jidan and me
Soundtrack: “Chinese New Year” by Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics from Inspiration Information 3
In the latest issue of Hyphen magazine (“Inside/Outside”) my partner, Jidan, and I contributed an essay/recipe (and Jidan illustrated directions for making our dish) about our version of jung (also called “zongzi”)–a simple, balanced and complete meal of rice, protein, and vegetables wrapped in bamboo leaves. For our engagement party, we created Afro-Asian jung to symbolize our union: healthy, scrumptious, and made in the spirit of unifying our two cultures. The new issue is on newsstands, and you can read the piece here. (I just noticed that the editors did not include the quantities of the ingredients with the online piece. Guess you have to pick up a print copy.) Cinematographer Khamisi Norwood filmed a video of us making the recipe in our home kitchen that will debut online in the near future.
