Hidden Kitchens: The Kitchen Sisters
An ongoing series exploring the world of hidden kitchens: street-corner cooking, legendary meals and eating traditions...how communities come together through food.
Central Valley Disconnect: Rich Land, Poor Nutrition()
July 10, 2009 California's Central Valley produces many of the fruits and vegetables consumed by Americans — but not by the residents themselves. The area is one of the poorest in the country, with high rates of malnutrition and obesity. Some locals are working to change that.
Stubb Stubblefield: Archangel Of Barbecue()
March 20, 2009 C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield, namesake of the legendary club in Austin, Texas, had a mission to feed the world, especially the people who sang in it. When he started out in Lubbock, he generously fed and supported both black and white musicians, creating community and breaking barriers.
Birth Of Rice-A-Roni: The Armenian-Italian Treat()
July 31, 2008 The birth of Rice-A-Roni began with a friendship between a Canadian immigrant and a survivor of the Armenian genocide. Soon after, an Italian family made "the San Francisco treat" into a popular side dish.
London's Gardens: Allotments for the People()
June 26, 2008 London's "allotment" gardens are an unusual and vibrant system of community gardens across the entire city. Tended by immigrants, retirees, chefs and fans of fresh food, the allotments make up a kitchen community like no other.
The Sheepherder's Ball: Hidden Basque Kitchens()
May 29, 2008 In the last century, Basque people fleeing Francisco Franco's dictatorship flocked to America, herding sheep across the West. "Hidden Kitchens" explores the world of Basque sheepherders and their outdoor, below-the-ground, Dutch oven cooking traditions.
Broncos and Boudin: The Angola Prison Rodeo()
April 17, 2008 Hidden Kitchens travels to the Louisiana State Penitentiary and the world of unexpected, below-the-radar, down-home convict cooking at the Angola Prison Rodeo. The event, which draws thousands of spectators, features traditional dishes prepared and sold by inmates at the prison farm.
Sugar in the Milk: A Parsi Kitchen Story()
March 20, 2008 Niloufer Ichaporia King lives in a house with three kitchens. She is known for her ritual celebrations of Parsi New Year on the first day of spring, when she creates an elaborate ceremonial meal based on the auspicious foods and traditions of her vanishing culture.
Hercules and Hemings: Presidents' Slave Chefs()
February 19, 2008 Hercules, a slave of George Washington, and James Hemings, owned by Thomas Jefferson, began a long connection of presidents and their African-American cooks. And President Lyndon Johnson's black cook may have influenced his work on civil rights reform.
Kibbe at the Crossroads: A Lebanese Kitchen Story()
January 31, 2008 In the late 1870s, Lebanese immigrants began arriving in the Mississippi Delta, working first as peddlers, then grocers and restaurateurs. Kibbe, a meatloaf of sorts, is part of the glue that continues to hold the Lebanese family culture together in the Delta and beyond.
Driveway Moments
Weenie Royale: Food and the Japanese Internment()
December 20, 2007 After Pearl Harbor, about 120,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted and forced to live for years in remote federal camps around the country. The upheaval of internment changed the traditional Japanese diet and erased the family table.
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