My Family Recipe

Cornbread and the Soul of African American Cuisine with Adrian Miller

On the season finale of My Family Recipe, host Arati Menon welcomes Adrian Miller, AKA “The Soul Food Scholar.” Not many people can boast their accomplishments as a food

Time-Traveling Butterscotch Pie with Jennifer Justus

The Little Blue Cookbook was a nearly lost family heirloom that Jennifer Justus discovered a few years ago. Decades prior to that, the cookbook’s butterscotch pecan pie r

The Curry That Reunited My Family with Nyanyika Banda

Nyanyika Banda has a passion for studying the foodways of the African diaspora. Growing up surrounded with the culinary traditions of her father’s Malawian culture, she h

Building Community, a Cabbage Bake at a Time with Lavanya Narayanan

Lavanya Narayanan’s culinary heart is deeply rooted in both Indianapolis and India. Her family found a unique community of immigrants and ties to their shared Tamil cultu

Missing Mom’s Sunday Sauce with Gary Schiro

Gary Schiro had made plenty of his mother’s recipes, but one Sunday morning-not long after his mother passed away-an attempt to make her traditional meatballs and sauce w

Get to Know Our Host, Arati Menon

Arati Menon’s voice is a part of every episode of My Family Recipe. Her empathy and humor tie together the threads of diverse family recipes into the beautiful tapestry t

How Grandpa Unclogged a Toilet with Pie with Katie Workman

Katie Workman’s Grandpa Bernie was a smart-cookie, a storyteller, and...according to family vignettes, a very slow eater. Katie shares a comedy of errors about her attemp

Cake, Intimacy & an Asian-American Experience with Coral Lee

This episode features Coral Lee, Food52 Podcast Network’s Producer. For this conversation, she is on the other side of the mic sharing a deeply personal story of the cake

3 Generations of Women, 1 Leche Flan with Giselle Krachenfels

Leche flan became Giselle Krachenfels’ favorite dessert both because it was delicious and because it connected her with Filipino culture. Having mixed heritage, Giselle f

Baked Ziti is a Love Language with Joelle Zarcone

When Joelle Zarcone was growing up, her mom made bolognese sauce every Sunday. Even after leaving home, Joelle’s mom would bring along her wooden spoon for visits, leavin

Cheesy Bread is Made to Share with Khalid El Khatib

Khalid El Khatib’s childhood in Iowa was defined by its potlucks. Despite having relocated to New York City where the culinary landscape could not be more different from

Memories of Pizza at Chez Panisse with Fanny Singer and Alice Waters

Fanny Singer shares memories from her unconventional childhood, growing up in the revered Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California alongside her mother, legendary

Estrangement, Identity & a Wok with Jenny Dorsey

Jenny Dorsey was 28 when she decided to lay claim to a cultural heirloom: a wok. This tool is synonymous with Chinese cooking but for Jenny it was couched in complex emot

Motherhood & Chocolate Cake with Lisa Ruland

A story about how chocolate cake - a festive treat if there ever was one - brought about unlikely healing through grief. Lisa Ruland is a food writer, professional baker,

Introducing: My Family Recipe

Adapted from Food52’s much beloved column, My Family Recipe (the podcast!) is brought to you by the Food52 Podcast Network and Heritage Radio Network. Enjoy interviews wi