of geography, ethnicity, culture, and religions within the category of Asian American.
Dates:
2019
Yesoon Lee interview, 2019-08-20
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_03.wav
Scope and Contents
Yesoon Lee discusses her childhood in Seoul, Korea during and after the Korean War, attending graduate school for music composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she met and married her husband, moving to Northern Virginia, teaching at Averett College in Danville, Virginia, operating Pica-deli in Alexandria, Virginia, the impact the early death of her husband had on her life, opening Charlie Chiang's Kwai in Ronald Reagan National Airport, opening Mandu in Dupont...
Dates:
2019-08-20
Yesoon Lee interview index, 2019-08-20
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_05_ind.pdf
Scope and Contents
Yesoon Lee discusses her childhood in Seoul, Korea during and after the Korean War, attending graduate school for music composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she met and married her husband, moving to Northern Virginia, teaching at Averett College in Danville, Virginia, operating Pica-deli in Alexandria, Virginia, the impact the early death of her husband had on her life, opening Charlie Chiang's Kwai in Ronald Reagan National Airport, opening Mandu in Dupont...
Dates:
2019-08-20
Yesoon Lee interview transcript, 2019-08-20
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_05_tra.pdf
Scope and Contents
Yesoon Lee discusses her childhood in Seoul, Korea during and after the Korean War, attending graduate school for music composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she met and married her husband, moving to Northern Virginia, teaching at Averett College in Danville, Virginia, operating Pica-deli in Alexandria, Virginia, the impact the early death of her husband had on her life, opening Charlie Chiang's Kwai in Ronald Reagan National Airport, opening Mandu in Dupont...
Dates:
2019-08-20