This teeny tiny little room was where we did everything.

We grew up there.

We became teenagers, adults in that small space, but it felt big to us because that's what

kitchens do.

You know, they can be small and big at the same time because we packed a lot into that

house into that kitchen.

Welcome to your Mama's Kitchen.

A 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 am so glad you're here.

It's great to be back in front of a microphone.

That simple question, tell me about your Mama's Kitchen, opens up all kinds of delicious

memories.

Of course, because of the food, but also because the kitchen is usually the heartbeat of

the household.

So many important things happen there.

The debates, the experiments, the arguments, the homework, the card games, the unpaid bills

that sometimes stacked up on the kitchen table.

It's the place where we spent time with the people we love the most and all those meals

and all those memories simmer inside us forever.

All of it shapes who we become in interesting and sometimes surprising ways.

Hey there.

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