"French At Heart" With Kendall Smith Franchini & Marjorie Taylor Of The Cook’s Atelier

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Today’s guests are Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini, the inspiring mother-daughter duo behind The Cook’s Atelier, the popular culinary school in the Burgundy region of France. Marjorie and Kendall join host Kerry Diamond to share the bold decisions that led them to move from Phoenix to France at very different stages of their lives. They also talk about their brand-new cookbook, “French at Heart: Recipes That Bring France Home,” and the moments from their lives that inspired the book. Thank you to Cartolina for supporting Radio Cherry Bombe. Subscribe to Cherry Bombe’s print magazine. Visit cherrybombe.com for subscriptions and show transcripts. More on Marjorie & Kendall: The Cook’s Atelier, “French at Heart” cookbook More on Kerry: Instagram

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone.
0:05.8	You are listening to Radio Cherrybaum, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from NewsDance Studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City.
0:14.4	Today's guests are Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Frankeene, the mother-daughter duo behind the Cooks Atelier, the popular culinary
0:22.0	school in the Burgundy region of France. Marjorie and Kendall join me in just a minute to talk
0:27.1	about their brand new cookbook, French at heart, recipes that bring France home, and the bold
0:32.7	life choices that brought them all the way from Phoenix to France at very different stages in their lives.
0:39.0	With Mother's Day right around the corner, I thought you'd enjoy their very inspiring story.
0:43.5	Stay tuned for Marjorie and Kendall.
0:46.3	Today's show is presented by the fashion brand Cardalina.
0:49.7	It's finally springtime in my Brooklyn neighborhood, and I could not be happier.
0:53.7	The cherry blossoms are almost at peak, the lilacs are neighborhood, and I could not be happier. The cherry blossoms
0:54.5	are almost at peak, the lilacs are out, and everything smells wonderful. To me, spring also
1:00.2	means dress season. I can finally put my winter stuff in the back of my closet and think of warmer days
1:05.4	ahead. That's why I've loved getting to know Cardalina, the fashion brand that was founded by Margaret
1:10.8	Ann Nolan. Margaret started Cardalina, the fashion brand that was founded by Margaret Ann Nolan.
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