February 8, 2024

The Culture Show Podcast · Feb 8, 2024 · 49m

For Nadia Liu Spellman and her mother Sally Ling, food is family.

Sally Ling is behind one of the first fine dining Chinese restaurants in America. Her famed spot, named Sally Ling’s was a fixture in Boston, where celebrities like Julia Child and Yo-Yo Ma would feast. As an investment banker, Ling’s daughter Nadia Liu Spellman came to realize she couldn’t leave the family business, or that it wouldn’t leave her. Ten years ago she launched Dumpling Daughter, which now has several locations in and around Boston. They join us to talk about how cuisine and culture are intertwined and how all of…