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Dancing the Shrimp Dry: How Chinese Immigrants Drove Louisiana Seafood (Gravy Ep. 45)

From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast

Caption: Man with rake and drying shrimp. , Credit: Photo courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection.

Imagine this: deep in the Louisiana wetlands, a wooden platform the size of three football fields, covered in shrimp, drying in the sun… which are ...

Bought by KVLU

Chicago Chefs on Chicago Food – Part 1

From: Daniel Goldberg

The James Beard Foundation Awards are widely regarded as the “Oscars” of the culinary industry. In May of 2015, the “Beards” will be presented at ...

Obsession

From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human

This week on State of the Human, we're looking at obsessions, the helpful and the debilitating.

Bought by WMUU-LP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and CHSR-FM 97.9

Waitress

From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont

A show about the fine folks who serve your food.

Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Me Nacieron Mi Diente Cocinando; I Was Born Cooking"

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950., Credit: Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America.

Nurys Ortiz, 58, of Washington Heights, left the Dominican Republic ("DR") to work in a NYC factory when she was 17 years old. Ortiz started cooki...

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Forgotten Foods of NYC: Missing Hong Kong Handmade Noodles & Winter Melon Soup in NYC

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Photograph from The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

Nancy Soong, 90, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the foods of her childhood in Hong Kong.

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Forgotten Foods of NYC: Learning to Cook and Eat in America

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Christina Lam, 68, of Chinatown, Manhattan, grew up in Hong Kong and moved to New York to work in a garment factory on East Broadway. She recalls h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Forgotten Foods of NYC: Automat Baked Beans and Childs' Chocolate Syrup

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Hilda Baumol., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

A Harvest of Festivals

From: Kent Paterson

A timely, seasonal program set in New Mexico, with universal stories and messages relevant everywhere. In addition to the sounds and voices of fest...

Bought by KUPR low power FM and KPIP-LP