/tags/cooking Cooking en-US Copyright Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:26:30 GMT /arts-culture/2019-10-01/a-seed-to-stem-celebration-of-okra Writing off okra as a slimy pod is a great injustice, according to Chris Smith. The garden writer and seed saver is an okra aficionado who asserts that… Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:26:30 GMT /arts-culture/2019-10-01/a-seed-to-stem-celebration-of-okra Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-01/a-seed-to-stem-celebration-of-okra Writing off okra as a slimy pod is a great injustice, according to Chris Smith. The garden writer and seed saver is an okra aficionado who asserts that… Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:26:30 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-01/a-seed-to-stem-celebration-of-okra Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-03-22/being-brown-in-the-south-when-southern-classics-meet-indian-tradition Chef Vishwesh Bhatt remembers spending countless hours in the kitchen helping his mom prepare meals when he was a little boy in India. Much of the produce… Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:06:12 GMT /arts-culture/2019-03-22/being-brown-in-the-south-when-southern-classics-meet-indian-tradition Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-03-22/being-brown-in-the-south-when-southern-classics-meet-indian-tradition Chef Vishwesh Bhatt remembers spending countless hours in the kitchen helping his mom prepare meals when he was a little boy in India. Much of the produce… Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:06:12 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-03-22/being-brown-in-the-south-when-southern-classics-meet-indian-tradition Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-12-31/serving-up-roti-in-the-kitchen-and-rock-on-the-stage-meet-cheetie-kumar Cheetie Kumar grew up in Chandigarh, India with America on the mind. Her family talked often about moving overseas to pursue a fresh start in the United… Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:50:47 GMT /arts-culture/2018-12-31/serving-up-roti-in-the-kitchen-and-rock-on-the-stage-meet-cheetie-kumar Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-12-31/serving-up-roti-in-the-kitchen-and-rock-on-the-stage-meet-cheetie-kumar Cheetie Kumar grew up in Chandigarh, India with America on the mind. Her family talked often about moving overseas to pursue a fresh start in the United… Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:50:47 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-12-31/serving-up-roti-in-the-kitchen-and-rock-on-the-stage-meet-cheetie-kumar Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-11-22/revolutionary-chef-forgotten-by-history Edna Lewis changed the perception of Southern food in American culture with her cookbook, “The Taste of Country Cooking” (Knopf/1976). She touted the use… Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:50:00 GMT /arts-culture/2018-11-22/revolutionary-chef-forgotten-by-history Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-11-22/revolutionary-chef-forgotten-by-history Edna Lewis changed the perception of Southern food in American culture with her cookbook, “The Taste of Country Cooking” (Knopf/1976). She touted the use… Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:50:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-11-22/revolutionary-chef-forgotten-by-history Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2017-01-13/peace-and-pride-nigerian-chef-comes-to-durham-uses-food-to-talk-about-issues-of-race Editor's note: This story is part of an occasional series on what area community leaders and residents are doing to balance "peace and pride" in their… Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:02:33 GMT /race-demographics/2017-01-13/peace-and-pride-nigerian-chef-comes-to-durham-uses-food-to-talk-about-issues-of-race Leoneda Inge /race-demographics/2016-10-20/breaking-the-jemima-code For more than 100 years, the dominant image of an African-American cook was that of Aunt Jemima. Her face appeared on pancake boxes and syrup bottles and… Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:00:49 GMT /race-demographics/2016-10-20/breaking-the-jemima-code frank stasio