Communal Table

Communal Table Presents: Tinfoil Swans from Food & Wine

Food & Wine has led the conversation around food, drinks, and hospitality in America and around the world since 1978. Tinfoil Swans continues that legacy with a new series of intimate, informative, surprising, and uplifting interviews with the biggest names in the culinary industry, sharing never-before-heard stories about the successes, struggles, and fork-in-the-road moments that made them who they are today. Each week, you'll hear from icons and innovators like Guy Fieri, David Chang, Mashama Bailey, and Maneet Chauhan, going deep on their formative experiences, the dishes and meals that made them, their joys, doubts and dreams, and what's still on the menu for them. Tune in for a feast that'll feed your brain and soul — and plenty of wisdom and quotable morsels to savor later.For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswanspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nigella Lawson Talks Solitude, Imperfect Housekeeping, Squishy White Bread, and Listening to Your Food

Like many of us, Nigella Lawson has spent the last 13 months hunkered at home, in an endless cycle of cooking, eating, washing up (reluctantly), and doing it all again just hours later. Unlike the rest of us, she's adapted her practices into a glorious cookbook—called Cook, Eat, Repeat—that celebrates and elevates this cycle into something contemplative and pleasurable. The renowned author and TV star joined Communal Table for an intimate conversation about isolation, grief, keeping house, re-entering society, the nature of gathering, and the pleasures of a long and non-photogenic braise.Nigella Lawsonhttps://www.nigella.com/Cook, Eat, Repeathttps://www.amazon.com/Cook-Eat-Repeat-Ingredients-Recipes/dp/0063079542?&linkCode=ll1&tag=fwnigellalawsoncommunaltablepodcastshownoteskkinsman0421-20&linkId=816e0Antara's Mom's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/pal_dough_pal/Tadka Dal with Rotihttps://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/tadka-dal-with-rotiNigella's Chicken in a Pot with Lemon Orzohttps://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chicken-in-a-pot-with-lemon-orzoBest Practices: Nigella Lawsonhttps://www.foodandwine.com/fwpro/best-practices-nigella-lawsonFood & Wine Prohttps://www.foodandwine.com/fwpro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Preeti Mistry Is Hanging Out with Puppets, Planning a More Inclusive Food Future

We're living in a golden age of Preeti Mistry and the world is so much more delicious for it. The Juhu Beach Club chef, cookbook author, speaker, and podcaster (among other things) can currently be seen teaching kids and puppets alike about the marvelous universe of herbs and spices on the Netflix show Waffles and Mochi; heard on their new podcast Loading Dock Talks in conversation with food and justice activists; read on their super feisty and smart social media feeds; and channeled via their vibrant and joyful recipes and spice blends. Mistry joined Communal Table from amid the California redwoods to talk about thoughtful representation, who gets to be called a chef, how to monetize talent, and why joy is so essential.Preeti's Sitehttps://www.preetimistry.com/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/chefpmistryInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chefpmistry/Waffles and Mochihttps://www.wafflesandmochi.org/More about Preeti's spice blendshttps://www.foodandwine.com/seasonings/spices/chef-spice-blendsFood & Wine Prohttps://www.foodandwine.com/fwpro Listen to these great podcasts:Loading Dock Talks: https://loading-dock-talks.simplecast.com/Copper & Heat: https://www.copperandheat.com/Afros & Knives: https://www.afrosandknives.com/Home Cooking: https://homecooking.show/Extra Spicy: https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/podcasts/extra-spicy/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Fore Talks Feeding Restaurant Workers in Need, Therapy, and Tomato Pie

When chef Sam Fore sees something she can fix, she jumps in to help. As the restaurant industry was devastated by COVID-19, she joined The LEE Initiative to help make sure that workers were being fed—and help create a system where the whole community could benefit in the long term. That's just who she is as a person, but it wasn't until recently that she offered that kind of care to herself, in the form of starting therapy. In part two of this two-part conversation, Fore talks about the nitty-gritty of building sustainable relationships between restaurants and farms, how stigma gets in the way of mental healthcare (especially in the South Asian community), and what it means to have your food on the cover of a magazine. Listen to Part Onehttps://www.foodandwine.com/fwpro/communal-table-podcast-sam-foreTuk Tuk Sri Lankan Biteshttp://www.tuktuklex.com/Follow Sam on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tuktuklex/The LEE Initiativehttps://www.leeinitiative.org/Sam on Mediumhttps://heated.medium.com/no-appetit-tuktuk-a3e708cb7427Roasted Tomato Curry Piehttps://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/roasted-curry-tomato-pieThis Spicy Mango Pork Noodle Dinner Comes Together in Just One Skillethttps://www.foodandwine.com/fwcooks/spicy-mango-pork-noodles-samantha-foreThese Tempered Curry-Ginger Sweet Potatoes Are Perfect for Fallhttps://www.foodandwine.com/cooking-techniques/fw-cooks-samantha-fore-tempered-curry-ginger-sweet-potatoes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Fore Will Not Stay Silent, and That's a Very Good Thing

When it comes to calling out cruddy behavior, chef Sam Fore has never been afraid to speak her mind. Growing up as a first-generation Sri Lankan American in North Carolina, she had a supportive community (and a mom who always warned her about how her mouth would get her in trouble—not that she listened) but outside of it, she began to question why the rules and standards were different for her than for her white peers. Fore's sense of justice and fearlessness has only strengthened over the years, and she joined Communal Table for a lively and frank discussion about growing up brown in the South, why it's important to question your preconceived notions, accidentally becoming a chef, and standing up for vulnerable people.Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Biteshttp://www.tuktuklex.com/Follow Sam on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tuktuklex/The LEE Initiativehttps://www.leeinitiative.org/Sam on Mediumhttps://heated.medium.com/no-appetit-tuktuk-a3e708cb7427Roasted Tomato Curry Piehttps://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/roasted-curry-tomato-pieThis Spicy Mango Pork Noodle Dinner Comes Together in Just One Skillethttps://www.foodandwine.com/fwcooks/spicy-mango-pork-noodles-samantha-foreThese Tempered Curry-Ginger Sweet Potatoes Are Perfect for Fallhttps://www.foodandwine.com/cooking-techniques/fw-cooks-samantha-fore-tempered-curry-ginger-sweet-potatoes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices