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Radio Cherry Bombe

Finding One’s Voice Through Food

Radio Cherry Bombe

The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network

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4.6592 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Sonoko Sakai’s life changed when she started teaching her friends how to cook. Her classes grew in popularity and now those lessons can be found in her new cookbook, Japanese Home Cooking: Simple Meals, Authentic Flavors. Sonoko stopped by Radio Cherry Bombe to talk about her interesting life, from her childhood spent moving to various cities with her airline executive father and housewife mother, to her time as a producer in the film industry. Today, Sonoko champions simplicity in her food, great ingredients, and heritage grains. Plus, stay tuned to find out who recipe developer and cook Lee Kalpackis thinks is the bombe!

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Claudia Fleming, and you're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb.

0:27.5

Hi, Bomb Squad. Welcome to Radio Cherry Bomb, the number one female-focused food podcast in the universe.

0:36.2

I'm your host, Carrie Diamond. On today's show, I'm sitting down with Sonoko Sakai, the cookbook author whose latest book is Japanese home cooking.

0:39.6

Simple meals, authentic flavors. It deserves to be an instant classic. Sunoco has an incredible story that involves lots of moving around as a child,

0:45.9

working in the film industry as a grown-up, and ultimately finding her voice through food.

0:51.2

Let's thank today's sponsors, La Cordon Blue Culinary Schools and

0:54.8

M.E Cheese from Switzerland. You folks are the bomb. Some housekeeping. The official

1:00.1

Cherry Bomb membership is finally here. For $25, you can become a card-carrying member of the

1:05.9

Bomb Squad and enjoy special access to all things Cherry Bomb, like special member

1:10.6

meetups.

1:11.4

You only have a week or so left to get a founding member card, so don't delay.

1:15.5

Visit Cherrybomb.com for more.

1:19.9

Another December 31st deadline, early bird tickets to our Jubilee Conference,

1:24.5

taking place Sunday, April 5th, in Brooklyn.

1:27.7

Jubilee is the largest gathering of women in the food world in the United States, so don't miss out.

1:33.2

It's a fun day filled with great talks, delicious food, and the best networking around.

1:38.2

Tickets are $225 plus taxes and fees.

1:41.5

Visit Cherrybomb.com to snag your ticket.

1:45.4

Before today's show, let's hear a word from our pals at Emmy Cheese from Switzerland.

1:50.9

Hey, Bomb Squad, let's talk about Emmy cheese from Switzerland.

1:54.8

Emmy's beautiful variety of cheeses are crafted from the freshest milk from local Swiss farms.

2:00.2

One of our favorites is Emmy-Calt-Bach-Logrier A-O-P. With notes of hazelnuts, black tea, and dried stone fruit, Emmy-Caltbach-Legriere A-O-P is the perfect addition to any cheeseboard. Or, if you want to get more creative, you can do what Chef Elizabeth Faulkner does and make her creamy Farrow with Kaltbach-Lugriere fondue sauce. This wintry recipe combines fresh time, parsnips, and pharaoh, and a creamy bechamel fondue made with Kaltbach-Logriere. You can find this recipe and more at EmmyUSA.com. If you are looking for the perfect gift for the cheese lover in your life,

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