A Mexi-Jewish, Trini-Filipino Birthday Feast in Queens
Two families raising their daughters to be adventurous eaters.
Category: Food In 2 Worlds
Maria Cano and Auria Abraham: Creating a Legacy for the Next Generation
Part of a series of conversations between women food professionals of different generations.
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Rawia Bishara and Ousila Rafai: Serving Up a Labor of Love
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Callaloo and Collard Greens: Caribbean Women Farm Central Brooklyn
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Beatrice Ughi and Eileen Formanes: Passion for Food Becomes a Profession
A conversation between women food entrepreneurs from different generations.
Schooled by Their Mothers, These Men Carry On Family Recipes
More great stories from the hosts of About Men radio.
For This Indian-Japanese Family, World Food Is Their Oyster
Part of our series on culture-crossing kitchens.
Cooking the Faith: A Buddhist Feast of Nonviolence
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Bronx Stories – Keeping Meat on the Table and Honoring Mom
For two guys who grew up in The Bronx, hearty meat dishes they learned from women in their families connect them to their immigrant roots. John O’Connell and Richard Rodriguez are both hosts for About Men Radio.
O’Connell, the youngest of four boys, makes Irish beef stew, a recipe handed down from his grandmother to his mother, and then to him. “Actually when I think about Ireland,” he says, “I think about the potato famine. Most of the Irish dishes have potatoes. So my Irish stew is loaded with potatoes and onions.”
For O’Connell, learning how to make this dish became a test to see if he was ready to leave his childhood home to live on his own. Here is his story, produced with the help of our friends at Cowbird. It’s called “If I can make that, maybe they’ll ease off.”
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View more in this series Schooled By Their Mothers, These Men Carry on Family Recipes
For Richard Rodriguez sitting down to a family meal is a “sacred time.” Rodriguez, whose parents came from Puerto Rico, remembers Sunday dinners at his grandparents’ house of roast pork, rice and beans. Now he cooks for his own children and has taught them how to make some dishes. His story is called “Let those spices do their job.”
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