Chinese chefs push for fine-dining recognition

SAN FRANCISCO, California: In dining rooms from San Francisco's Chinatown to New York's Hell's Kitchen, Chinese American chefs are asking why their cuisine is still expected to be cheap, even as they craft elaborate tasting menus rivaling French or Japanese fine dining.

For Taiwan-born chef George Chen, the question is personal. Growing up in Los Angeles after his family immigrated in 1967, he remembers classmat