The Korean Vegan with Joanne Molinaro

Hurdling Language Barriers.

The Korean Vegan with Joanne Molinaro

Show Notes

"I sometimes wonder what would have happened had my father not insisted on teaching me to read and write in Korean. What would have happened if I hadn't gone vegan, started The Korean Vegan, begun peeling back the layers of my family's history?

Where would I be if I'd kept those stories to myself?

I rattle the chain between my hands. Let the weight of the horseshoes settle against my palms."

New York Times best-selling author and James Beard Award-winner, Joanne Molinaro, celebrates her mom, Sunny, on the occasion of her 75th birthday, and reflects on language barriers and bridges.

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