763: Home Food with Chef Vishwesh Bhatt & Masa with Jorge Gaviria

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

Food, Arts

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week, we’re talking to award-winning Chef Vishwesh Bhatt author of I Am From Here: Stories and Recipes from a Southern Chef. He talks about how he creates dishes with both the flavors of India and those of the American South. He leaves us with his unusual and delicious recipe for Whole Grilled Okra. Then, we sit down with professional chefs’ go-to person when they want to get serious about tortillas, Jorge Gaviria. We dive deep into the modern history of masa (corn dough), the famous food ingredient used to produce sopes, tamales, tortillas, and other dishes. Jorge is the Founder of Masienda and the author of Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple. He left us with his recipe for Tlacoyo, an oval-shaped masa pocket filled with puréed beans and topped with crema and salsa.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

August 26, 2022 (originally aired)
August 11, 2023 (rebroadcast)

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1:17.4	Hey, it's Francis. Imagine you've grown up your whole life in India.
1:25.8	Your parents moved you at 18 years old to Texas, and you feel right at home.
1:30.7	That's the beginning of Chef Vishwesh Vach's story, and after that, hear from Jorge Gavidia,
1:36.2	the guy chefs call when they're serious about making great tortillas.
1:39.6	I love this little episode we made last year, and I hope you do too.
1:50.1	Music this little episode we made last year, and I hope you do too. I'm Frances Lamb, and you're listening to The Splendid Table from APM.
2:06.2	Okay, so you might not expect a little restaurant in Oxford, Mississippi, with a completely unassuming name of snack bar to have one of the most interesting menus in all of America.
2:11.5	I mean, the place is in a strip mall next to a Sears and a YMCA.
2:15.8	It started out serving great French bistro classics and Louisiana Creole food,
2:20.3	and now has things like Punjabi-style fried catfish and okra chatt next to the French onion soup.
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