The House Specials is a podcast from the team behind Peddler Journal. It explores the in-between moments of food, culture and identity and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the people, stories, and recipes from our magazine. You can find The House Specials on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all good platforms where you listen to podcasts:
Season Two
Episode 1: Kindness, with Nicole Chan
This is part 1 of a 2 part series. We meet Nicole Chan as she embarks on a "research trip" of sorts, temporarily relocating from New York to Brazil to live with her grandparents—to witness their daily routines, record the way they eat, and learn more about her family's passage from Hong Kong, to Brazil and beyond.
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Episode 2: Patience, with Nancy Pappas
For artist Nancy Pappas, a Korean adoptee who grew up with a classic Mid-western American upbringing, her Asian identity was not something she had always embraced. Over the past few years, Nancy has reckoned with her cultural identity, culminating in an important pilgrimage. to Seoul, where she will study the Korean language and get to know her birth mother and sister. We speak with Nancy ahead of the move.
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Episode 3: Ingenuity, with Daisy Orlana
We speak with Daisy Orlana, owner of the New York based Indonesian food pop-up Sayang. She discusses with us about the loneliness of navigating the US as an adult immigrant, and how that led her back to the Indonesian food of her youth.
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Episode 4: Passion, with Chitra Agrawal, Leetal Arazi and Sana Javeri Kadri
In this special panel discussion episode, we speak with three of the most passionate and hard-working women in the food biz: Chitra Agrawal of Brooklyn Delhi, Leetal Arazi of NY SHUK and Sana Javeri Kadri of Diaspora Co. Each of these trailblazers have created a culinary brand that represents the food of their culture. We speak with them about the importance of preserving flavors and traditions as ingredients move about the world.
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Episode 5: Resilience, with Yewande Komolafe
Yewande Komolafe is a food writer, recipe developer, food stylist, and soon-to-be cookbook author. For many years, she lived in the US as an undocumented immigrant and had to mute parts of her Nigerian identity — which included the food. We speak with her about how through reconnecting with Nigerian food, she is able to explore her roots and reclaim that part of her identity.
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Episode 6: Kindness, with Nicole Chan - Part 2
(Season Finale)
This is part 2 of a 2 part series. In part 1, we spoke with Nicole on the eve of her pilgrimage to Brazil - where she was going to spend a couple of months with her grandparents, to learn more about her family’s journey from Hong Kong to Brazil. In part 2, we catch up with Nicole Chan to see how her trip went and what she was able to discover about her family's history.
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Season Two of The House Specials is generously brought to you by
California Olive Ranch
