# Table & Transit Journal > Table & Transit Journal is an independent publication about Asian American identities, food histories, family archives, and cultural change in the United States. It treats Asian American as a diverse, evolving pan-ethnic context—not a single cuisine, language, migration story, or point of view. Table & Transit Journal publishes original, long-form guides about Asian-American culture & food. Every article opens with a concise direct answer, is structured with clear headings and FAQs, and reflects mainstream expert consensus. ## Family Food Stories - [How to Preserve a Family Recipe and Its Story](https://asianjournalusa.com/preserve-family-recipe-story/): Preserve a family recipe by recording one cooking session from start to finish. ## Identity & Language - [What Does Asian American Mean in the United States?](https://asianjournalusa.com/what-asian-american-means/): Asian American is a pan-ethnic U.S. identity used by some people whose origins or ancestry connect to East Asia, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. ## Full text for LLMs - [llms-full.txt](https://asianjournalusa.com/llms-full.txt): every article as plain markdown in one file - Each article is also available as markdown at https://asianjournalusa.com/.md ## Site - [About](https://asianjournalusa.com/about/): editorial approach and standards - [All articles](https://asianjournalusa.com/all/) - [Contact](https://asianjournalusa.com/contact/)