Get to know one of the most exciting chefs in America—and how he expresses himself and honors his multicultural culinary heritage through cooking. James Beard Award-winner Kwame Onwuachi joins us to talk about the follow-up to his memoir. It’s a cookbook: My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef. Plus, have you been watching PBS’s cooking competition The Great American Recipe? We have! We talk with the two home cooks in our region who celebrate their culinary heritage by sharing family recipes on the show. And, chef Michael Symon pops by to surprise one of his biggest fans.

Guests:
Kwame Onwuachi: James Beard Award-winning chef, recurring judge on Top Chef, executive producer at Food & Wine, and the author of My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef. Get more information about Kwame’s The Family Reunion 2022.
Irma Cádiz: (aka CoquitoLadyNYC) Home cook and contestant on PBS’s The Great American Recipe
Dan Rinaldi: Home cook and contestant on PBS’s The Great American Recipe
Michael Symon: James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurant owner, regular on the Food Network, and a bestselling cookbook author.

Featured Recipes:
Kwame Onwuachi’s Suya
Irma Cadiz’s Mofongo con Camarones
Dan Rinaldi’s Rhode Island–Style Fried Calamari

This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Catie Talarski, Emily Charash and Katrice Claudio. Our interns are Anya Grondalski and Mira Raju.

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Get to know one of the most exciting chefs in America—and how he expresses himself and honors his multicultural culinary heritage through cooking. James Beard Award-winner Kwame Onwuachi joins us to talk about the follow-up to his memoir. It’s a cookbook: My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef. Plus, have you been watching PBS’s cooking competition The Great American Recipe? We have! We talk with the two home cooks in our region who celebrate their culinary heritage by sharing family recipes on the show. And, chef Michael Symon pops by to surprise one of his biggest fans.
Guests:
<ul>
<li>Kwame Onwuachi: James Beard Award-winning chef, recurring judge on Top Chef, executive producer at Food &amp; Wine, and the author of <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525659600">My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef</a>. Get more information about Kwame’s <a href="https://www.salamanderhotels.com/familyreunion/">The Family Reunion</a> 2022.</li>
<li>Irma Cádiz: (aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/coquitoladynyc/">CoquitoLadyNYC</a>) Home cook and contestant on PBS’s The Great American Recipe</li>
<li>Dan Rinaldi: Home cook and contestant on PBS’s The Great American Recipe</li>
<li>Michael Symon: James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurant owner, regular on the Food Network, and a bestselling cookbook author.</li>
</ul>
Featured Recipes: <a href="https://content.ctpublic.org/recipes/suya/">Kwame Onwuachi’s Suya</a> <a href="https://content.ctpublic.org/recipes/mofongo-con-camarones/">Irma Cadiz’s Mofongo con Camarones</a> <a href="https://content.ctpublic.org/recipes/rhode-island-style-fried-calamari/">Dan Rinaldi’s Rhode Island–Style Fried Calamari</a>
This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Catie Talarski, Emily Charash and Katrice Claudio. Our interns are Anya Grondalski and Mira Raju.
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Seasoned is a radio program and podcast from Connecticut Public about the passionate people who grow and cook our food. Host Robyn Doyon-Aitken and a team of contributors and producers shine a light on local food makers, restaurants, and farms from every corner of the state. They also talk with nationally known food writers and cookbook authors to bring you the stories and inspiration behind their books and recipes.

Go to CTPublic.org/food to see our featured recipes and videos and sign up for our monthly newsletter, 'Full Plate'.

For more, visit ctpublic.org/seasoned

<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/seasoned">Seasoned</a> is a radio program and podcast from Connecticut Public about the passionate people who grow and cook our food. Host <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/people/robyn-doyon-aitken">Robyn Doyon-Aitken</a> and a team of contributors and producers shine a light on local food makers, restaurants, and farms from every corner of the state. They also talk with nationally known food writers and cookbook authors to bring you the stories and inspiration behind their books and recipes.
Go to <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/food">CTPublic.org/food</a> to see our featured recipes and videos and <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/newsletters">sign up</a> for our monthly newsletter, 'Full Plate'.
For more, visit <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/seasoned">ctpublic.org/seasoned</a>

Seasoned

Seasoned, which aired from 2020 to 2024, was a radio show and podcast from Connecticut Public that explored our state's seasonal ingredients and the passionate people who grow and cook our food. We also talked with nationally known chefs, food writers and cookbook authors.

For more, visit ctpublic.org/seasoned

Seasoned, which aired from 2020 to 2024, was a radio show and podcast from Connecticut Public that explored our state's seasonal ingredients and the passionate people who grow and cook our food. We also talked with nationally known chefs, food writers and cookbook authors.
For more, visit <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/seasoned">ctpublic.org/seasoned</a>