*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q: My mother made chop suey in the '60s and '70s. She lost the recipe in the '80s. This recipe was off of a can of chow mein ...

Joaquin "Jocko" Fajardo, 39, grew up in Tempe, Ariz., in a large family. Mexican food was an integral part of his upbringing. And yet, the dish that reminds him of home and family is a distinctly ...

This is a Beijing-meets-Canton-style chop suey. "Chop suey" in Cantonese is "cap sui," which means pieces of mixed vegetables. This easy and delicious dish uses leftover ingredients and is quicker to ...

Marc Neermann of Norcross, Ga., was looking for a recipe for chop suey like his grandmother made in the 1950s or early 1960s. The main ingredients, as far as he and his mother can recall, were beef ...

Although the origins of chop suey are debated, one legend has it that a Chinese ambassador visiting New York City had his cooks invent the dish to satisfy both Chinese and American tastes. Consisting ...

Louis Armstrong sang paeans to it. Edward Hopper immortalised it on the canvas. Few dishes have enjoyed a cultural presence across genres as American chop suey. So much so that the dish has become a ...

Joaquin "Jocko" Fajardo, 39, grew up in Tempe, Ariz., in a large family. Mexican food was an integral part of his upbringing. And yet, the dish that reminds him of home and family is a distinctly ...

Chop suey actually came to his family through a Mexican restaurant owned by his great-grandmother and great-aunt. Back in the 1960s, the two women owned a restaurant in Los Angeles. Next door to their ...

Joaquin "Jocko" Fajardo, 39, grew up in Tempe, Ariz., in a large family. Mexican food was an integral part of his upbringing. And yet, the dish that reminds him of home and family is a distinctly ...