"Your Mama's Kitchen" transcript: Episode 18
Beloved actor George Takei opens up about being forced into US internment camps as a child during World War II, the birth of Star Trek, and, quite literally, his Japanese culinary roots.
Beloved actor George Takei opens up about being forced into US internment camps as a child during World War II, the birth of Star Trek, and, quite literally, his Japanese culinary roots.
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Grammy-award-winning singer, songwriter, and composer Jon Batiste talks freedom, family, and mouth-watering bowls of his mama's New Orleans-style gumbo.
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"Salt Fat Acid Heat" chef Samin Nosrat tells Michele about her favorite lemony, sour, and Iranian flavors that sprang from her family kitchen.
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Wilco frontman and bestselling author Jeff Tweedy opens up in an honest conversation about addiction, the work of undoing unhealthy patterns, and a family recipe so good it's known simply as The Dish.
What did "The Omnivore's Dilemma" author Michael Pollan eat growing up? Garden-fresh produce, his mom's gourmet cooking, and Chicken Kiev.
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In this conversation, we reach back to Al Roker’s childhood in Queens, where his mama cooked for a big family on a tight budget out of a tiny kitchen. Her recipe for Jamaican Oxtail Stew still makes Al swoon.
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Comedian Hari Kondabolu talks about his mother's dark humor and out-of-this-world peanut chutney.