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Gloo Books @gloobooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

One week left to pre-order our Baby Go! US books on Kickstarter!! If you can spare even $5, every little bit gets us closer to our goal! We're 56% funded and growing! Pre-order here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/glo... 🙌🏽 #kidlit #publishing #indiepress #kickstarter #booksky #kidsbooksky

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Gloo Books @gloobooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Ppsssttt! A VERY ASIAN GUIDE YO TAIWANESE FOOD releases next Tues, Sept 16th, 2025!

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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.

Worst Quality Crab - Episode 45: Nancy Jeng and Felicia Liang, Author and Illustrator of A Very Asian Guide to Taiwanese Food, published by Gloo Books. Pictured: Cover to A Very Asian Guide to Taiwanese Food with along with headshots of Nancy Jeng and Felicia Liang.

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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.

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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 · 22/08/2025

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 · 02/06/2025

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!

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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.

On Waverly shop owner Cynthia Huie next to a bowl of shrimp chips. Labels: "Episode 40: Shrimp Chips with Cynthia Huie"

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This episode we pick up the soy sauce/restaurant kid threads with guest Eddie Lo. Now a food professional himself, Eddie talks about growing up in Chinese restaurant and being raised by amazing cooks, including his grandma, who would make him Hong Shao Rou, a braised pork belly dish.

Episode 39: Hong Shao You with Eddie Lo. A deliciously brown looking bowl of braised pork spare ribs sitting in the perfect amount of sauce with a ladle to help you get all the goods.

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

On this episode we’re doing something a little different. In the spirit of March Madness we present to you, March Madness of Chinese Cuisine!

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This episode we’re talking about everyone’s favorite cooking staple and condiment (please don’t @ us if it’s not your fave) soy sauce, with author and illustrator Laura G. Lee who has a new children’s book by the same name.

Author Laura G. Lee's photo with cover to Soy Sauce!

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

On this episode we are delighted to have all-around-knowledgeable-and-thoughtful-food-person, former SF Chronicle food critic, current columnist, and cookbook author @soleilho.com!

Text: Episode 36: Banh Khot with Soleil Ho. Pictured: a plate of delicious banh khot

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This episode we’re joined by cookie maker extraordinaire Amy Wong of Batch 22 Bakery. Lunar New Year might be a little behind us for the year but Amy’s dish, leen goh, is so classic and so beloved we’ll talk about it any time of year.

A plate of sliced leen goh dipped in egg and fried

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

It’s Thanksgiving in February on this episode! We talk with author and coach Tracey Gee about turkey jook, something so beloved by her and her family, and special to our family that we couldn’t dare pass this one up, no matter the time of year.

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Margot S. @meatoseeto.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

So stoked to be part of this on Wednesday! 1/29, 6pm. Live! Free tix! Lunar New Year pizza 🍕! Stickers! 🧧 🐍 🧨

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Oh hey!! It’s out first live episode ever!! Come join us for a special Lunar New Year episode as part of KALW’s Bay Made Showcase. www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-made-s...

KALW BAY MADE SHOWCASE featuring WORST QUALITY CRAB podcast. JANUARY 29th 6pm LIVE & IN PERSON!

LUNAR NEW YEAR PAST & PRESENT
WITH GUESTS: ERIC EHLER - Outta Sight Pizza, MARGOT SEETO - The Dumpling Report, Special Guest DEANNA ULRICH, and Pizza specials from Outta Sight Pizza

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

This episode we’re joined by Vincent Beck, Bay Area creative and street photographer, and it is eggs-cellent! Fluffy eggs-cellent to be exact! He shares his mom’s recipe for iritamago, a sweet and fluffy egg dish served over rice.

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Iritamago — Worst Quality Crab Podcast

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

In this episode we’re joined by Shaun Garcia, husband, father and noodle soup connoisseur about his fave soup and classic Filipino dish, Sinigang. Listen on your fav podcast platform or via the link attached!

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Sinigang — Worst Quality Crab Podcast

In this episode we’re joined by Shaun Garcia, husband, father and noodle soup connoisseur about his fave soup and classic Filipino dish, Sinigang.

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Worst Quality Crab Podcast @worstqualitycrab.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

In a slight deviation in programming, we’re sneaking in at the end of Hispanic Heritage Month with our first non-Asian guest! This episode we bring on long time friend of Freesia’s and #1 WQC super fan Nicole Fox to talk about her childhood fav: chorizo and eggs!

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Chorizo and Eggs — Worst Quality Crab Podcast

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