Editing Yan Can Cook (section)

{{short description|American food reality television series}}
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| genre                = [[Cooking show]]
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| starring             = [[Martin Yan]]
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| country              = United States
| language             = English
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| num_episodes         = 3,500+
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| executive_producer   = [[Gayle Yamada]]
| producer             = [[Mark Tocher]]
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| channel              = [[PBS]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1982}}
| last_aired           = present
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* Martin Yan – Quick & Easy
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'''''Yan Can Cook''''' is a Chinese-oriented [[cooking show]] starring [[Chef]] [[Martin Yan]] that featured recipes for stir fried foods and an assortment of various other [[traditional]] Chinese [[meals]] and [[cooking]] techniques. The series originated in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada ([[CICT-DT|CFAC-TV]]), from 1978 to 1982 as a daily syndicated cooking show, ''Yan Can'', for 250 episodes<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maiellano |first1=Sarah |title=2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Martin Yan |url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/2022-lifetime-achievement-award-winner-martin-yan |website=James Beard Foundation |access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref> until Yan moved to [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States, in 1982 starting ''Yan Can Cook'' on [[PBS]] ([[KQED (TV)|KQED]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=SFGATE |first=Susana Guerrero |date=2021-04-29 |title=Martin Yan on 'Yan Can Cook' and the future of Bay Area cuisine |url=https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/2021-04-Chef-Martin-Yan-on-Can-Cook-Julia-Child-16136009.php |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishna |first=Priya |date=2021-06-15 |title=Four Decades on, Martin Yan Faces a New Audience and a New World |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/dining/martin-yan.html |access-date=2022-12-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Yan also wrote several [[cookbooks]] which serve as companions to these various television series.<ref name=":0" />