Veronica Ung: Eating Chinese-Canadian
Join Veronica Ung, a Chinese-Canadian girl, in her personal story of cultural identity crisis through food as she investigates how her crisis came to be and her views on her future food habits. Credits: Music: Podington Bear via FreeMusicArchive.org Sound Effects: Miscellaneous via FreeSound.org
Joyce Liao: What’s in a pierogi?
What is in a pierogi? Cheese, potatoes, sour cream…. but there’s more. Come along for a journey that explores how the humble pierogi holds history, culture and personal stories.
Ilana Marder-Eppstein: Behind the Scenes of Tea Sourcing and Cultivation
This podcast goes behind the scenes of tea sourcing and cultivation to explore some of the challenges that tea farmers face, as well as the simple beauties of growing tea.
Farhan Hussain: Homesick for Home Cooking
Farhan chronicles his journey of adjusting to the food in Canada as an international student and find others with similar experiences.
Matt Segal: Finding the Self, Anonymous
Binge-eating disorder (B.E.D.) is the most common eating disorder in North America. Matt tries to get a better understanding of the disorder and the people who live with it.
Lyncee Dela Cruz: Feeding Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Looking at the today’s food landscape in the Downtown Eastside, Lyncee reflects on what has changed since she grew up and explores the initiatives that have risen in more recent years.
Olivia Shaw: Chinatown’s Food System, Dialogue Up Top & On The Ground
Chinatown is undergoing rapid changes to its landscape and, consequently, to its long-established local food system. The forces of gentrification are increasingly pushing out the neighbourhood’s greengrocers—some of the most affordable fresh fruit and vegetable vendors in the city. What kind of dialogue and planning is going on, on the part of the community organizers […]
Kate Stafford: Chickpeas or Chicken?
We’ve all got that friend… “Meat is Murder,” “I love tofu,” “Vegan is the new vegetarian.” But not all vegans are crazy vegetable thumpers. Kate Stafford investigates what is causing Vancouver to become Veg-couver.
Hao Wang: Introduction to Lao Gan Ma, Chinese traditional chili sauce
Lao Gan Ma is the most famous chilli sauce in China. It is influencing Chinese International Student around the world.
W2016 Group Pieces
Teams of four students created pieces based on Wendell Berry’s “The Pleasures of Eating.”
Jenny Lu: Where are Chinese-Canadians’ Stories in Vancouver’s Local Food Movement?
Chinese farmers have a long history in Vancouver. But why are their stories absent from our region’s narrative of local food?
Listening Party!
We’ll be debuting this year’s podcasts on Wednesday, April 5th at 10am in MCML 350. I hope you can join us.