Links
For those of you wondering where to buy Asian ingredients, how to find out more about traditional Chinese medicine, or what other websites might be helpful, here are some additional resources.
Online Asian Food and Herb Suppliers
• Asian Food Grocer
• Eastern Chinese Medicine Export Company (herbs)
• EthnicFoodsCo.com (Asian groceries)
• Gold Mine Natural Foods (macrobiotic and Japanese)
• Koa Mart (Asian groceries)
• Natural Import Company (Japanese ingredients)
Asian (Brick and Mortar) Supermarket Chains
• 99 Ranch, a pan-Asian grocery chain in California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, and Georgia
• H-Mart (also known as "Han Ah Reum" and "Super H"), a Korean food store in California, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, Illinois, Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, plus British Columbia and Ontario, Canada
• Mitsuwa Marketplace, a chain of Japanese food stores in California, New Jersey, and Illinois
• Nijiya Market, a chain of Japanese food stores in California, Hawaii, and New York
• T&T Supermarket, a chain of pan-Asian supermarkets throughout Canada
• Uwajima, a long-standing Asian grocery retailer in Washington and Oregon
• The Wikipedia entry on Asian supermarkets also lists chains
(To identify independent Asian grocery and herb stores, look in your local Yellow Pages or, of course, use Google or another search engine.)
Plant and Seed Suppliers: Grow Your Own Ingredients
• Botanical.com
• Bountiful Gardens
• Companion Plants
• Evergreen Seeds
• Grow Your Own - Allotinabox
• Kitazawa Seed Company
• Seeds of Change
Websites on Chinese and Complementary Medicine
• Acupuncture Today
• Acupuncture.com (information on Chinese medicine)
• Education Community Online, “Directory of Acupuncture Schools in the United States”
• Gancao.net (information on "Chinese Medicine for a Restless World")
• Giovanni Maciocia's website (for Chinese medicine practitioners)
• The Herb Research Foundation
• Journal of Medicinal Food
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Information about Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CCAM), "Herbs at a Glance"
• UCLA History and Special Collections, “Spices: Exotic Flavors and Medicines”
• University of Maryland Medical Center, “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Index (CAM)”
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practioners and Other Wellness Resources
• Meridian Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, Louisville, KY
• Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Blog
• Dr. Christiane Northrup's website (for information on works about women's wellness)
• Queen Anne Acupuncture, Seattle, WA (with informative blog)
• Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, La Jolla, CA
• Gretchen Seitz, L.Ac., San Diego, CA
• Al Stone, L.Ac., Santa Monica, CA
•
Yuan Wang, L.Ac., Poway, CA
(See also Acufinder.com for a searchable directory of traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners.)
Food Blogs and Related Websites
• Yum of China blog, sharing the art and skill of Chinese cooking
•
Foodista.com, the cooking encyclopedia that anyone can edit
• Mmm-yoso, a blog exploring restaurants and food in San Diego and beyond
• Kahakaikitchen, a food blog from Hawaii
• Words to Encourage Healthful Living Inspired by Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory
Other San Diego Area Resources
• Read Local San Diego, promoting San Diego literary talent
• Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, with branches in San Diego, Chicago, and New York
• Warwick's Books, an independent book store in La Jolla
