What Will The Closure of Wet Markets Mean For Global Culinary Culture?

You’ve heard a lot about wet markets during the coronavirus pandemic, but what exactly *are* they? What would their closure mean for global culinary cultures, and the people whose lives depend on them for food? And why is it our own meat processing facilities — which are massive outbreak hubs with countless human rights violations — are not under the same scrutiny and threat?

Today we chat with with Elaine Chan, a Hong Kong-born food entrepreneur of Pearl River Deli in Los Angeles, getting her global perspective on this issue and beyond. We sipped on some CBD cocktails and chatted wet markets, politics, and the future of restaurants.

eat, travelKrista SimmonsMay 15, 2020wet market, culinary culture, culinary travel, hong kong, china, chinese food, markets, farmers marketsComment