FOLSOM, Calif. — Lisa Ling, an award-winning journalist from Sacramento, wants to take you out to eat.
Her new docuseries "Take Out with Lisa Ling" debuted on HBO Max Thursday. In it, Ling travels throughout the United States, including her hometown of Sacramento, to examine the rich and diverse Asian-American culinary traditions.
Ling hopes her show allows these Asian-American restaurant owners a chance to tell their own stories.
One of those stories takes place at Folsom's Hop Sing Palace, a restaurant her grandparents once owned. Ahead of the premiere of her docuseries, Ling returned to her Sacramento roots to visit Hop Sing Palace.
Ling says that for a lot of Asian-American restaurant owners, like her own grandparents, it has been all about sacrifice and resilience.
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"It is time that we learn about a community that has been integral to America’s development but has largely been ignored by American history," Ling said in a statement. "These days there’s some type of Asian restaurant in practically every mall food court and Main Street across the USA, yet little is known about the diverse communities behind them."
"Take Out with Lisa Ling" can be streamed on HBO Max starting Thursday, Jan. 27.
Watch the trailer for "Take Out with Lisa Ling" here:
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