In this episode, the world of dumplings and cannabis collide! I sit down with Chef Wendy Zeng to chat about dumplings, spicy dipping sauces, the French press infusion method, and navigating our Asian immigrant identity with food. Follow Wendy Zeng on IG @wenyerhungry.

Recipe: Pork Ginger Dumplings | Includes complete steps from much flower to use, the time and temp to infuse to make a sesame dipping sauce.

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Timestamps:

0:20 - A chef’s secret to making dumplings

1:30 - What type of dumpling wrappers to use?

3:26 - Discussing our Chinese immigrant cultural identity

4:10 - Wendy: About growing up in Sichuan, China

5:40 - Wendy: On moving from Sichuan to Nashville, Tennessee

8:07 - On identity and not fitting in

10:07 - About Mogu Magu, an AAPI culture, food, and cannabis collective

10:45 - Representation matters

11:40 - Cannabis’ roots in Chinese healing plant medicines

12:00 - How being an immigrant shapes our perspective of food

13:04 - Wendy’s mind-blowing dumpling sauce technique

17:10 - How to dose at a dinner party… and drizzle!

20:47 - French press infusion method

26:10 - What’s the liquid and solids separated at the bottom of cannabutter?

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