Chinatown SOS

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 10, 2020

Grace Young, food writer and cookbook author (The Breath of a Wok among others) and Wellington Chen, executive director of the Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation, talk about the particular impact that fear of COVID-19 has had on Manhattan’s Chinatown.

→ For more of Grace Young's picks for shopping and dining: "Chinatown Needs Your Love More Than Ever Right Now" (Grace Young, Food & Wine) 

→ "Show Some Love in Chinatown" contest

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