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.

No chef in Minnesota has garnered accolades quite like Yia Vang this year. And while the year is almost over, Vang isn't done piling up praise. In addition to his Vinai restaurant being named to ...

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 ...