In this episode, we meet refugee chefs who now call the United States their home. In Milwaukee, Tables Across Borders brings the community together through food with a variety of events that spotlight the talents of refugee chefs. In Missoula, Montana, we meet the founder of Soft Landing Missoula, an...

Join us for a conversation with Manal Kahi, co-founder and CEO of Eat Offbeat, a refugee-driven food company that delivers authentic eats & treats made by refugees who now call New York City home. Manal moved to NYC to pursue a career in environmental affairs, but the Hummus she found...

Hawa Hassan, author, entrepreneur and champion of community, discusses her path from refugee to model to business owner. Says Hassan: "I really double down on being resilient, but also being soft, letting things happen to me, feeling them and then adjusting accordingly. There's something to be said for people who...

We have an incredibly special bilingual interview featuring Arden Lewis, the Executive Chef of Comal Heritage Food Incubator; Erika Rojas, one of the graduates of the program; and Fatima Prieto, Erika’s daughter. Arden, who just relocated from Brooklyn, talks about Comal’s mission, while Erika and Fatima talk about their newly...

Hawa Hassan is the founder and CEO of Basbaas Sauce, a line of condiments inspired by her country of origin, Somalia. Born in the capital city of Mogadishu, Hawa came to the U.S. as a refugee at the age of 7. After a successful career as a model, Hawa started...

In our first episode of Season 5, we’re joined by Saigon-born Henry Trieu, chef and founder of Falansai. Henry came to the US as a refugee and worked in restaurants spanning French, Chinese, & Vietnamese cuisine before opening Falansai in Bushwick, where he makes globally-influenced Vietnamese street food under a...

Laos-born Seng Luangrath is the chef and owner of Thip Khao, Washington D.C.’s first Lao restaurant. Chef Seng fled Laos as a refugee with her family during the Vietnam and learned to cook from her Lao neighbors as a child at a refugee camp in Thailand. After decades of suppressing...

On the second episode of Food Without Borders, Sari is joined in studio by Manal Kahi. She's the founder of Eat Offbeat, a catering company staffed by refugees chefs who prepare recipes they've carried with them from their native countries -- places like Syria, Nepal, Eritrea, and Iraq. The unique...

Tune in as Feast Yr Ears kicks off its second season! Guest Kathryn Mahoney has been an aid/relief worker for more than a decade, from Sudan to Haiti she has lived in the places most of us just read about, during many of the hardest disasters the world has seen...

McKenzie Funk is one of the founding members of the journalism collective Deca. Since 2000, his reporting has taken him all over the United States and to dozens of countries on six continents. A National Magazine Award finalist and former Knight-Wallace Fellow, he won the Oakes Prize for Environmental Journalism...