Feb 24, 2023
We're back! The Dumpling Diaries continue with the unlikely journey of a Central Asian street food that became one of South Asia's most beloved snacks. We discuss all the words to describe a flaky pastry enveloping a spiced meat and vegetable mixture, the Mamluks and the rise of the Delhi Sultanate, and how the...
Nov 21, 2022
As we gear up for Thanksgiving, we revisit an all-American food favorite. We discuss one of America's most divisive and storied holiday desserts: pumpkin pie. We discuss Indigenous farming practices, the myth of the first Thanksgiving, and how New England used tourism to elevate the story of Plymouth Rock. Finally,...
Oct 20, 2022
After a HUGE hiatus, we're back! We traveled, we lost sleep, we experienced life's ups and downs, but here we are, returning to our first love - this podcast. And we resume talking about dumplings. This week, we discuss a true champion of dumplings (the momo), Ancient Nepalese-Tibetan geopolitics, and Buddhist...
Jul 7, 2022
This week, we dig into our first dumping - the humble gyoza. In our dumpling taxonomy, the gyoza is a "true dumpling." We discuss Chinese medicine, the history of Sino-Japanese relations, and how gyoza (or their ancestors) may have been found in tombs in Western Asia. Finally, we argue that dumplings are good for your...
Jun 22, 2022
We're kicking off our long-awaited dumpling series by providing a methodology. Oftentimes, we find ourselves asking, "what is a dumpling," and in this mini-episode, we provide the answer that will guide us throughout this series. We present three categories of dumplings and some examples. Finally, we leave you with...