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Food is a gateway to the new and familiar in 'Crying in H Mart' and 'Gastro Obscura'
Food is a gateway to the new and familiar in 'Crying in H Mart' and 'Gastro Obscura'
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Oct 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Our relationship to food goes far beyond its nutritional value. What we eat can help us tap into something deeper, whether it brings up treasured memories or allows us to escape our own lives for just a few bites. That duality is captured by two different books in today's episode; while Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner explores how cooking Korean food helped the author grieve her mom's death, Gastro Obscura by Cecily Wong and Dylan Thuras takes readers to each continent to learn about its cuisine. In interviews with NPR's Ari Shapiro, Zauner and Wong talk about how food shapes our worlds.
Released:
Oct 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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