On this week's show, Zarela & Aarón welcome Sagrario Cruz Carretero to explore the history and cultural legacy of Afro-Mexican cuisine. First, they set the stage with some context about the past and present demographics of African immigration to Mexico. Sagrario shares her personal story of how a trip to...

Conversations ranging from green tea and boba to culture and identity

This episode features Coral Lee, Food52 Podcast Network’s Producer. For this conversation, she is on the other side of the mic sharing a deeply personal story of the cake that encapsulates her grandmother’s communal table. Coral explores the nature of intimacy, her hyphenated identity as an Asian-American, as well as...

Leche flan became Giselle Krachenfels’ favorite dessert both because it was delicious and because it connected her with Filipino culture. Having mixed heritage, Giselle felt the need to prove her Filipino identity and leche flan became a way to do just that. Except that she couldn’t get the recipe right...

This week we welcome the talented and charming Edy Massiah, chef and owner of Edy’s Grocer in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Edy talks with us about his early life as a boy in Lebanon, and his love for Lebanese cuisine which he pays beautiful homage to at the grocer. We talk about...

This entire year has been one huge change after another, forcing us all to take a deeper look at how we used to live and wonder what the future holds. Our stories this week explore how society is rapidly changing before our eyes. Dylan Heuer looks at how Covid-19 is...

Hello friends. On today’s show we are joined by Chef Eli Sussman. Eli is the author of 4 cookbooks, a board member of Share our Strength, and the Chef/ Owner of the recently closed Samesa, which had multiple locations throughout NYC. He joins us to discuss the multitude of emotions...

Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Tapiwa Guzha. Founder of Tapi Tapi, producing handcrafted ice cream, inspired by the unique flavors of African ingredients. Based in Cape Town, Tapiwa's work is focused on rehabilitation of the collective African esteem around cultural identity, within and beyond food. “In part, Tapi...

This week, on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Alaskan food and culture writer Julia O’Malley. Todd and Julia dive into what makes Alaskan food culture so unique and how it helps define Alaskan identity. As always, Julia shares her Julia Moment. Photo Courtesy of Nathaniel Wilder Inside Julia's...

A conversation with Mukta Das. Following her studies of both Chinese and Indian history at SOAS, Mukta Das’s research interests have continued to exist at this intersection of South and East Asian cuisine and culture. Mukta has been following a group of South Asians who have adopted Cantonese cities and...