C Pam Zhang on LAND OF MILK AND HONEY

Published: Sept. 26, 2023, 10 a.m.

\u201cIt really illuminates these questions of privilege and pleasure, and what kind of joy we can look forward to in the human experience as things continue to get worse.\u201d

In a world facing food scarcity and limited resources, a young chef enters a world of allure, privilege, abundance (and their consequences) in\xa0Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang. Zhang joins us to talk about the mythology of the worlds she creates, the secret to great food writing, the politics of privilege and pleasure and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.\u202f\u202f

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.\u202f\xa0

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Featured Books (Episode):\xa0

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang\xa0

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang\xa0

The Lover by Marguerite Duras\xa0

Provence, 1970 by Luke Barr\xa0

Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blach\xe9\xa0

H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald\xa0