episode 148 "The Vanishing Kodavas" Mushrooms & Monsoons With Kaveri Ponnapa Introduction Hello and welcome to the February episode of The Storied Recipe. I’m here today with an episode that was well worth waiting for.Kaveri Ponnapa wrote The Vanishing Kodavas - a deep cultural study of her people group who were devoted, above all else, to the rolling hills and deep, dense forests of their land, Kodagu. The origins of this remote &...

episode 147 2023 Update: Why It's Been So Quiet Around Here + What's to Come Introduction Three important things for you to know about the podcast in 2023.... PLUS , my interview with Christine Pittman on her Recipe of the Day Podcast. We talk a lot about our mutual passion for podcasting and why I hope to be doing this for a long time! Important Links Read all the details about why I'm making these changes (and what I hope to accomplish) here: Changes to The Storied Recipe in 2023. ...

episode 147 Christmas in Norway Christmas Around the World Mini Series, Ep 05 Introduction Welcome back to the Christmas Around the World Series! This began with a post you can find on The Storied Recipe website. The post is titled Christmas DESSERTS Around the World and it’s crowdsourced by The Storied Recipe Community (show  notes). As people shared their cherished Christmas recipes and the memories surrounding them, I really wanted to hear...

episode 146 Christmas in South Africa Christmas Around the World Mini Series, Ep 04 Introduction Welcome to the fourth episode of the Christmas Around the World mini-series. The idea for this series came from the crowdsourced post Christmas Desserts Around the World. After a couple dozen listeners shared the nostalgic, traditional desserts from the Christmases of their childhood, I found I wanted to learn more about the unique ways Christmas is celebrated in various cultures around the...

episode 145 Christmas in France Christmas Around the World Mini Series, Ep 03 Introduction Welcome to the third episode of the Christmas Around the World mini-series. The idea for this series came from the crowdsourced post Christmas Desserts Around the World. After a couple dozen listeners shared the nostalgic, traditional desserts from the Christmases of their childhood, I found I wanted to learn more about the unique ways Christmas is celebrated in various cultures around the world. This...

episode 144 Christmas in Alicante Christmas Around the World Mini Series, Ep 02 Christmas in Alicante with Mar Lozano Today, I’m welcoming Mar from the Alicante region of Spain to the podcast. Mar comes from a super traditional small town in Spain, just a 15 minute drive from the coast, where you could even visit the beach on a typical balmy Christmas Day. One of the most fascinating parts of this interview is the contrast between the traditions of this very small Catholic town and the way...

episode 143 Christmas in Palestine Christmas Around the World Mini Series, Ep 01 Introduction Welcome to the first episode of the Christmas Around the World mini-series. The idea for this series came from the crowdsourced post Christmas Desserts Around the World. After a couple dozen listeners shared the nostalgic, traditional desserts from the Christmases of their childhood, I found I wanted to learn more about the unique ways Christmas is celebrated in various cultures around the world....

episode 142 The Gratitude Episode 36 Testimonies to Cultivate the Thanksgiving Spirit Welcome & Introduction Thanksgiving is genuinely my favorite holiday. I love preparing for a home full of hungry guests! But in years past, I've often felt a bit of a disconnect when preparing for Thanksgiving celebrations. When expending so much effort cooking, cleaning, and prepping at this time of year, it's easy forget that the true meaning of Thanksgiving is.. well, to be thankful! So this year,...

episode 141 Why This Iranian Revolution Can Succeed with Swarnika & Saied Introduction Most of us have heard that the current revolution in Iran began with death of Mahsa Amini, who was beaten to death for not wearing the hijab in accordance with the regime’s morality laws. But did you know her name was Jina? When Jina was born, her parents were required to seek permission to name her Jina. The name was not allowed. So, they chose Mahsa as her official name and called her Jina at...

episode 140 Habibi, What’s Cooking? Sfouf! With Amale Chamseddine Introduction Hi listeners! So glad to have you join me today to learn all about Sfouf, the recipe contributed by today’s guest, Amale Chamseddine of Habibi What’s Cooking! Now, sfouf is a gorgeous golden Lebanese cake that’s very easy and quick to make. In Lebanon, Amale and her family would just buy Sfouf from the famous Lebanese bakeries, where it is made daily. When Amale was still a child, however, the prime minister of...

episode 139 One in 6 Million Refugees: A Venezuelan Story with Anonymous Introduction Over 6 million Venezuelan refugees are currently seeking asylum around the world. In September, between 1400 and 1600 fled PER DAY. Today we’ll hear the story of an anonymous guest, who gained asylum in the US 4 years ago. She is speaking anonymously because the government there is so repressive - so controlling (you’ll hear how she was threatened to lose all...

episode 139 The 5 Days of Diwali! with Lopamudra Mishra Introduction I’ve never celebrated Diwali in my life but when I think of Diwali, I smile. Why? - because for years now, I’ve seen friends in the food world celebrate Diwali and their celebrations just exude excitement. When I planned out episodes way back in the beginning of 2022, I was adamant that in October, I would learn more about the origins and traditions of Diwali.  Today, thanks...

episode 138 What is Ancestral Eating? Introduction Alison of Ancestral Kitchen speaks to us today from a tiny little flat outside Florence, Italy, that overlooks the land that grows and sustains her food. From there, she cooks for her family and develops resources for the rest of us on how to eat  ancestrally. For Alison, food has been the catalyst for just about everything in her life. As a child, she turned to food when she felt, deep in her soul, that she was not home. In her very early...

episode 137 Chosen for This? Special Needs, Seizures, and Keto Living with HUWE1 with Elizabeth Coulter Introduction Today's guest, Elizabeth is mother to 4 very young children. Her oldest, Louie, was born with a genetic condition so rare that he was only the 12th person in the world diagnosed with it. Not only that, but the mutation was "De Novo" - Latin for "in the beginning", meaning that this genetic disorder did not come Elizabeth and her...

episode 136 Honoring the Women of Palestine Introduction Today, I'm welcoming Mai of Almond & Fig to the podcast so that, together, we can all honor Mai's grandmother, her beloved Teta.Mai’s grandmother was born in Palestine long before 1948, when the international community took it upon themselves to declare that parts of her Palestine as the new nation of Israel. She was a young woman when she saw the suffering of 1967, and already a...

episode 133 The Diversity of Kazakhstan With Marina Lukyanchuk Introduction Have you ever thought about the stories right there in your own neighborhood, on your own street, in the homes up and down the block where you live? Where Marina was raised, there were Koreans, Germans, Russians, Ukrainians, Persians, and the indigenous people as well - not Native Americans, because Marina wasn’t raised in America. Instead, she was raised in...

A Christmas Episode is Coming... and I Need YOUR Story I was looking over show statistics this week and noticed two things. First, a big thanks - I noticed LOTS of growth over the last 6 months (although the last two months have been slow, so please, keep sharing your favorite episodes!!!). Also, I noticed that the Thanksgiving rerun episode was super, super popular - actually even more so than the original! So!!! I thought it was time to pull together an episode I've been thinking about for...

episode 133 Sunset, Moonlight, Cassava & Community with Sophie Musoki of A Kitchen in Uganda Introduction Welcoming Sophie to the podcast today. She’s speaking with us from Uganda, where she writes the blog A Kitchen in Uganda and hosts a podcast titled Our Food Stories. Sophie takes us with her to the communal gatherings she enjoyed by sunset and moonlight at the communal pestle, where women took turns pounding cassava, prepared dinner,...

episode 132 All About Appalachia Lauren of Must Love Herbs Introduction So happy to welcome the utterly delightful Lauren of Must Love Herbs to the podcast today. Lauren is going to speak to an idea that I don’t broach quite enough in this podcast, which is the fact that the US itself has many distinct subcultures: Appalachia (or - properly said, Appa - LATCH- a) is one of those subcultures with its own geography, heritage, music, accents,...

episode 131 A Bold, Brave Tour of Indian & Beyond with Dyutima Jha Introduction Excited to introduce you today (although she needs no introduction in the food photography circles) to Dyutima Jha, the energetic, positive, and professional woman behind the My Food Lens podcast. Dyutima was born and raised by a schoolteacher mother (who also happened to be a radically experimental and wonderful cook) and a neurologist father. Because her...

episode 130 A Sacrificial Lamb (Literally) & A Critique of the West with Saima Ateeq Introduction I reached out to Saima for an interview because I have noticed Saima often achieves the difficult balance of being unfailingly kind, gracious, and encouraging to others while unflinchingly frank in her opinions on many topics of great import. It’s so difficult to do both at the same time, but when someone does so successfully, that is exactly...

episode 129 Mariupol: Summer Memories, Besieged Warfare, & the Future of Ukraine With Olia Koutseridi Introduction Olia spent summers in Mariupol, dashing through the massive food markets, eating dried fish with her grandparents, and picnicking on the beaches alongside tourists from around the world, including Russians. However, in 2014 those neighbors mounted siege after siege upon Mariupol. The rounds of assault and resistance became so...

episode 128 The US has 90,000 Miles of Shoreline. So Why Does It Import the Majority of Its Seafood? Introduction Why does the US have 90,000 miles of shoreline yet import the majority of its most of seafood? My guest today is Craig Fear. He’s an author of 3 soup cookbooks, blogger at Fearless Eating, and a board member of the New England-based seafood non-profit, Eating with the Ecosystem, which promotes a place-based approach to consuming seafood. Craig fell in love with soups during his...

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episode 126 Why Taiwan Is Not "Chinese Taipei" with Yone of Flavour Journey Introduction I reached out to Yone because she shares such interesting stories about the flavors and ingredients she finds in the markets of Taipei… and because she’s willing to speak openly about the current pressures and threats on the Taiwanese, which is something I wanted to learn more about. It wasn’t until after I started to research for this interview that I...