Jasmine Cho has loved to bake since she learned how in high school. The joy of making sweet things, cookies in particular, has led Cho to accomplish great things, including becoming a Food Network ...

A baker in Pittsburgh is turning her talent in the kitchen to celebrating hidden figures in history. She makes cookies into portraits of unsung Asian American heroes. Here's NPR's Lakshmi Singh.

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“Cookies, I’ve always said, are the perfect platform for education, activism and healing because they are one of the most disarming, inviting and surprising mediums,” said Cho, who is also a baker.

Jasmine Cho often wondered why the contributions of Asian Americans were missing in her school history books when she was growing up in Los Angeles and Albuquerque. “I struggled with a feeling of ...

Jasmine Cho works on a cookie portrait of Filipina mambabatok tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od in Pittsburgh, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Cho, a Korean American self-described “cookie activist,” has gained ...

Jasmine Cho turns cookies into art. As part of her mission for social justice, the baker creates portraits of unsung Asian American heroes. (This... Jasmine Cho's portrait cookies honor unsung Asian ...