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The House Specials

A podcast brought to you by the team at Peddler Journal. The House Specials explores the in-between moments of food, culture and identity.

Copyright: © Peddler Journal

Latest Episodes:

Episode 5: Kindness, with Nicole Chan - Part 2 (Season Finale) Jan 20, 2021

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This is part 2 of a 2 part series. In part 1, we spoke with Nicole on the eve of her pilgrimage to Brazil - where she was going to spend a couple of months with her grandparents, to learn more about her family’s journey from Hong Kong to Brazil. In part 2, we catch up with Nicole Chan to see how her trip went and what she was able to discover about her family's history.

Peddler Journal is a podcast brought to you by the team at Peddler Journal. Find us at peddlerjournal.com and on Instagram @peddlerjournal

Episode 4: Resilience, with Yewande Komolafe Jan 13, 2021

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Yewande Komolafe is a food writer, recipe developer, food stylist, and soon-to-be cookbook author. For many years, she lived in the US as an undocumented immigrant and had to mute parts of her Nigerian identity — which included the food. We speak with her about how through reconnecting with Nigerian food, she is able to explore her roots and reclaim that part of her identity.

Peddler Journal is a podcast brought to you by the team at Peddler Journal. Find us at peddlerjournal.com and on Instagram @peddlerjournal

Episode 3: Ingenuity, with Daisy Orlana Dec 16, 2020

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We speak with Daisy Orlana, owner of the New York based Indonesian food pop-up Sayang. She discusses with us about the loneliness of navigating the US as an adult immigrant, and how that led her back to the Indonesian food of her youth.

Peddler Journal is a podcast brought to you by the team at Peddler Journal. Find us at peddlerjournal.com and on Instagram @peddlerjournal

Episode 2: Patience, with Nancy Pappas Dec 09, 2020

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For Nancy Pappas, a Korean adoptee who grew up with a classic Midwestern American upbringing, her Asian identity was not something she had always embraced. Over the past few years, Nancy has reckoned with her cultural identity, culminating in an important pilgrimage to Seoul, where she will study the Korean language and get to know her birth mother and sister. We speak with Nancy ahead of the move.

Peddler Journal is a podcast brought to you by the team at Peddler Journal. Find us at peddlerjournal.com and on Instagram @peddlerjournal

Episode 1: Kindness, with Nicole Chan - Part I Dec 02, 2020

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This is part 1 of a 2 part series. We meet Nicole Chan as she embarks on a "research trip" of sorts, temporarily relocating from New York to Brazil to live with her grandparents—to witness their daily routines, record the way they eat, and learn more about her family's passage from Hong Kong, to Brazil and beyond.

Peddler Journal is a podcast brought to you by the team at Peddler Journal. Find us at peddlerjournal.com and on Instagram @peddlerjournal

Ep. 6: Dedication, with Hetty McKinnon (Season Finale) Aug 29, 2019

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In this season finale, we follow host Hetty McKinnon as she ventures to Chinatown to pick up ingredients to cook an iconic dish from her childhood—e-fu noodles—for the Lunar New Year. While cooking the dish, Hetty reminisces on the memories of growing up in her mother’s kitchen and discovers that she really is her mother’s daughter. Become a supporter of The House Specials: https://anchor.fm/peddler-journal/support Show notes: https://www.peddlerjournal.com/episode-6-season-finale-dedication-with-hetty-mckinnon The print version of this story appears in the limited edition, hand-numbered zine Peddler B-Sides: Vol. 1. Available exclusively at: https://www.peddlerjournal.com/shop/zine-peddler-b-sides-volume-1 The House Specials is a podcast brought to you by Peddler Journal, produced by Shirley Cai, theme music by Scout McKinnon, music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/), tile artwork by Satsuki Shibuya. If you have a Lunar New Year story to share, send us a voice message at https://anchor.fm/peddler-journal/message

Ep. 5: Longing, with Ariel Barnes Aug 22, 2019

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While wandering through the aisles of a local supermarket, Ariel Barnes revisits her childhood memories of school lunch and the politics of the food we eat as children. She remembers the neatly packed lunches that her mother used to pack her and the loving notes left in her lunchbox. And then she remembers the day these lunches and notes suddenly disappeared. Take a walk with us down memory lane as we explore with Ariel the power of food as an expression of love, loss and longing.

Become a supporter of The House Specials: https://anchor.fm/peddler-journal/support

Show notes: https://www.peddlerjournal.com/episode-5-longing-ariel-barnes

The print version of this story appears in the limited edition, hand-numbered zine Peddler B-Sides: Vol. 1. Available exclusively at: https://www.peddlerjournal.com/shop/zine-peddler-b-sides-volume-1

The House Specials is a podcast brought to you by Peddler Journal, produced by Shirley Cai, theme music by Scout McKinnon, music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/), tile artwork by Satsuki Shibuya.

Ep. 4: Belonging, with Jeremy Leung and Ryan Wilson Aug 15, 2019

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This episode is part 2 of a 2 part series on tomato and egg, a classic homestyle dish that has come to represent so much for children of Chinese immigrants. Modern day nomad, Jeremy Leung, attempts to make his mother’s tomato and egg for the very first time in his life. In doing so, he discovers how her iconic dish has been changed and adapted over the years to create the perfect marriage between East and West. In this episode, we discuss his experience of moving from Hong Kong to Melbourne as a child and explore the triumphs and challenges that come with trying to fit in and remain connected to your cultural heritage after moving to a new country.

Become a supporter of The House Specials: https://anchor.fm/peddler-journal/support

Show notes: https://www.peddlerjournal.com/episode-4-belonging-with-jeremy-leung-ryan-wilson

The House Specials is a podcast brought to you by Peddler Journal, produced by Shirley Cai, theme music by Scout McKinnon, music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/), tile artwork by Satsuki Shibuya.

Ep. 3: Yearning, with Szeki Chan Aug 08, 2019

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This episode is part 1 of a 2 part series on tomato and egg, a classic homestyle dish that has come to represent so much for children of Chinese immigrants. When Szeki Chan first moved to New York City from Hong Kong as a college student, she left behind her family and life as she knew it. While it’s been over a decade since she left Hong Kong, Szeki still yearns for her mother's cooking and the comfort it brings. Now raising her own family in her adopted homeland, we visit Szeki in her East Village apartment to cook her mother’s humble stir-fried tomato and egg, the dish that still tastes like home.

Become a supporter of The House Specials: https://anchor.fm/peddler-journal/support

Episode notes: https://www.peddlerjournal.com/episode-3-xxx-with-szeki-chan

A print version of this story appears in Peddler Journal, Issue 1: Chinatown.

The House Specials is a podcast brought to you by Peddler Journal, produced by Shirley Cai, theme music by Scout McKinnon, music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/), tile artwork by Satsuki Shibuya.

Ep. 2: Passion, with EunYoung Sebazco Aug 01, 2019

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In this episode, we learn about the power that the humble grain of rice has in opening up larger conversations. We travel to Randall’s Island Park to visit horticulturist and rice pioneer EunYoung Sebazco whose passion for rice led her to create one of the only known rice paddies in New York City. We learn about her journey in creating the rice paddies—how she managed to do so in an urban setting using a single book and her grandmother’s wisdom—as well as the unexpected discovery about her own family that she stumbled upon along the way.

Episode notes: https://www.peddlerjournal.com/episode-2-passion-with-eunyoung-sebazco

A print version of this story appears in Peddler Journal, Issue 3: Rice.

The House Specials is a podcast brought to you by Peddler Journal, produced by Shirley Cai, theme music by Scout McKinnon, music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/), tile artwork by Satsuki Shibuya.

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