Anda Fabrig and Family Food Cultures, Making Food Inclusive, and Joyful Chocolate Rice.

In Episode 3 of Season 2, the beautiful and brilliant Anda Fabrig (She/Her/Siya) joins us at the Food Stories kitchen table for a fascinating chat. Anda is queer Filipina educator and a diversity, equity, and inclusion specialist in Mohkinstsis (Calgary, AB). She holds a BA in Communications and a BEd in inclusive education. Anda works as an anti-oppressive and anti-racist consultant and educator, working alongside adults to create equitable spaces. Anda and I discuss her diverse food background growing up in Filipino/Italian household, the incredible food that surrounded her from both sides of her family, growing up with serious food allergies, and creating empathetic conversations through collective care, food, joy, and activism. Combining her lived intersectional experience with her formal education, she engages in trauma-informed practices to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for learning. Good does more good!Content warning: This episode contains discussion around internal racism.The Conversation, by Robert LivingstonDo Better, by Rachel RicketsThe works of Kai Cheng ThomWalls Down CollectiveShades of HumanityQueer Education FoundationAnda's Mom's Chocolate Rice4 3/4 to 5 cups water1 cup sweet rice2 tbsp cocoa4 tbsp sugar to tasteMethodBoil water and add rice. Keep stirring while cooking. Add cocoa and sugar and cook on low heat til it thickens. Evaporated milk on top to serve.