Andrew Genung on the importance of word choice and what we can learn from H.K.'s reopenings

06/07/20 • 34 min

A conversation with Andrew Genung.
Andrew Genung is a Hong-Kong based writer and regular contributor to Eater. He also writes a twice-weekly newsletter, Family Meal, that covers the goings-on in and around the food/media world.

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Esther Kim on Afro-Asian solidarity, Eddie Huang, and how a fistful of rice fuelled a democracy

A conversation with Esther Kim.

Esther Kim is a writer and editor of the Asian American Writers' Workshop's Transpacific Literary Project. We discuss the stickiness of the "Asian-American" genre, Eddie Huang and appropriation, how a fistful of rice created a democracy, and our duties as Asian-American writers. Michael Pollan, The Sickness in Our Food Supply Ishay Govender-Ypma, Navigating the use of a knife and a fork at the dinner table .

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Heifer International on how agriculture can provide a path out of poverty

A conversation with Donna Kilpatrick and William Matovu.
Heifer International works all over the world to use agriculture as a path out of poverty. Under its umbrella is Heifer Ranch, a regenerative, organic and humane ranch, run by 3 women, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Donna Kilpatrick—who oversees operations of Heifer Ranch—and William Matovu—who oversees Heifer’s work in Uganda—are joining me today to discuss the flaws of our current food system, and how alternate systems can offer lasting change.

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