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Web resources to explore ethnic neighborhoods across the U.S. Oct. 31, 2003 Since we're traveling the world this week without ever leaving the U.S. of A, we're focusing on vital communities around the country. The best way into a foreign culture is through the food. Jonathan Gold takes us into little enclaves, pushing toward the suburbs, where he has found some amazing, real food experiences. And, we have links to some of the best ethnic neighborhoods to explore across the U.S. *Recommendations from food critic Jonathan Gold: Here are some of the areas Jonathan recommends in his interview with Savvy host Diana Nyad: (Listen to the full interview with Jonathan Gold: He has some great suggestions for the best ethnic restaurants in the U.S. -- in addition to the ones you just heard.) Chinese food at a huge Asian mall: Milpitas Square - Milpitas, CA www.milpitasquare.com A vibrant Indian community in Iselin, New Jersey http://nri.indiainfo.com Chinese food: Valley Blvd., Alhambra, CA, to Rowland Heights, CA (a selection of restaurants on Valley Blvd.) www.chowbaby.com/searchrest.asp?city=ALHAMBRA Arabian food: Dearborn, Michigan -- an enormous Arab-American community (a selection of restaurants) www.chowbaby.com/searchrest.asp?city=DEARBORN Chinese food: Flushing, New York (a selection of restaurants) www.american-restaurants.net Portuguese food: The Ironbound, Newark, New Jersey (a selection of restaurants) www.greatestcities.com *Other ethnic neighborhoods to explore across the U.S.: "Chinatowns" Chicago: www.chicago-chinatown.com Hawaii: www.chinatownhi.com New York City: www.chinatown-online.com San Francisco: www.sfchinatown.com Philadelphia: www.phillychinatown.com Seattle: www.internationaldistrict.org "Little Tokyos" Los Angeles: www.ltsc.org San Francisco: www.japantown.ws "Little Italies" Boston: www.northendboston.com New York City: www.littleitalynyc.com San Diego: www.littleitalysd.com Maryland: www.littleitalymd.com Delaware: www.discoverlittleitaly.com Cleveland: www.cleveland.com "Little Armenias" Los Angeles: www.littlearmenia.com Colorado: www.armeniansofcolorado.org Florida: www.floridaarmenians.com Upcoming Neighborhoods to Watch Slavic Village - Cleveland www.slavicvillage.org Walker's Point - Milwaukee www.milwaukee.org Little Havana - Miami Miami.citysearch.com Russian Denver http://denver.baraban.com Little Manila - Stockton, CA www.littlemanila.net   << back to the Oct. 31, 2003 broadcast page

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