Michelle and Lindsey in conversation with Sarah Leung, of the Woks of Life, and Christina Chan of Choy Division. Learn about why these women were inspired to bring their family traditions to a larger audience, and also how to grow and prepare bok choy.
Sarah Leung, The Woks of Life
Sarah Leung is a food blogger, photographer, and one of the founders of The Woks of Life, a multigenerational family blog she runs with her parents Bill and Judy Leung and sister Kaitlin Leung. What began in 2013 as a quest to record their family’s history through food has become a robust online community, an authority on Chinese cooking, and a platform to tell stories and share food across distances, demystifying traditional Chinese cooking and creating recipes for a new generation.
https://thewoksoflife.com/
Christina Chan, Choy Division
Christina Chan is the owner and farmer of Choy Division, which is the culmination of her passions and interests. As a native New Yorker and second-generation Chinese-American, she often felt torn between being American and being Chinese. Sustainably growing Asian vegetables has been a way of connecting the two halves of herself, of finding her way back home, and of reconnecting with her culture and her family. For her, farming is about more than putting seeds in the ground, it is about the cultivation of the community around you. After all, food is what connects each and every one of us. She believes that fresh, locally grown food is a right, not a privilege, and strives to make her produce accessible to all communities.
She has worked at Stepney City Farm,(London, UK), Randall’s Island Urban Farm, (New York, NY), Rise & Root Farm (Chester, NY) and counts herself incredibly lucky to have mentors in Larry Tse of Dig Acres, Kristyn Leach of Namu Farm, and Dan McManus of Common Hands Farm.
https://www.instagram.com/choydivision/
More episode links:
Second Generation Seeds
https://www.secondgenerationseeds.com/our-seeds
Kitazawa Seed Company
https://www.kitazawaseed.com/index.html