“Your tangy earthbound pulp, a portal to biological brilliance.”
Tamarind is a key ingredient to the wheelhouse of many equatorial chefs. This week, Jessamine gathers in conversation Sam Fore of Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites in Lexington, Kentucky; Parnass Savang of Talat Market in Atlanta, Georgia; and Maricela Vega of Chico, also in Atlanta. All three chefs are combining their familiar homeland foods—from Sri Lanka, Thailand and Mexico—with their current surroundings in the American South. Despite using the same fruit, the different ways tamarind manifests in their unique recipes is a fascinating testament to their ingenuity.
Fruit Love Letters is part of Whetstone Radio Collective. Learn more about Fruit Love Letters here.
Find show notes here.
Fruit Utopia - The Preston B. Bird and Mary Heinlein Fruit and Spice Park
The Fig - Mother of all Fruit
The Mulberry's Imprint on History
The Improbable Path of the Avocado Pit
The Persimmon - A Sweet Summer Package for Winter Eating
The Beautiful Complexities of the Apple
Cultivated or Wild the Blueberry Has a Story to Tell
The Native Fruit Worth Remembering
The Fruit the World Can't Help But Love
Trailer - Fruit Love Letters
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