Martin Yan visited UC Davis for a cooking demo last week. (JJ Noel/UC Davis) When Martin Yan arrived in Davis as an international student in 1969, the minimum wage in California was just $1.65, but he ...

“If Yan can cook, so can you!” Echoed thousands of times by public television audiences on “Yan Can Cook” — one of the longest-running food and travel programs in the world — the motto of chef Martin ...

Culinary icon Martin Yan has hosted the PBS cooking show Yan Can Cook for decades and authored dozens of cookbooks. Born in China, Yan learned to cook in Guangzhou and Hong Kong before moving to ...

Martin Yan, cookbook author and on tv cooking shows. He has a new cooking book coming out. Photo of Martin Yan in his kitchen with two of his dishes, Rainbow Stir Fry (left) and Tangerine Peel Chicken ...