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Joy Y. Wang

WNYC Culture Producer

Joy Y. Wang covers food and culture for WNYC. In October 2009, she created the weekly WNYC All Things Considered segment, Last Chance Foods. The seasonal food segment features farmers, chefs, and food writers talking about everything from growing asparagus to hunting wild turkey.

Joy also currently serves as the managing editor of Columbia Law School Magazine. She previously worked as the senior editor of AVENUE magazine, one New York City’s oldest and most distinguished society publications. She has also written articles for The Wall Street JournalThe New York Times, Newsweek, and The New York Press.


Joy graduated from New York University with majors in journalism and politics.

Joy Y. Wang appears in the following:

Last Chance Foods: Food In Danger

Friday, May 24, 2013

Ramps are in decline, says Dr. Robert Naczi, a botanist with the New York Botanical Garden. He gives his advice on what not to forage, as well as what can be foraged and how to forage it.

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Food For Thought: Curating Carnivorous Plants

Friday, May 24, 2013

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WNYC's Amy Eddings talks to botanist Robert Naczi and his work identifying carnivorous pitcher plants. Hear about the plant that was named after Dr. Naczi in an exclusive clip.

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Last Chance Foods: The Flax of Life

Friday, May 17, 2013

Registered dietitian Samantha Heller explains why flax is healthy and how flax oil, flaxseeds, and flax meal are different. Try a recipe she recommends for Zucchini, Banana, and Flaxseed Muffins.

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Last Chance Foods: Fishing for Spring

Friday, May 10, 2013

Stephanie Villani of Blue Moon Fish talk about fluke and porgies, which are in season now. Try her easy and quick recipe for battered and pan-fried porgy fillets.

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Last Chance Foods: Studying Mold and Mites at Murray's Cheese

Friday, May 03, 2013

Cave master Brian Ralph of Murray's Cheese Shop and Harvard microbiologist Benjamin Wolfe talk about the molds and mites flavoring the cheese in the caves. Find out what's growing on your cheese.

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Last Chance Foods: From Chicken to Egg

Friday, April 26, 2013

Farmer Annemarie Gero of the Queens County Farm Museum talks about chicken personalities and how to check if an egg has gone bad. Try her grandmother's recipe for a Hungarian casserole of boiled eggs, potatoes, and sour cream.

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60-Second Stir Fry: Dale Talde

Friday, April 05, 2013

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Famed Pork Slope chef Dale Talde put on a game face as my questions came his way, but I detected some flinching when I asked him about his vacation plans this year. He had to repeat the question.  "Vacation plans?"  

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Last Chance Foods: Graze on This

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Stewart Borowsky has been selling wheatgrass at the Union Square farmers market since 1994. He talks about growing it and why you should not throw it in your blender. 

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Last Chance Foods: A New Life for Old Potatoes

Friday, March 22, 2013

Farmer and cookbook author Barbara Damrosch explains how to get a head start on planting and harvesting potatoes. Try her recipe for Peruvian Potatoes.

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Last Chance Foods: Frisée From Florida

Friday, March 15, 2013

Chef Eberhard Müller of Satur Farms talks about growing frisée and farming on both Long Island and in Florida. Try his recipe for frisée salad with apples and blue cheese, walnut-cider vinaigrette. 

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Last Chance Foods: Forget Ramps, Try Cardoons Instead

Friday, March 08, 2013

Chef John Fraser says that although cardoons look like “celery with armor,” beneath that bristly exterior, there hides a delicious spring vegetable. Just be sure to snap on a pair of gloves before you start preparing them.

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Last Chance Foods: On a Mission to Save Kubbeh

Friday, March 01, 2013

Kubbeh, a traditional Jewish-Iraqi comfort food of semolina dumplings simmered in soup, may be in danger of disappearing because it's so labor-intensive to make. To help make sure that doesn't happen, culinary curator Naama Shefi created The Kubbeh Project, a three-week pop-up restaurant that opens today.

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Last Chance Foods: True Grits

Friday, February 22, 2013

The Lee Brothers talk about the resurgence of stone-ground grits and explain why instant grits are so bland. Try a recipe from their new cookbook for shrimp and grits. 

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Last Chance Foods: Go Ahead, Make Ricotta at Home

Friday, February 15, 2013

Chef Peter Berley says that making ricotta at home is both fast and simple. Try his four-ingredient recipe.

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Last Chance Foods: Make Hummus Like a Pro

Friday, February 08, 2013

Food writers Melissa Clark and Deb Perelman talk about peeling chickpeas in pursuit of making the best homemade hummus. Try their recipes and tell us which one you like the best.

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Last Chance Foods: Essential Snow Day Snacking

Thursday, February 07, 2013

Check out a few recipes from past Last Chance Foods that will help keep you warm, entertained and well fed during snowstorm Nemo.

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Last Chance Foods: One Rad Radish

Friday, February 01, 2013

Food writer Cathy Erway talks about the versatile uses of daikon radishes, which are still available at farmers markets. Try her recipe for Daikon Radish Greens Pasta with Seared Daikon Radishes.

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60-Second Stir-Fry: Carolyn Sherman

Friday, January 25, 2013

Carolyn Sherman answers questions about horseradish, starting her own business, and her favorite winter comfort food in this edition of 60-Second Stir-Fry.

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Last Chance Foods: A Family Tradition Built on Horseradish

Friday, January 25, 2013

Carolyn Sherman built a small business based on her father's recipe for horseradish. She talks about working with fresh horseradish root and cooking with the finished product. Try her recipe for Sauteed Whitefish With Citrus or Ginger ISH.

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Last Chance Foods: The Health History of Granola

Friday, January 18, 2013

The Sporkful host Dan Pashman talks about the origins of granola and offers his advice on making your own. Try Slate editor L.V. Anderson's recipe for maple granola. 

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