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Biscuits & Jam

Carla Hall’s Soul Food Journey

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8608 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, talks to chef, author and television personality Carla Hall about living in the moment, what her grandmother would cook every Sunday after church, how Southern food and Soul food differ, and her upcoming children's book. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:14.8

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0:21.5

When you think about our food, soul food, that I'm not sure if even now it's even capitalized

0:28.2

as a proper noun.

0:29.7

But when people think of other cuisines and they're from a particular country, they're

0:33.9

capitalized because they are from a particular country.

0:36.8

Well, we don't have that country.

0:38.8

And so I'm always saying this should be capitalized because that is our food.

0:56.6

Welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.

1:00.1

I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine.

1:05.7

This week's guest says that after doing everything from accounting to fashion modeling,

1:08.1

she stumbled upon food as a career.

1:12.9

But in the process, she's influenced cooks everywhere by living in the moment and leaning into the unpredictable. Failure is part of success. I want to inspire people to just

1:20.1

try something. It doesn't matter if you fall on your face. And I've done that too. I've hosted

1:24.2

the James Beard Awards and I literally fell like Superman diving onto the floor.

1:30.7

Born and raised in Nashville, Carla Hall began a modest lunch delivery service after moving to Washington, D.C.

1:38.0

But over the years, her dynamic personality and her creativity in the kitchen

1:42.7

have turned her into something of a culinary

1:45.3

rock star. From competing on top chef to hosting the chew, worst cooks in America,

1:51.5

and now her own podcast called Say Yes with Carla Hall, she is an inspiration far beyond the

1:58.6

world of cuisine. On this week's program, Crawley discusses her new book,

2:03.9

what her grandmother would cook every Sunday after church, and the differences between

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