Hey, Bombs and Girls are all fired up.

Hey, Bomb Squad, that's all about it. I, the podcast that's all about women and food.

I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from Brooklyn, New York.

Today's guest is an incredible woman, Lakshmi Lachman Persad.

A digital marketing expert, Lakshmi wants to make the wonderful sights, sounds, and tastes of New York

City more accessible to people with disabilities. It's an issue that's very personal to Lakshmi

as her sister Annie was born with cerebral palsy. Lakshmi joins us to talk about accessible travel

NYC, her consultancy and website. Lakshmi shares our family's story and also gives advice

for those of you who want to make your businesses, events, and even websites more accessible

for the millions of people in this country with disabilities. I hope you stay tuned for this

important conversation. Some housekeeping. We've launched a brand new feature on cherrybom.com

called Open Book. Admittedly, we don't have a lot of content on our site, so this is a big

deal, folks. We take a behind-the-scenes look at some of the coolest and newest cookbooks.

This week's open book is Lemon, Grass, and Lime by Chef Leah Cohen. Be sure to check it out and sign up for the Cherrybom

newsletter while you're there. Let's thank today's sponsor, Carrie Gold. If you're a long-time

listener, you know how much I love Carrie Gold. Did any of you see that pasta sauce I made last

week and posted on Instagram? I couldn't believe how many comments I got. The recipe is by Isabella Gambudo,

and it calls for roasting two pints of sun gold tomatoes, my favorite, then blitzing them in a blender

with eight ounces of softened carry gold butter. It's kind of a crazy amount of butter, but hey,

you mix the sauce with your choice of pasta, I went with farfale, and the result was so good and rich

and tangy. Weirdly, it tasted like a grown-up gourmet version of the boxed mac and cheese I loved as a kid.

You have to try it to understand what I mean. You can find the recipe on Isabella Gambuto's feed,

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