In hindsight realize how loaded a space it was, she didn't know how to cook. She had no interest in cooking.

So you're seeing somebody who now cooks every day, multiple times a day,

and is both trapped by it but is also trying to make the best of it.

And I don't think I realized like you grow up and you see your mom in the kitchen, you don't you're just mom's in the kitchen making food

When you get the full context and you get older you realize like that is a loaded thing

Welcome to your mama's kitchen, the podcast where we explore how the food and culinary traditions of our youth shape who we become as adults. I'm

Michelle Norris and I'm so glad you're back here this week our guest today

is the stand-up comedian Hari Kondabolu. He's known for his brand of

edgy political humor. He makes people laugh but he also makes them think and maybe even squirm a little bit

because he's not afraid to talk about the prickly stuff in life like race or immigration

for the tensions that exist in even the most loving households.

His parents came to America from South India more than four decades ago and they settled

in Queens.

He grew up surrounded by immigrant families, households where parents from all over the world,

were trying to figure out this place called America.

In this episode, we hear about how Hari grew up in a household that held on to the

traditions of his parents Telugu culture in the decor and the music and

especially in the food. We hear about how his family balanced the excitement

of being in a brand new place with the loss of the things and the status that they

had to leave behind. And we hear about how Hari finally got past his picky

tastes to fully embrace the spicy and aromatic foods of India, especially his

mother Uma's unbelievably delicious peanut chutney and how he tries to put a spin on that in his

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