786: Food and Family with Michaele Weissman, Barkha Cardoz and Chef Pierre Thiam

Published: Aug. 18, 2023, 3:53 p.m.

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This week we have stories centered around food, love, and legacy. First, we talk with author Michaele Weissman about meeting her husband\'s family for the first time, tasting his mother\'s bread, and later learning its significance and how it represented her husband\'s life. Her latest book is\\xa0The Rye Bread Marriage: How I Found Happiness with a Partner I\'ll Never Understand. Then, we sit with Barkha Cardoz to remember her husband, the late Chef Floyd Cardoz. We talk about their meeting in culinary school in India to admiring how he would add flavor to everything\\xa0he cooked. In his honor, she is releasing the masala spice blends they created together to continue his legacy. Then, we feature a segment from our sister podcast, The One Recipe, where Chef Pierre Thiam, author of the latest book,\\xa0Simply West African,\\xa0talks to host Jesse Sparks about the first time he introduced the love of his life to his aunt and the one recipe that ultimately passed the test, Sauce Feuille.\\xa0


Broadcast dates for this episode:



  • August 18, 2023 (originally aired)







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