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First Aired - 02/21/2011 03:30PM
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This week on Hot Grease, Nicole is joined by friend, blogger and designer Sanura Weathers of My Life Runs on Food. Together, they spark a debate on the appropriateness of fried chicken as a celebratory dish for Black History Month. Tune in and share your thoughts with us - does fried chicken marginalize African American culture or celebrate it? Tune in and join the debate! This episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch, the nations largest single source supplier of grassfed and grass finished beef. For more information visit www.HearstRanch.com
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Hot Grease Introduction: Fried Chicken for Black History Month? (12:02)
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Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor, Heritage Radio Network, Hearst Ranch, good food movement, Sanura Weathers, My Life Runs on Food, is fried chicken an appropriate tribute for Black History Month?, everybody loves fried chicken, why not celebrate bigger dishes than fried chicken, Daniel Bowman Simon, Questlove, they were serving fried chicken at the NBC studios during black history month, Citibank did the same thing last week, Black History Table, frying food is traced back to West Africa, African American cuisine was originally vegetarian,Sanura Weathers Discusses Her Blog "My Life Runs on Food" (10:12)
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Sanura Weathers, takes a picture of everything she cooks, blog writing, http://blog.sanuraweathers.com/, My Life Runs on Food, follows up with a story a few weeks later, healthy food, there's nothing wrong with meat substitutes, you can't have a 100% soy based substitute processed food diet, a good diet is balanced, lemon yogurt cake,The Food Inspiration Game (14:51)
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food inspiration game, books: Edna Lewis, The Taste of Country Cooking, Melissa Danielle, the heart of Brooklyn, Hot Grease is an inspiration for the community, Sanura's father taught her how to cook, Black History Month dinner, menu guests and music, Brazilian Collard Greens, Jessica B Harris, Keith Rhodes, Barack Obama, Esperanza Spalding,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/22/2010 03:30PM
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This week on Hot Grease Nicole talks Turkey Day with some twists on common Thanksgiving treats. She reaches out to the Food Culturist Twitter and Facebook networks for some tips on spicing up cranberry sauce, how to come up with an uncommon hostess gift, and non-turkey centered T-day ideas like a day-after Seafood dinner or roasted duck. Plus we take a look back at Stacey West's tips for Thanksgiving etiquette. This episode was sponsored by Cabot Cheese of Vermont, Dairy Farm Family owned since 1919
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Thanksgiving on Hot Grease (7:32)
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Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor, Thanksgiving Edition, Edible: a Cookbook, Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Candy Kumquat, Edible Austin, Zuchini Houdini by Brenda Stanley, saving Zuchini from Summer, Zuchini Marmalade, hostess gift, Food Network.com, Sweet Potatoe Casserole, Food52.com, Best Holiday Punch, Cranberry Ginger Sparkler,New Spins on Common Turkey Day Treats (7:35)
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Thank you to all Hot Grease / Food Culturist fans!, Thanksgiving on Social Media, a different spin on cranberry sauce, Twitter recipe ideas, Virginia Willis, Cranberry Sauce with Jalapeno peppers, FoodNetwork.com Jalapeno Cranberry Sauce recipe, anti-canned cranberry, take cranberries cook them down and add jalapeno, put balsamic vinegar in reduced with cranberries and sugar, Coolio's Cookbook, Coolio's Grandmother's Cranberry Sauce, Coolio's online cooking show, What Will Be On Your Dinner Plate?, people get excited and like to share!, Liza deGuia from FoodCurated.com, Friday Dinner, Shevon Gant is baking pies, Yemi is roasting a duck, Adriana Valez, barley syrup, there are rarely wine pairing tips for Thanksgiving, HeritageLinkBrands.com, Culinary Creations List, wine pairings for collared greens with smoked turkey necks, African diaspora foods paired with wines,Stacey West on Turkey Day Etiquette (5:55)
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Cabot Cheese, Roberta's, Heritage Radio Network, Stacey West, Stacey West on Twitter, local wine, is the host obligated to open the gift bottle during dinner?, college football after dinner?, post Thanksgiving dinner plans instead of football, karaoke, board games,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/09/2010 03:30PM
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This week on Hot Grease, Nicole speaks with Aki and Ronald Baker about School food reform, specifically in the form of the "Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act", and the absurdity of kids that can't get water but have a mountain of soda at arm's reach. Aki also spoke about his FarmBox project--an attempt to jump start your potential roof / backyard garden. Plus Robicelli's Cupcakes stop by for a Hot Five segment on their must stunning cupcake creations (Irish Car Comb cupcakes!). This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods.
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Hot Grease Introduction: School Lunch Reform (8:52)
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Nicole Taylor, Hot Grease, Heritage Radio Network, school food reform, farm boxes, Adpot a Farm Box initiative, Brooklyn Food Coalition, hunger free kids act, funding for school gardens, increase of 6 percent per child, Department of Agriculture is mandated to develop nutritious standards for foods in school and competitive foods, school gardens, local sourcing, call your congress person!, dont cut food stamps for school food, educating kids to develop good eating habits, the school should be a place of education, access to water is very basic, some kids don't have access to water at school,The Farm Box Project (9:13)
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farm box, farm boxes, each school is very unique in terms of amount of space, green roofs, green spaces above buildings for farming, cost prohibitive for some buildings, a more accessible and affordable package, making sure the boxes work based on space available, what schools have farm boxes?, workshops on health nutrition cooking and composting, all of us can play a role, Kickstarter.com, start your own farm box!, one way to connect people is through gifts, www.farmboxes.org, find them on facebook and twitter also!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
