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Alyssa Banta

Alyssa Banta is an award-winning photographer based in Fort Worth, Texas. Her work has appeared in Harper’s magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Time magazine, Newsweek and more.

The Super Cao Nguyen supermarket, founded by Vietnamese immigrants in 1979, offers fresh fish to landlocked seafood lovers.

Oklahoma City Is Becoming a Hotspot for Vietnamese Food

Southeast Asian immigrants are spicing up America’s fast-food capital with banh mi, curried frogs’ legs and pho