Podcast: Food and Politics

For this recent @sifa_sg podcast on food and politics, Cheryl Ho was in conversation with Anna Santomauro @annasantomauro83 and Annie Jael Kwan @alikati

An intellectual inquiry into community and collaboration with organisation, ArtsCatalyst (UK), and artist network, Asia-Art-Activism (UK / Asia). Curators Anna Santomauro and Annie Jael Kwan share knowledge on the organisational capacities of the arts to tackle global ecological issues.

The conversation also uses food as an entry point to larger social, economic and environmental concerns. Whether it’s over a potluck or a Zoom-luck, how can we continue to increase our understanding of other cultures? Can art offer productive tools to sustain communities and the climate?

ArtsCatalyst @artscatalyst is an organisation that works across art, science and technology to produce new art exhibitions, events, and publications.

#food#politics#worldwidewontons#transnational#heritage#adaptation#memory#solidarity

Miles’ Chicken Karaage Sandwich Recipe

I recently started a food instagram (@pockyfullofsunshine) during quarantine to document my cooking journey and have been pleasantly surprised to find a thriving little community of foodies. One account I follow (@umamigirlblog) had this really nice ASMR video on how to make chicken karaage. After making it the first time, eating it with rice and cabbage, I had an idea to try to make a sandwich. I was inspired by a childhood favorite fried chicken sandwich from Bakesale Betty in Oakland, California and wanted to make a Japanese American version of it. It turned out pretty good!

 
Ingredients for chicken:
Boneless chicken thighs
Ginger
Garlic
Soy sauce
Sake
Potato starch

Ingredients for cabbage slaw:
Cabbage
Red onion
Green onion
Parsley
Serranos
Lemon juice
Salt
A neutral oil (like avocado oil)
Sesame oil
Rice wine vinegar (optional)

Ingredients for sandwich:
Japanese white bread (or experiment with whatever bread you like)
Kewpie mayo
Hot sauce (optional)

1) Cut chicken thighs into cubes and marinate in grated ginger, grated garlic, and soy sauce and sake in a 2:1 ratio for 20 minutes.

2) While that’s marinating, you can start heating your oil and making your cabbage slaw.

3) For the slaw, finely chop green cabbage, thinly slice red onion, chop green onion, finely dice parsley, and dice serranos.

4) Add lemon juice, a neutral oil like avocado oil, lots of salt to taste, a tiny dash of sesame oil, and maybe a dash of rice wine vinegar. Just keep adding and tasting. The lemon, salt, and neutral oil are most important to bring it together.

5) Once chicken is done marinating, coat in potato starch, shake a bit to let go of excess, and fry for 5-7 minutes.

6) Assemble your sandwich! I like to spread kewpie on both slices first, maybe some hot sauce as well, then layer on slaw and then chicken.

7) Send pics to @pockyfullofsunshine on instagram hehehe…

Miles Ginoza is a music writer and DJ based in California. He is invested in exploring the emotional experience of music. How do we listen to music? What do we learn from it? What emotions do we process through listening to it? By sharing his reflections, he hopes to spark curiosity and encourage others to do the same.