TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson woman is using chorizo — and her love of food and public art — to pursue recognition of a lesser-known chapter of Chinese American history. Feng-Feng Yeh recently won a grant through the Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art and the Andy Warhol Foundation for a proposed 11-foot tall sculpture of chorizo sausage. To promote the endeavor, she organized the inaugural Tucson Chinese Chorizo Festival. For the month of October, several local restaurants and food trucks have been serving weekend specials with meat and vegan chorizo. The food celebrates the history of Chinese American mom-and-pop groceries that served Mexican American and indigenous neighborhoods around Tucson. Some of those Chinese shops made their own chorizo.
‘Chinese chorizo’ honors fusion of two cultures in Arizona
