Category: Home Plates

One of the best ways to learn about a culture is by learning about their food. Home Plates is a podcast that aims to connect people through food. Each episode will feature an international student who will share the food culture from their country. Recorded and produced by DD Madigan (@grace_madigan19) Home Plates is always looking for new guests — send a DM or email madig19@uw.edu for more information.

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Slow Food

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Post date May 30, 2018

In the last episode of the school year, DD sits down with Jack Russillo to talk about what exactly slow food is and how we can incorporate it into our lives more. If you missed any Home Plates episode catch up and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Tunein, and Stitcher. A brand new season awaits you in September!

Rec:

– Bateau

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Night Markets

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Post date May 16, 2018

Learn all about Taiwanese food in this episode as Jason Lee discusses what makes it unique from mainland China’s cuisine and why night markets are about more than just the food.

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Moms + Love = Food

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Post date May 11, 2018

In honor of Mother’s Day, Home Plates is switching thing up. DD sits down to talk with six different daughters about their moms and their favorite food memories with them. They discuss what dish they miss when they’re away from home, the weird quirks she has and most importantly they try to get to the bottom of why is food made by mothers so special?

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Indigenous Food Sovereignty with Dr. Charlotte Coté

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Post date May 2, 2018

Dr. Charlotte Coté, a professor in the American Indian Studies program talks about Indigenous food sovereignty and the symposium being held this Friday and Saturday at the Intellectual House. Dr. Coté is the chair of the Intellectual House and is the co-founder and chair of the food symposium “The Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ”. UW students may attend for free and can register here: http://www.livingbreathsymposium.org/

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Peanut Butter is Life

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Post date April 25, 2018

Brian Bartels joins DD in the studio to talk about back country food…the food you eat when you’re hiking! Brian shares his wisdom of what to pack, what not to pack and how not to attract any furry friends all while making sure you enjoy a good meal out in the wilderness.

No restaurant recs: go outside and explore!

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Good Mexican Food Comes From Mexican Hands

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Post date April 18, 2018

Yuliette Medina is in the studio to discuss Mexican food. She breaks down some misconceptions, discusses food from Monterrey and one of her favorite birthday traditions.

Recs:

– Guanaco’s Tacos Pupuseria

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‘Gursha’ – “How we show love…”

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Post date April 11, 2018

This week is all about Ethiopian and Eritrean food. I’m joined by two members of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Student Union to find out more about their food cultures. They discuss Ethiopian staples and they touch on Ethiopian spice and coffee (spoiler they love their food spicy and their coffee strong!).

Recommendations:

– Saba

– Momona

– Agelegle

– Wonder Ethiopian Restaurant

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Culturally Inspired Beer-with Lucky Envelope Brewery

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Post date April 4, 2018

Co-founders Barry Chan and Ray Kwan discuss how they started their own brewery, share some of the fun flavors of beer they’ve tried and their own favorite places to grab a pint.

Join Lucky Envelope Brewery to celebrate their 3rd year of business on April 28th but before then check out their Sour Beer Day happening this Saturday: https://www.facebook.com/events/161197178031317/

http://www.luckyenvelopebrewing.com/

Recs:

– Ravenna Brewing Co

– Old Stove Brewing

– Chuckanut

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Get Bagel’d – Passover & Jewish Food 101

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Post date March 28, 2018

To kick off season 3 Danielle Hamer and Nicole Pinkus tell you all about Passover and their favorite Jewish foods. Together we use the power of Google to find out why you hide the afikoman and where bagels came from.

Recs:

– Roxy’s Diner

Link to Hillel’s Seder happening this Friday: Facebook

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Finding Identity Through Food

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Post date March 7, 2018

DD is joined by Kimberly King Schaub, a research chef and also a transracial adoptee to discuss their food cultures, identity, and cooking. This is the season 2 finale of Home Plates! Check back in April for new episodes of Home Plates and in the meantime catch up on any episodes you may have missed!

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