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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Sep 8

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.

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Sep 8

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.

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Sep 8

We’re talking many, many things Taiwanese food with Nancy Jeng and Felicia Liang, the author and illustrator of A Very Asian Guide to Taiwanese Food.

Karen Chan of Gloo Books — Worst Quality Crab Podcast

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

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.

This episode we’re talking with Karen Chan, founder of Gloo Books about not one, but two of her childhood favorites, Taiwanese tea eggs and her mom’s oxtail stew! If you’re hungry now you might want t...

Baby Go! US explores the rich culture and diversity of the United States through travel, brought to you by Gloo Books.

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

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.

BABY GO! US

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

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.

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

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.

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

This episode we’re talking with Karen Chan, founder of Glow Books (@gloobooks.bsky.social) about not one, but two of her childhood favorites, Taiwanese tea eggs and her mom’s oxtail stew! If you’re hungry now you might want to go get a snack.

Episode 44: Karen Chan of Gloo Books. Image of Karen Chan next to the three Baby Go! books featuring California, New York, and Texas, in the Kickstarter campaign.

Fetishized — Worst Quality Crab Podcast

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

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

This episode we talk with author Kaila Yu, new book Fetishized and her classic Taiwanese comfort food, Lu Rou Fan. We’re a little light on the food this episode but spend lots of time on Kaila’s new ...

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

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.

Okonomiyaki — Worst Quality Crab Podcast

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

This episode we talk with author Kaila Yu ( @kailayu.bsky.social), new book Fetishized and her classic Taiwanese comfort food, Lu Rou Fan. We’re a little light on the food this episode but spend lots of time on Kaila’s new book, the fetishization of Asian women,

Episode 43: Kaila Yu, Image of author Kaila You next to her book Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

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.

Whoops, we accidentally took a summer break. We just have so many kids and so little free time. But we’re back and we’re excited to talk with actor and marketer Sakura Nakahara about her favorite chil...

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

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.

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

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

TAMLYN TOMITA! — Worst Quality Crab Podcast

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Aug 22

Whoops, we accidentally took a summer break. We just have so many kids and so little free time. But we’re back and we’re excited to talk with actor and marketer Sakura Nakahara about her favorite childhood dish that remains a favorite today, okonomiyaki.

Episode 42: Okonomiyaki, close up photo of Japanese dish Okonomiyaki

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Jun 2

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:

We can’t even pretend to have chill about this. On this extra special episode, we interview the namesake of our mascot and inspiration for the title of the show, Waverly herself, the legend, the icon,...

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Jun 2

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.

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Jun 2

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.

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · Jun 2

We can’t even pretend to have chill about this. On this extra special episode, we interview the namesake of our mascot and inspiration for the title of the show, Waverly herself, the legend, the icon, Tamlyn Tomita!

Shrimp Chips — Worst Quality Crab Podcast

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · May 16

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

We’re honoring AAPI month with one of our favorite local AAPI community leaders, Cynthia Huie, owner of On Waverly, an AAPI gift shop and bookstore in the heart of Chinatown. Cynthia shares her childh...

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · May 16

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.

Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · May 16

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!