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Announcement - LIVE EVENT - May 21st in San Francisco
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month, we’re collaborating with our public radio friends at KALW to put on a live recording this Thursday, 5/21 7p...
Episode 58: Malaysian Curry Chicken with Cassandra Lam
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of Mother’s Day we’re talking to Cassandra Lam of Mama Lam’s about her own mama’s Malaysian curry chicken that she ate almost weekly gro...
Episode 57: Ma's Asian Beef Stew with Ingrid Hu Dahl
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with more beef stew and we couldn’t be more delighted to have guest Ingrid Hu Dahl share her very special Taiwanese American recipe wit...
Episode 56: March Madness of Asian Dishes - with InfatuAsian Podcast Live at On Waverly in San Francisco
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The madness is back!!! We partnered with our again with our podcast cousin InfatuAsian and bookshop home On Waverly on our second annual March Madness...
Episode 55: Bolo Bao with Laurence Louie
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We’re absolutely freaking delighted to be joined by Laurence Louie, chef/owner of Rubato and current Top Chef contestant. We talk with Laurence ab...
Episode 54: Oxtail Beef Stew with Christina Wong Singh
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It might be 80 degrees out here in the Bay Area but we’re drooling over this episode’s dish, oxtail beef stew with Christina Wong Singh, founder...
Episode 53: The Poet and the Silk Girl by Satsuki Ina
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we welcome Satsuki Ina, author, psychotherapist, producer and so much more! We talk with Satsuki about one of her favorite childhood and ...
Episode 52: Family Style by Thien Pham
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are so delighted to have graphic novelist Thien Pham on this episode. We discovered his book Family Style thanks to one of our kids and it turned o...
Episode 51: Lumpia with Eleanor Mooney
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It finally happened! We finally get to talk about everyone’s favorite party/potluck food: lumpia!! This episode we’re joined by Eleanor Mooney, co...
Episode 50: Jeff Chang - Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live episode recorded at the Asian Art Museum on Bruce Lee Day, we talk with author Jeff Chang about his tremendous new book Water Mirror Echo...
Episode 49: Soju Party with Irene Yoo - Live at On Waverly
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with another live episode. This time we’re talking with Irene Yoo about her new cookbook Soju Party, a gorgeous collection of cocktail ...
Episode 48: Live! Chinatown Recipe Club
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we have a special collaboration with Curtus Chinn/The InfatuAsian Podcast to eat great food, build community, and have a very special ...
Episode 47: Martee Dares to Dance by Harry Shum Jr & Shelby Rabara
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We could not be more delighted to kick off Filipino American History Month with Shelby Rabara and Harry Shum Jr talking about their book Martee Dares ...
Episode 46: House of Nanking with Kathy Fang
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we’re talking to none other than chef Kathy Fang of House of Nanking and Fang Restaurant about her new cookbook House of Nanking. We we...
Episode 45: A Very Asian Guide to Taiwanese Food with Nancy Jeng and Felicia Liang
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re talking many, many things Taiwanese food with Nancy Jeng and Felicia Liang, the author and illustrator of A Very Asian Guide to Taiwanese Food...
Episode 44: Karen Chan of Gloo Books
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we’re talking with Karen Chan, founder of Gloo Books about not one, but two of her childhood favorites, Taiwanese tea eggs and her mom’...
Episode 43: Fetishized by Kaila Yu
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we talk with author Kaila Yu, new book Fetishized and her classic Taiwanese comfort food, Lu Rou Fan. We’re a little light on the foo...
Episode 42: Okonomiyaki with Sakura Nakahara
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whoops, we accidentally took a summer break. We just have so many kids and so little free time. But we’re back and we’re excited to talk with acto...
Episode 41: TAMLYN TOMITA!
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We can’t even pretend to have chill about this. On this extra special episode, we interview the namesake of our mascot and inspiration for the title...
Episode 40: Shrimp Chips with Cynthia Huie
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re honoring AAPI month with one of our favorite local AAPI community leaders, Cynthia Huie, owner of On Waverly, an AAPI gift shop and bookstore ...
Episode 39: Hong Shao Rou with Eddie Lo
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we pick up the soy sauce/restaurant kid threads with guest Eddie Lo. Now a food professional himself, Eddie talks about growing up in Chi...
Episode 38: March Madness of Chinese Cuisine - Live at On Waverly 3/22/2025
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we’re doing something a little different. In the spirit of March Madness we present to you, March Madness of Chinese Cuisine! We par...
Episode 37: Soy Sauce! with Laura Lee
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we’re talking about everyone’s favorite cooking staple and condiment (please don’t @ us if it’s not your fave) soy sauce, with au...
Episode 36: Banh Khot with Soleil Ho
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we are delighted to have all-around-knowledgeable-and-thoughtful-food-person, former SF Chronicle food critic, current columnist, and ...
Episode 35: Leen Goh with Amy Wong of Batch 22 Bakery
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we’re joined by cookie maker extraordinaire Amy Wong of Batch 22 Bakery. Lunar New Year might be a little behind us for the year but Am...
Episode 34: Bay Made Live Showcase - Lunar New Year Past and Present with Margot Seeto, Eric Ehler, and Deanna Ulrich
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our first live episode! This one is doubly special as we did our first live episode AND celebrated Lunar New Year with a panel of illustrious guests. ...
Episode 33: Turkey Jook with Tracey Gee
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Thanksgiving in February on this episode! We talk with author and coach Tracey Gee about turkey jook, something so beloved by her and her famil...
Episode 32: Bao with Jessica Fu
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This ain’t your mother’s bao! But it *is* Jessica’s grandmother’s bao! On this episode we talk to pastry chef Jessica Fu about her grandmother...
Episode 31: Desi Bakes by Hetal Vasavada
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We should really stop pretending like we don’t do holiday episodes because whoops we actually love them. We’re back with a holiday x new cookbook ...
Episode 30: Soups! with Ellie Yang Camp
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we’re talking to author Ellie Yang Camp about her new book Louder Than The Lies: Asian American Identity, Solidarity, and Self-Love,...
Episode 29: Stollen with Eli Beutel
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this post-election one we present our first ever disliked dish, because apparently there are no rules anymore. This was meant to be a revenge episo...
Episode 28: Potstickers with Curtis Chinn of the InfatuAsian Podcast
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we’re talking to fellow podcaster Curtis Chinn, host of the InfatuAsian podcast. His podcast is dedicated to Asian American creators...
Episode 27: Chinese Enough by Kristina Cho
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no recipe on this episode, instead we talk about a whole dang cookbook! We could not be more thrilled to have guest Kristina Cho, James Bear...
Episode 26: Tomato Beef with Alisa Wong
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back! (Whoops, life!) On this episode we get a little San Francisco-y with native San Franciscan Alisa Wong and her dad’s tomato beef over r...
Episode 25: Tod Mun Pla with Nina Meechoonuk
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode it’s another blast from high school past with our first Thai guest Nina Meechoonuk, talking about her childhood fave, tod mun pla, a...
Episode 24: Nilaga with Sam Lugtu
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we’re chatting with Sam Lugtu, sister of past guest Nicole Lugtu, about her favorite childhood dish, nilaga. We talk about nilaga as...
Episode 23: Miyeokguk with Jin Yoo-Kim
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Whoops! We were away too long. But we’re back and we love this one! We’re joined by return guest Jin Yoo-Kim talking about miyeokguk aka seaweed s...
Episode 22: Happy AANHPI Month with Freesia & Samson Lee
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy AANHPI Heritage Month and Happy Anniversary to us! We can’t believe it’s been a whole year of doing this show. In this guestless episode, we...
Episode 21: Kaula Pig with Brian Tom
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hold on to your butts! Your pork butts that is. This episode, guest Brian Tom brings us his family’s recipe for Kalua Pig and we’re very excited a...
Episode 20: Halo-halo with Lorraine Esturas-Pierson
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s finally happened!! This episode we have our first dessert! On this one we’re joined by Lorraine Esturas-Pierson as she talks about her favori...
Episode 19: Restaurant Kid with Julia Louie
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve talked a lot about Chinese restaurants in past episodes. On this one we’re getting a look into the kitchen from our guest and former restaur...
Episode 18: Iritamago with Vincent Beck
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we’re joined by Vincent Beck, Bay Area creative and street photographer, and it is eggs-cellent! Fluffy eggs-cellent to be exact! He sh...
Episode 17: Tinola with Nicole Lugtu
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Valentine’s Day might be behind us but we’re here telling the love story between our guest Nicole Lugtu and her fave dish tinola. Or maybe more ac...
Episode 16: SPAM FAM! with Jaime Sunwoo
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re baaaack!! Wooo! We did not mean to be away for so long but cold and flu season absolutely wrecked all of December. But we’re back with a fol...
Episode 15: Mom’s Thanksgiving Stuffing with Ken Cho
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re forever celebrating the everyday dishes, but we just couldn’t help ourselves getting in on a little holiday cheer! This episode we’re join...
Episode 14: Paratha with Neha Gautam
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we’re joined by Neha Gautam, filmmaker, photographer, educator and writer director of Passenger Seat, bringing us paratha, or more spec...
Episode 13: Sinigang with Shaun Garcia
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re joined by Shaun Garcia, husband, father and noodle soup connoisseur about his fave soup and classic Filipino dish, Sinigang, w...
Episode 12: Chorizo and Eggs with Nicole Fox
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a slight deviation in programming, we’re sneaking in at the end of Hispanic Heritage Month with our first non-Asian guest! This episode we bring ...
Episode 11: Mapo Tofu with Christian Wu
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a spicy one! No really, the dish is spicy. On this episode we talk to Christian Wu about his mom’s Mapo Tofu, something so relatable, and so...
Episode 10: SPAMFIGHT! with Jin Yoo-Kim & Margot Seeto
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this momentous 10th episode, we’re putting recipes aside to talk about the great Asian and Asian American uniter, SPAM! Our guests are writer Ma...
Episode 9: Sujebi with Haeny Yoon
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we’ve got Haeny Yoon, host of Pop and Play podcast, bringing us her childhood dish sujebi. Was it a snack? Was it dinner? When you’...
Episode 8: S.E.R. with Alyssa Saquilayan
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we’re talking with nurse coach Alyssa Saquilayan about her ultimate comfort dish, spam eggs and rice. While it’s not a recipe, we tal...
Episode 7: Big Fat Rice Noodle Roll with Crystal Chin
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re biased but this is an especially fun one for us! We’re talking to loooong time friend of the show, designer Crystal Chin, about her mom’s ...
Episode 6: Spaghetti and Meatballs with Melanie Pochat
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mangia! This episode we’re talking with stylist and SAHM Melanie Pochat of Matre Style about her mom’s spaghetti and meatballs. We talk about what...
Episode 5: Vegetarian Moussaka with Freesia Lee
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a switcheroo this time as Freesia gets a taste of her own medicine when she scoots into the hot seat and Sam grills her on vegetarian moussaka....
Episode 4: Ham-BUR-Gah! with Angela and Samson Lee
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special episode we keep it in the family! We’re talking to Sam’s sister Angela about her childhood dinnertime lifeline, Ham-BUR-gah! ...
Episode 3: Mom’s Chicken with Deanna and Rob Ulrich
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re talking to our friends Deanna and Rob, about being bi-racial in very white Virginia in the 90s, and what it’s like growing up in the same ho...
Episode 2: Arroz Caldo with Nicole Cruz
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Nicole Cruz, Life & Leadership Coach to 1st & 2nd generation immigrants, to talk about her childhood sick-day soup, Arroz Ca...
Episode 1: Minced Beef with Peas with Margot Seeto & Samson Lee
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our very first episode! We’re talking to Bay Area food & travel writer Margot Seeto who helped inspire this whole dang thing. We’ll tal...
An Introduction
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Freesia and Sam welcome you and discuss the origins of the show and title. For more stories and recipes, please visit worstqualitycrab.com and follow ...