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A Letter from the Chef seeks to bring to light the stories presented by recipes and food traditions. We’ll dive into specific dishes and traditions to better understand the elements that created them to better learn about one another. We’ll aim to release a new episode during the season every two weeks.]]>enFoodCopyright Anand Deshpandehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b5dda0b4451f95d6a11d300bf7fa7df4.jpghttp://aletterfromthechef.comSat, 04 Dec 2021 12:20:04 +0000Anand DeshpandeAnand Deshpandecontact@aletterfromthechef.comContained in a recipe is a treasure of knowledge. Look deep enough and a dish tells you what’s available and what’s scarce for the cook, what’s important to them to show off- their medicine, religion, politics, history, economics. It’s all in the food...
A Letter from the Chef seeks to bring to light the stories presented by recipes and food traditions. We’ll dive into specific dishes and traditions to better understand the elements that created them to better learn about one another. We’ll aim to release a new episode during the season every two weeks.]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plenty-of-fish--21698783https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21698783Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:03:32 +0000Anand DeshpandePerhaps there is a longing for times past found in the foods we eat. A reminder of what has transpired and made our lives possible. A story that not even historians can seem to validate, but that is so clear because of the mere existence of the dishes...894bacalhau,basque,cod,colonization,conquistadors,cooking,exploration,food,history,norse,portugal,portuguese,reconquista,spain,vikingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-coming--19290347https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19290347Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:34:48 +0000Anand DeshpandeHow do restriction and abundance interplay? What can we learn about a person through the restrictions they live their life with? Often, in restriction we can find freedom and a sense of home. In this episode, we explore how both fasting and feasting...953coming-out,durga,fasting,feast,gay,hindu,india,indian,lgbt,navratri,queer,restrictionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/snake-bread--18497550https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18497550Tue, 09 Jul 2019 06:29:59 +0000Anand DeshpandeA dish can help us remember - a person, a moment, a tradition. As the world change and as we change, food can also help us take forward what we want to keep while leaving behind what we don't connect with anymore. In this episode, we'll explore how...1254bigna,boston,bread,catholic,catholicism,easter,grandmothers,immigrants,immigration,italian,italy,lent,triviofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-made--18291553https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18291553Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:00:12 +0000Anand DeshpandeWhat is a home? And what foods bring us there? In this episode, we're going to explore what it means to have your own culture, your own home and your own family expressed through the lens of food.1640cantonese,chinese,hong-kong,nyc,sf,soupfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cookie-crumbs--18155261https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18155261Mon, 03 Jun 2019 05:47:48 +0000Anand DeshpandeWho needs genetic testing when you have cookies?1074al-andalus,al-hambra,almond,caliphate,converso,cookie,grenada,jewish,ladino,sephard,spainfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/death-cake--18020133https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18020133Mon, 20 May 2019 05:17:27 +0000Anand DeshpandeHow can we understand, interpret and change the way death affects us? Can a cake show us how to turn the bad taste of a loved one's passing into a very different flavor?1183cake,death,dracula,funeral,koliva,moldova,romania,romanianfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winter-heat--17772879https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17772879Mon, 29 Apr 2019 01:18:31 +0000Anand DeshpandeExplore how food not only comes from a place, but can become that place itself. When a homeland is no longer in reach, we'll understand how any new home become a people's homeland.1576ayurveda,chef,cook,food,hindu,history,india,indian,khorak,khurak,muslim,pakistan,partition,politics,recipe,sindhi,storyfalsefull