L.T. Sue Co. Tea Room & Emporium

05/26/2026

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Rising (2024) traces the history of China Alley in Hanford, California and how four generations of the Wing family established and maintained their roots in Central Valley. This film is funded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Telling the Full History Preservation Fund, with suppor...

05/01/2026

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During the last couple of weeks, I have been turning the soil, hands deep in the quiet work of beginnings, tucking in summer vegetables, small promises I might one day

03/20/2026

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When I was young, I thought inheritance meant jewelry, photographs, maybe a recipe card tucked into a cookbook. Something I could hold in my hands and point to and say,

01/01/2026

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I don’t remember the exact date. I just remember the moment.

12/18/2025

China Alley herbalist, Dr. L.T. Sue had a trademark that was hard to forget: an eagle atop a globe, wings folded but alert, as if guarding something precious. His newspaper

12/04/2025

I found them while cleaning out another one of Mom’s boxes. Yes, I’m still doing this chore. Tucked between postcards and pages from an old city directory, two fragile letters

11/20/2025

Before there was a town called Hanford, there was dust, open range, and a unique, curious scene that early pioneer Frank Howe (1853-1945) later recorded for posterity. In his recollection,

11/06/2025

Some cups are meant to be used every day, chipped by life and washed a hundred times over. Then there are the others, the ones that wait.

10/23/2025

There are foods that fill the belly, and there are foods that fill the soul. For me, rice has always been both. I grew up with its fragrance steaming from