Bay Made Showcase: Worst Quality Crab - Lunar New Year, Past & Present

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025  6pm - 7:30pm

Location

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Details

Experience a live taping of the Asian American food culture podcast Worst Quality Crab at KALW’s Live Events Studio at 220 Montgomery St. in Downtown San Francisco.

Hosts Freesia & Samson Lee are joined by Margot Seeto of The Dumpling Report, Eric Ehler of Outta Sight Pizza, and Deanna Ulrich to lead a discussion of childhood experiences celebrating Lunar New Year and the traditions people hold today.

Be sure to tune into Bay Made on KALW 91.7 FM the week of Jan. 27 at 11:30 AM to hear selections from Worst Quality Crab.

Freesia and Samson Lee are the literal mom & pop duo behind Worst Quality Crab. Freesia is a 5th generation San Franciscan, occasional leadership & life coach, and does all things press-related for the Asian Art Museum. Samson is originally from New York, still quietly clings onto his East Coast bias, and has worked in the Ad-Tech industry for many, many years. When not working or podcasting, they are trying to cultivate food traditions new and old with their three young daughters.

Margot Seeto is a freelance writer from San Francisco, who has since called many cities and countries home. She first cut her journalistic teeth at the Honolulu Weekly, and has since written for Thrillist, SFGATE, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, The Bold Italic, An Injustice!, FLUX magazine, go! airlines innov8 in-flight magazine, Contrast, Lei Chic, The Hawai‘i Independent, the City and County of Honolulu, Hallowbaloo Music + Arts Festival, Seattle’s The International Examiner, and was music editor of Hyphen magazine. She was also a writing tutor for Sydney Story Factory, one of 826 Valencia’s Australian sister organizations.

Eric Ehler is a chef based in San Francisco, California. Adopted from Korea into rural Iowa, Eric grew up loving food, mainly midwest comfort and his local Chinese take outs. Inspired to become a chef and learn more about his Asian heritage, Eric came to San Francisco. Over the past decade, Eric has cooked everything from Korean street food to classic French to Michelin starred Chinese dining.Eric loves the finesse of fine dining, but his favorite foods will always be take out and pizza. On his days off you can find him skateboarding or biking the City.

Deanna Ulrich has lived in San Francisco for 10 years as a creative, a mover, and now a new dog mom. She maintains a strong yearning for Martin’s Potato Rolls.

There is a $10 - $20 sliding scale suggested donation for this event. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Thank you for supporting engaged, informed community events, made by the Bay, for the Bay.

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220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI
Doors open at 5:00
Program begins at 6:00
Free snacks
Refreshments for donation (and KALW members get their first one on the house)
The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want

Please note:

• The event space is just to the left of the main entrance to the Mills Building at 220 Montgomery Street
• We recommend taking BART/MUNI, exiting at Montgomery, and walking two blocks north
• Ride-shares can drop off and pick up directly in front of the venue
• If you drive, there are several garages within two blocks of the event location