Food can be a powerful way to link ourselves back to our culture and family and the dishes that we love the most usually aren’t the fancy restaurant dishes. They are the ones we grew up with, which are steeped in childhood nostalgia. For me, that one unforgettable dish is tsampa.
Driven by a current of organic and sustainable eating, more families now opt for the “grow-your-own” trend, where people take on backyard farming, urban farming, gardening, even going as far as cultivating a plot of land in the countryside.
Unsatisfied with what she found on the food media landscape, Lauren Z took things into her own hands and created Savour, a WeChat official account that serves as a weekly digest about food and the stories behind them.