Plus themed bites by past guest Jessic Fu and (possible future guest) Henry Hsu

And if you’re looking for some recipes, find three great ones in the back of this book, including one for Nancy’s Nai Nai’s scallion pancakes. We’ll be trying these out in our house along with tea eggs. Listen now:

Find this wonderful beautiful book on @gloobooks.bsky.social or wherever you get your books, and hang out with Nancy and Felicia at their book launch event at On Waverly on Sunday, September 14.

We talk about how their author/illustrator collaboration came to be, Nancy’s long-con to get her husband to cook Taiwanese classics, the untapped potential of Taiwan’s beaches, and the popularity of Trader Joe’s scallion pancakes.

Listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts and let us know if you have fond tea egg memories or make them yourself now.

Find Gloo Book’s kickstarter for their Baby Go series, and check out all the wonderful Gloo Books titles on their website. We are serious fans of many of these and if you find yourself here, you’ll at the very least love the Very Asian Guide to.. Series.

We talk a lot about the many wonderful titles under Gloo Books, Karen gives us a peek inside the publishing world, and we get the inside scoop on some brand new baby books that we can all help kickstart! Plus we come up with an oyster-based business idea for her dad.

We talk with Karen about the nostalgia of visiting her grandparents in Taiwan and eating tea eggs from the convenience store, her mom’s less enthusiastic approach to food, and the connective power of food and travel.

Fetishized is out August 19. It’s a great read—plus a chapter on The Joy Luck Club!

and stories that feel like they’re from 20 years ago but are, unfortunately, still true today.

Plus we talk about Kaila’s experience as an import model, Chinese school, and padding that college application with extracurriculars.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts and let us know if you’ve got a good spot for Okonomiyaki. As much as we aspire to be Sakura’s mom, we’re probably just ordering out for this one. But if you do want to give it a go at home, grab her mom’s recipe and let us know how it turns out.

We talk with Sakura about being the black sheep of the family for pursuing a science career, growing up with picture-perfect bento box lunches, and her eventual journey to the stage. Plus her sister’s diabolical game night and her possible sixth-sense for grapes.

Not just a childhood treat, today it serves as her mother’s love language, bribe language, apology and so much more.

Listen in as we try to keep our cool and Freesia almost makes it through the whole episode without crying, almost. Huge thanks to Tamlyn for being so gracious and so generous with her time and storytelling. Truly a best quality heart. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or on our site:

Plus she shares one of her all-time comfort foods, what it meant growing up as the daughter of an Okinawan-Filipina mom and a Japanese-American cop dad.

We of course ask Tamlyn about the Joy Luck Club, what it meant 30 years ago, what it means now, and her thoughts on playing Waverly. She also talks Karate Kid II, her equally iconic role of Kumiko, and her personal ties to it as a person of Okinawan-descent.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts or here on our site: www.worstqualitycrab.com/episodes/shr...

Plus creating community and bringing people back to Chinatown, super cool events series and spaces, and that one time Freesia met a Grammy winner when she was hanging out at On Waverly.

Cynthia talks about representation through retail, her relationship with her grandparents and how that has led to intergenerational friendships as an adult, and how our kids get to take a lot of things for granted–and that’s a good thing!