Best of Proof: My Father, the YouTube Star

Proof

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Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In the last 'Best of Proof' episode of the year, we bring you a story from 2021 that gives new meaning to the question: How did host Kevin Pang's father end up becoming an unlikely YouTube star? Today, the duo are the stars of Hunger Pangs and authors of A Very Chinese Cookbook, but it didn't start out that way. Want to try a Pang family recipe? Check out this sticky, crispy spare rib recipe. Get a 14-day free trial for an America’s Test Kitchen digital subscription at atkpodcast.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, it's Kevin Payne.
0:02.6	We're getting ready for season 15 of Proof, and this week we're re-bricasting one of our
0:06.9	all-time favorite episodes, well, a favorite episode for me anyway.
0:13.8	This was first aired in December 2021 called My Father the YouTube Star.
0:19.5	It's a story about how my dad became this quasi-youtube sensation with his Chinese cooking
0:25.7	channel.
0:26.7	Now, before we get to this episode, like Spoiler, the two of us have since written a cookbook
0:31.4	together.
0:32.4	It's called a very Chinese cookbook.
0:34.8	It came out this week.
0:36.2	Yes, you can find it in bookstores right now.
0:39.0	And this book exists solely because of what you're about to hear.
0:44.0	So here we go.
0:45.0	Thanks for listening.
0:46.0	This is My Father the YouTube Star.
0:50.0	Alright Proof listeners, Kevin Payne here.
0:55.2	This week for a change, it's story time from yours truly.
1:00.6	It's June of 2012, and my dad sent me an email that would change our family.
1:07.2	The subject line read, Forward, Jeffrey Peng sent you a video.
1:12.2	You know what happens when relatives forward you emails, right?
1:15.6	You ignore it.
1:16.6	Well, I did too.
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