FatBoy Zine Issue 6: Multi-Heritage. Together, Not Apart

FatBoy Zine is a self-proclaimed greedy attempt to document Asian food and identity. Released annually, each issue focuses on a specific theme—either a particular place or a larger, more abstract concept. FatBoy interviews artists and chefs, and commissions writers and artists to help bring each issue to life. Recipes feature alongside each issue, though the team behind it is ever-changing in order to properly represent each theme.

For issue 6, exploring the theme Multi-Heritage: Together, Not Apart, FatBoy Zine speaks to sculptor and artist Hannah Lim, who uses the design style chinoiserie to explore the balance of European and Asian culture; Ramael Scully, head chef and owner of Scully St. James, who uses his diverse heritage to create incredible food; Christina Chan, owner of Choy Division Farm, an upstate New York farm that specializes in growing Asian vegetables in the US; and Chef Abby Lee of Mambow, one of London’s most successful restaurants.

The recipes in this issue can arguably be explained as having multi-heritage—using ingredients or techniques that are a result of migration but are now considered true to the culture that embraced them.