Author: Davia Nelson, Nikki Silva
Narrator: Frances McDormand, Alice L. Waters
Abridged: 3 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: 10/21/2005
Genre: Cooking - Essays
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. –James BeardThe saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio, NASCAR kitchens tucked away in the crew pits at race tracks, the story of an unexpected kitchen—the George Foreman Grill—these stories and more from Hidden Kitchens, the popular and highly acclaimed radio series on NPR's morning edition, is now being released on a 3 CD set based on the new book Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes & More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters.Produced by the Peabody Award winning radio team, The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva, (creators of NPR's Lost & Found Sound and The Sonic Memorial Project) with Jay Allison, Hidden Kitchens explores the world of street corner cooking, kitchen traditions and visionaries, and how communities come together through food. These stories of secret, underground, unofficial and off the radar kitchens come alive in these sound rich stories full of an array of voices, music, and archival audio that capture a strong sense of place and time—stories that travel the country chronicling kitchen cultures past and present.Hundreds of listeners called the NPR Hidden Kitchens Hotline with intriguing messages and hot tips about underground kitchens at nuclear test sites, secret civil rights kitchen, family recipes and more. Many of these funny, passionate and poignant messages are featured on this beautifully crafted, richly layered audio edition.
Calvin Trillin is America’s funniest food writer. He is passionate about good cooking-not haute cuisine but genuine good food.
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Food is our common ground, a universal experience. –James BeardThe saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio, NASCAR kitchens tucked away in the crew pits at race tracks, the story of an unexpected kitchen—the George Foreman Gril...
Celebrated chef Mike Stevenson’s cookbook uses the universal language of food to draw in women and men from all walks of life to the Table of Love & Relationships. With the adour of amazing food recipes and enticing relationship treats and wis...
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. –James BeardThe saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio, NASCAR kitchens tucked away in the crew pits at race tracks, the story of an unexpected kitchen—the George Foreman Gril...
Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow...
Musings on food, society and life from one of the country's best loved foodies. Includes bonus material exclusive to the audiobook. "Are you hungry darling, shall I make you an omelette?"My mother's omelettes are slightly overdone but always genero...
Throughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm, accomplishme...
“A MASTERPIECE OF THRILLER AND MYSTERY. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this ...