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The Daily

Special Episode: A Crash Course in Dembow, a Misunderstood Pantry Staple and Simple Tips to Keep Calm and Carry On

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

This weekend, we’re bringing dispatches from Times critics and writers on great music, TV, movies, recipes and more. They’re all part of a new series called “NYT Shorts,” available only on NYT Audio, our new iOS audio app. It’s home to podcasts, narrated articles from our newsroom and other publishers, and exclusive new shows. Find out more at nytimes.com/audioapp. On today’s episode: An ode to the Dominican musical genre dembow. The many uses of Worcestershire sauce, an often misunderstood pantry staple. A Times health editor on how she holds it all together.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Kim Severson, a food writer with The New York Times, back once again, with more

0:08.5

from our new series, NYT shorts.

0:12.4

These are bite-sized dispatches from our reporters, editors, and critics.

0:16.3

You'll be the first to know about their latest obsessions and what they see coming next.

0:21.2

It's just an amazing thing to watch.

0:23.0

I love it.

0:24.0

I'm calling it now.

0:25.0

I'm not afraid to call it now.

0:26.0

It's the movie that unlocked my love for cinema.

0:29.4

I am crying a little bit.

0:32.5

Find them and more on our new app, NYT Audio.

0:36.8

It's available now to all our subscribers.

0:43.4

First up is Abellia Herrera writes about music for the Times, and today she's giving us a crash

0:49.1

course in Dembo.

0:51.8

When I was a kid, I would go on these trips to the Dominican Republic to visit my family.

0:58.6

We would make sure we went to the beach at some point.

1:01.3

It was about two hours away from Santiago, where my family is from.

1:07.9

On the way to the beach, we would often see these vans that were really just had huge

1:14.9

speakers, just covered in subwoofers.

1:19.5

There would be a lot of Gasolina de Us, which these gas stations, where a lot of these

1:26.1

vans would just kind of park.

1:28.7

It was basically like as soon as you pulled up, you could just feel the bass.

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