Happy New Year, and welcome back to the post-champagne life! I have three recipes for you today, and each will appease your cheesecake cravings in different ways. The first is a traditional recipe from my mother’s mother. The second is a Ricotta Cheesecake (or Ricotta Pie) from a local real estate agent, AnnaLisa Bossio. The … Read More “PODCAST Ep 501: Family Cookbook – Cheesecake Past, Cheesecake Present, Cheesecake Future” »
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2021 is definitely in the running for my least favorite year EVER! It has given me reason to reexamine what I’m doing, however, both with the podcast and with my own work. Join me for a list of thank-you’s, and for an introduction of the quickest, easiest solution I’ve found so far to distractions, brick … Read More “PODCAST Ep 410: Get Lost, 2021 – Hello, #BioADay2022!” »
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It’s that time of year again – Happy Halloween, and Happy All Saints’ Day too! This episode is full of delicious stories and delicious recipes. Dai Davies of GenealCymru and Andrew Martin of Family Histories Podcast contributed their own stories to the episode, as have I. I’m also providing you family and historical recipes for … Read More “PODCAST Ep 409: Skelly Rellies 2021 – Bad to the Bone (partial transcription)” »
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This week, we’re working on the personal tree of Roneisha Gale. Roneisha’s cousin will be there, too!! The REAL WORK will be on Zoom – we’re researching, discussing, and transferring this tree together as an act of consecration. Message me on Twitter or Clubhouse for the private Zoom meeting room and passcode. Topic: Social Justice … Read More “Social Justice Sunday, 3 October – free class” »
Isn’t it high time for a 2021 episode of The Family Cookbook? I think so, and not just because it’s grilling time in the Northern Hemisphere! I’d love to interview you about your family’s foodways, but in the absence of your recipes, here are four of my maternal grandmother’s: Pepper Hash, Chutney, Sweet Watermelon Pickles, … Read More “PODCAST Ep 404: Family Cookbook – Things That Go On, With, Or Next To Things” »
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I don’t know how to introduce this – I GOT TO INTERVIEW MICHAEL TWITTY!!! We talked for so long that I was able to break the discussion into two episodes. This is part one, in which we talk DNA and how it doesn’t serve Black researchers, writing as a protection of memory the ultimate smallness … Read More “PODCAST Ep 402: An Interview with Michael W Twitty, part one” »
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Yes it’s Halloween, but we’re not really getting scary with it – maybe a little spoopy, but more misty. And hungry. This episode has stories, a few laughs, a few recipes, and is a tribute to YOU – my audience – for sticking with me since January 2018. Next year, maybe you’ll contribute a story … Read More “PODCAST Episode 309: Skelly Rellies 2020!” »
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Do you have family recipes that pertain to the Autumn, or to Halloween itself? I’d love to read them out in our upcoming Halloween episode, Skelly Rellies! Just send me the name of the person who made the recipe, why it’s important to you or your family, and the text of the recipe itself. I’ll … Read More “PODCAST Promo: Skelly Rellies is Coming – SEND ME YOUR RECIPES!” »
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Are your kids bored with homeschooling yet? How about some good, old-fashioned Home Ec! Were you required to take Home Economics in order to graduate? I may be dating myself, but I was. We had to learn how to cook, and one of the best lessons was making candy. My mom had it even better … Read More “PODCAST Episode 305: Family Cookbook – Keep it Sweet for COVID (with recipes)” »
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