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Your Mama’s Kitchen

Zarna Garg

Your Mama’s Kitchen

Higher Ground

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and TikTok sensation Zarna Garg shares her incredible journey of creating the American life she imagined growing up and finding marriage on her own terms. She also reveals how she transitioned from the elaborate meals her mom cooked to simpler dishes that suit her family’s needs today.  Plus, she offers some great tips for transforming steamed broccoli into something special.


Zarna Garg is a stand-up comedian who pokes fun at her experiences as an Indian immigrant mom. She was named Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2023 and performs in comedy clubs all across the country. Her comedy special, “One in a Billion,” is available now on Amazon Prime Video.





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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:24.6

Procore software for the people who build the world. I think quantity when I think food.

0:43.0

When I make pasta, I automatically make a big pot,

0:47.0

even though there's one person eating it.

0:49.0

But it's something I learned in my kitchen,

0:51.0

and of course that came with a lot of warmth and a lot of love and

0:55.1

brown culture in general expresses a lot of love through food we don't say I love you we

1:00.9

just feed people constantly yeah more you're not hungry no there's no

1:05.3

such thing you had dinner have another dinner

1:11.2

welcome to your mama's kitchen. The podcast that explores how we're shaped as adults by

1:18.2

the kitchens we grew up in as kids. I'm Michelle Norris and today we talk to someone who is truly a real

1:25.2

Renaissance woman. I'm talking about Zarna Garg. She is a screenwriter, producer,

1:31.2

content creator, mom, wife, and as you will hear in this conversation,

1:36.0

a bit of a broccoli evangelist.

1:38.8

All these parts of her coalesce into someone who's a natural comedy. This law school grad had a seamless

1:44.8

career transition to the world of stand-up comedy and Zarna's daughter was the

1:49.1

one that nudged her. Since then she has appeared on the today show, This American Life,

1:54.5

stand-up stages across the country and she's had her own stand-up special.

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