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Hello and welcome to table Talk with spectators' food and drink podcast.

I'm Lara Prendergast.

And I'm Olivia Potts.

And today we're delighted to be joined by Capri Kaffaro.

Capri was a member of the Ohio Senate for 10 years.

After her time in politics, she turned to journalism, where she became a frequent guest on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN and more.

Now she's turned to cooking and has become a culinary podcast host and has just published her debut cookbook, United We Eat,

which features recipes from American political leaders,

both Democratic and Republican. Capri, welcome to Table Talk. Thank you so much for having me.

I appreciate it. And Capri, we're going to start where we always do at the beginning and ask you,

what are your earliest memories of food? Well, I think you can judge by my name that I'm Italian.

So like many Italians, and like many people, I grew up cooking with my grandmother on my mother's side,

my grandmother's Sylvester. That's what the S stands for in my name. My middle name is my mother's maiden name.

So certainly, you know,

the earliest food memories that I have is, you know, cooking with her and not just making,

you know, Italian classics. And frankly, Italian American classics do look and taste different than Italian food in Italy. But it certainly is my comfort food. But, you know, like many Italians and in the melting pot of the United States, we also, you know,

grew up making macaroni and cheese and many of the American classics as well.

And what's funny is that I remember being three, four years old and saying I wanted to start a bakery called Grandma's

Bakery with my grandma, which is just kind of funny. And, you know, later in life found refuge in the

kitchen and, you know, really took to baking pies more than anything else. And what were

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