We are grateful to have you at our virtual table where we center food as connection, storytelling as medicine, and pleasure as resistance! Grab a plate because we are diving right in!

This episode features Eric Abel Esquivel-Gutierrez (any pronoun with respect). Eric is an Actor, Teaching Artist and Health Educator reborn and currently based in Oakland, CA. He is knowledgeable in creating safe, nonjudgmental and fun spaces where human beings of all ages can connect and learn from one another. For the past eleven years Eric has worked with various Bay Area youth-centered organizations using theatre arts and music creation to engage students in a myriad of health-related topics. He is also passionate about using himself to bring stories to life onstage.

Eric shares his Grandmother Natalie’s soup recipe that is a truly versatile dish you can enjoy when you want something hearty and flavorful. This soup brings together various spices and herbs to help warm up the body and get your kitchen smelling amazing. Get Eric’s full recipe here.

Through Eric’s stories and reflections we learn about what it was like growing up as a kid who loves art, performance, and making music, and how art culture continues to shape him into a teaching artist who is dedicated to spreading the message of community love and personal power through theatre, movement, and conversations. Eric’s journey is a beautiful example of being Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla (not from here or there) and how living at life’s many intersections of culture and identity can be messy and joyful.

About this podcast: Each episode of This American Rice features one of our favorite co-conspirators who will share personal stories about the (sometimes messy) intersections of culture and identity, personal practices, and a delicious recipe we can all enjoy together. By sharing these simplest of pleasures we are weeding out the legacy of manifest destiny.

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Episode Music from Pixabay:

Together Forever, Anton Vlasov

Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ

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