Good Food, Good Life | Legendary Chefs Take the Mic
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2022
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Ever hear the phrase, “food is life?” Well, it rings true in so many ways. It’s not just about nutrition, it’s about love, it’s about your relationship with each other, with family, friends, the environment and beyond. It’s above service, joy, connection, sacrifice, salvation, and elevation. And, here at Good Life Project, over the years, we’ve had the stunning opportunity to sit down with some legendary foodies, farmers, culinary makers and thinkers and doers and chefs. People like the chef, author of New York Times bestselling book and Netflix show, Salt, Fat Acid, Heat - Samin Nosrat. People like Top Chef star, restaurateur and educator, Carla Hall who was launched into the world of not just food and restaurants, but media, and books, with her cookbook, Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration, and TV, with many appearances all over and a run co-hosting The Chew, and beyond. Or, Giada De Laurentiis, who walked away from a life with her iconic film family to study at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, then become an Emmy award-winning chef, author, and culinary celeb, whose latest book, Eat Better Feel Better, deftly navigates the sweet spot between delicious recipes and a more healthful approach to cooking and eating.
We thought we’d share some of the most resonant moments from those conversations in this mouthwatering and soulful conversational montage.
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| 0:00.0 | And I was so inspired by this meal where I felt so taken care of by the staff |
| 0:06.5 | that I wrote a letter and I asked for a job. And so they hired me pretty much on the spot, I think, in retrospect. |
| 0:13.2 | As a person who's now run a lot of restaurants, like I think she was desperate. |
| 0:16.4 | She needed someone because she was like, can you start tomorrow? And I did. |
| 0:22.9 | So, ever hear the phrase food is life? Well, it rings true in so many ways. |
| 0:28.8 | It's not just about nutrition, it's about love, it's about your relationship with each other with family, |
| 0:34.2 | friends, the environment, and beyond. It's about service, enjoying, connection, and sacrifice, |
| 0:40.2 | salvation, and elevation. And here at Good Life Project, over the years, we have had the stunning |
| 0:46.8 | opportunity to sit down with some legendary foodies and farmers, culinary makers, and thinkers, |
| 0:53.3 | and doers and chefs. People like chef, author of New York Times bestselling book and Netflix show |
| 0:59.2 | Salt, Fat, Acid Heat, Semi, Nostrad. People like Top Chef, Star, Restaurant Tour, and Educator, |
| 1:05.6 | Carla Hall, or Jada de Laurentes, who walked away from a life with her iconic film family to study |
| 1:12.6 | at Lake Cordon Bleu in Paris, and then become an Emmy award-winning chef, author, and culinary |
| 1:17.8 | celeb. And we thought that we'd share some of the most resonant moments of those conversations. |
| 1:24.8 | In this, shall we say, meltwatering and soulful, conversational montage. So excited to share |
| 1:32.7 | this set of conversations with you. I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is Good Life Project. |
| 1:41.2 | So first off, is a wonderful excerpt from a conversation we had with Semi, Nostrad. So Semi's |
| 1:52.3 | New York Times bestselling book, Salt, Fat, Acid Heat, received the James Beard Award, |
| 1:57.0 | and her Netflix series of the same name is this stunning exploration of food, and culture, |
| 2:03.4 | and travel, and life, called the next Julia Child by NPR's All Things Considered. Semi has been |
| 2:09.4 | cooking professionally since 2000 when she first stumbled into the kitchen at the legendary |
| 2:15.7 | Cheypenni's restaurant in Berkeley, California. And first, Semi's cooking is love, a way to gather |
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