From Difference to Connection
Bod Griffiths, founder of Vale House Kitchen, joins cross-cultural advocate and author Yang-May Ooi to talk about leaving his big city job to teach traditional ways of preparing and cooking food. Going fishing as a boy with his grandfather gave him a respect for the old ways of seeking out and tracking the food we... Continue Reading →
Friends gather for dinner at Moya, an Eastern European restaurant in Oxford, all British but from an international background. Stories flow and talk turns to favourite foods from home. Cross-cultural advocate and author, Yang-May Ooi, invites you to listen in on the conversation round that table as her friends ask her what is her favourite... Continue Reading →
Yang-May Ooi, cross-cultural advocate and author, shares another vignette from her dinner with an international mix of friends the other evening about their favourite foods from home. A menu item evokes the history of East Germany, Unification and an individual story of migration and connection to one’s roots. A Taste of East Germany -- Eight... Continue Reading →
Cross-cultural advocate and author, Yang-May Ooi, introduces her new project Belonging Across Cultures with a story of her own mistaken assumption that led her to stereotyping a friend. How can we learn more about ourselves - and about other people in a way that connects us beyond obvious and unhelpful assumptions? Join her on this... Continue Reading →
