Comedian Hari Kondabolu talks about his mother's dark humor and out-of-this-world peanut chutney.

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Uzo Aduba's mom had a special knack for creating food and family rituals that helped a little girl who grew up as an outsider become one of America's most celebrated actresses.

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Andy García tells Michele about growing up among Cuban exiles in Miami, where the talk—and the transcendent food—was always of home.

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As guest Conan O'Brien says of his family kitchen, "If I'm a clay pot, this is the kiln where I got baked. This is where it all happened."

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For screen and theater star Matthew Broderick, who grew up among artists and actors, the kitchen was center stage for family drama.

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Kerry Washington opens up about her new memoir, "Thicker than Water," the importance of a kitchen in the Catskills, and how a pit stop in India changed her life and career.