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Food! I'm Kate Bittman. Thanks for being here. We love to hear any comments, feedback, thoughts. You can reach us at food at markbitman.com.

We've also got a robust website that's bitman project.com with not only a ton of recipes but

writing and reporting about all things food. Find it all on bitman project.com. I chose one of my favorite episodes from last year to rerun today and I'm hoping

that if you haven't listened to this one yet you will and if you have listened it's worth tuning in again as I did.

Our interview is with Chef Toya Bodi who since she came on in February of 2023, to talk about her book, Cooking for

the Culture, has become a friend of mine. She is an awesome human.

Toya grew up in an inspiringly happy family,

two wonderful parents who raised their kids with love and tough love both. Money was tight but good meals

were a big priority and Toyo was taught the virtues of home cooking early on.

When her grades were bad and she decided to get a job, her mom said to her,

that's good you need to work because the rate you're going, you're going to need to know how to work hard.

Well, she did.

Toyas first job was cooking at the Corner Store and in New Orleans the Corner

stores offer a huge variety of different foods. She was 15. That's how she got her

start cooking and she hasn't stopped.

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