Han Ly Hwang, the chef and owner of Portland's Kim Jong Grillin food truck, joins us in the studio to talk about the Korean-American food revolution, being on Chopped, what it means to cook your own food, and the Sisyphean task of gaining parental approval for your life choices.

Produced by Alan Montecillo. Intro music: "Imagerial Denouement" by AF the Naysayer.

E2: Bringing Korean Food To The Masses (with Han Ly Hwang)

Portland chef Kusuma Rao talks to us about the pop-up life, growing up Indian-American in Tucson, and identifying as "miscellaneous brown."

Produced by Alan Montecillo. Intro music by AF the Naysayer. Outro music by Blue Dot Sessions.

E3: Pop-ups, Dudebros, and Indian-Mexican Fusion with Kusuma Rao

On this episode of Racist Sandwich, we talk with sneaker maven Ian Williams, who owns and operates Deadstock Coffee, a sneaker-themed coffee shop in downtown Portland. We discuss what it means to take up space, why sneaker culture is integral to urban life, the ways in which Portland has changed since Ian's childhood, and the whiteness of the coffee scene here. And of course, a little bit about basketball too!

Produced by Alan Montecillo. Music by AF the Naysayer and Blue Dot Sessions.

E4: Sneakers & Coffee with Ian Williams of Deadstock Cafe & Gallery

Dr. Kate Cairns, an Assistant Professor of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University, joins us remotely to share her research on how foodwork—the researching, buying, and preparation of food—plays into modern ideas of what it means to be a good, responsible woman. She talks about what she learned after interviewing more than a hundred women for her study, and about how race and class inform the way people moralize women's food choices for themselves and their families. Food and Femininity, the book she coauthored with Josée Johnston, came out last year via Bloomsbury.

Produced by Alan Montecillo. Music by AF the Naysayer, Blue Dot Sessions, and Amjad Sabri.

E5: Food & Femininity (with Dr. Kate Cairns)

(Originally posted July 28, 2016)For our Filipino food episode [E7], we asked our listeners to call in to our Google voice number to talk to us about their relationships with Filipino food. And y'all really rose to the occasion! We got a lot of voicemails, so we put our favorite ones together. The messages form a really beautiful narrative about the cuisine and the place it has in people's hearts; one that we think everyone can relate to in some way.

BONUS: Your Stories About Filipino Food

We've launched another crowdfunder! Instead of talking about why you should open your wallet for us, Alan collected three of his favorite clips from our podcast.

http://patreon.com/racistsandwich

P.S. On this holiday, please also consider giving to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

http://standingrock.org/news/standing-rock-sioux-tribe--dakota-access-pipeline-donation-fund/

Why This Show Matters

What is it like to be a chef of color cooking in America’s whitest major city? 

Chef Soleil Ho and journalist Zahir Janmohamed tackle this question and many more in their bi-weekly podcast from Portland, Oregon that examines the intersection between food, race, gender, and class.

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