The Makers
The Williams-Scalises
Sarah was born in South Korea & adopted at 5 months old. Being raised in Upstate NY meant that the population was predominately white. Her parents enrolled her into 2 Korean culture camps until she was 11 to help her learn and appreciate the country and culture she was born into. Both camps taught her the basics like Taekwondo, how to write her name in Korean, fan dancing, & of course... DUMPLINGS! (FACT: Korean dumplings are called mandu.)
Nate grew up outside of Pittsburgh in an Italian-Polish family & has fond memories of gathering at a table with his family to eat pierogies (basically, a Polish dumpling).
By sharing mandu with the community, we are giving folks a taste of Korea, in many instances, for the first time. We hope that the story rolls the beauty of adoption, cultural similarities, & deliciousness into one lil’ dump that’s cute AF.