• Be sure to check out our REDUX section – where the media is artfully analyzed – for an in-depth look into why Asian American chefs don’t seem to fare so well on The Food Network in “A La Carte” on pages 10-11. We even got Chef Martin Yan to do some cultural commentary here!

But my favorite part of this story has to be our list of top Asian food bloggers served up by the food blogging diva herself: Chez Pim – whose blog literally makes drool pool on my keyboard, so watch out. My favorites from the list are The Delicious Life and the blog from Down Under, Grab Your Fork.

• I’ve been dying to put up this video for like nine months or something, but I wanted to wait until I had the chance to go interview 13-year-old CEO Anshul Samar and ruminate on the new style of child prodigies. Check it out in our LAZY SUSAN section on page 13. But if you want to know how to pitch your product, learn from The Master:

Stay tuned from more extras from the Hybrid issue!