Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Andy Wang is a Los Angeles-based writer who covers food and nightlife. Dumpling queen Shirley Chung, the inventive Los Angeles chef known ...

Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value.

When the first Din Tai Fung opened in Taipei, in 1972, the restaurant had four tables. Its owners, the Yang family, lived upstairs. ­Fifty-three years later the Yangs oversee an empire that doles out ...