015 - Comfort Food, part 1
Podcast |
Asian Americana
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Feb 08, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:59:06
The first of two episodes about Asian American comfort foods. We explore the traditions we’ve passed down in our families, as well as the adaptations and substitutions different communities have picked up along the way.
The first of two episodes about Asian American comfort foods. We explore the traditions we’ve passed down in our families, as well as the adaptations and substitutions different communities have picked up along the way.
  A plate of Thai-Chinese style pork and rice. Photo credit: Quincy Surasmithcdn.com/content/v1/56a1814557eb8dec18413bcc/1612779409139-9HOOEJPSUHF0Q5S7W6KK/Khao+Moo+Daeng.JPG?format=1000w">

A plate of Thai-Chinese style pork and rice. Photo credit: Quincy Surasmith

 

The past several months of pandemic have been really hard on all of us, and have kept a lot of us at home. For those of us that can afford to, that means a lot of finding solace in taking care of ourselves and others with some comforting meals.

This is the first of two episodes about Asian American comfort foods: the traditions we’ve passed down in our families, as well as the adaptations and substitutions different communities have picked up along the way.

You can listen to part two here!

Listen:

Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic.

Check out Lauren Migaki’s original tweet and picture of the Migaki family “Weiner dinner.” This was the post that set this whole episode in motion!


Learn more about Kelly Fong and Clement Lai’s community cookbook research project on their blog, Chinese American Homestyle Cooking.

The Stockton cookbook Kelly’s family owned:Treasured Recipes from Two Cultures–American and Chinese. Photo credit: Kelly Fongcdn.com/content/v1/56a1814557eb8dec18413bcc/1612780806334-1S3GFU5V753B5BNXE76A/Stockton+Cookbook.jpg?format=1000w">

The Stockton cookbook Kelly’s family owned:Treasured Recipes from Two Cultures–American and Chinese. Photo credit: Kelly Fong


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From VAALA’s website:

“The Illuminated Recipes project’s purpose is to contribute to diversifying the story of the Vietnamese American refugee experience and the larger American immigrant narrative through the mediums of storytelling and oral history, photography, and mixed media art with food as the compelling connection.”

VAALA’s Illuminated Recipes project can be found on the VAALA website.


Music from this episode included:

Jason Chu ft. Olivia Thai - Grandma’s KitchenDavid Tran aka applesauce - Song for MomPeter Su - Before You Get Too Old

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