The Kitchen Sisters Present

The Kitchen Sisters Present


Latest Episodes

Cool Hair, Great Smile: Remembering Knox Phillips
April 16, 2024

A tribute to music producer Knox Phillips, Memphis Music Ambassador, son of Sam Phillips creator of Sun Records, and Keeper of his Family's legacy. During more than 50 years in the industry, Knox prod

The Romance and Sex Life of the Date
April 02, 2024

In 1898, the United States Department of Agriculture created a special department of men, called Agriculture Explorers to travel the globe in search of new food crops to bring back and grow in the U

Parsi New Year—First Day of Spring
March 19, 2024

Niloufer Ichaporia Kinga kitchen botanist, a one-of-a-kind cook, a Parsi from Bombay living in San Francisco, and author of "My Bombay Kitchen," prepares an elaborate ceremonial meal for Parsi New Ye

Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects hosted by Frances McDormand
March 05, 2024

Trailblazers, codebreakers, skyscraper visionaries. Julia Morgan, Natalie de Blois, Amaza Lee Meredithwomen who changed the skyline and the built environment that surrounds us today.

Black Chef, White House—African American Chefs in the President's Kitchen
February 20, 2024

Cooking for the founding fathersthe story of Hercules and Hemings, the enslaved chefs of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. And an interview with Zephyr Wright, President Lyndon Johnson's cook w

The Mardi Gras Indians—Stories from New Orleans
February 06, 2024

A collection of stories in honor of the Black Mardi Gras Indian tradition, its rituals and deep-rooted significance to New Orleans culture, featuring Jelly Roll Morton, Tootie Montana and more.

230 - Architecture, Family Style – Sarah Harkness & Jean Fletcher
January 16, 2024

The lives and work of architects Sarah Harkness and Jean Bodman Fletcher and the post WWII utopian vision of the Architects Collaborative (TAC).

229 - The Pancake Years - For Lenny on Christmas Eve
December 24, 2023

For five years Davia's father, Lenny Nelson, asked her to go to Rattlesden, England, to visit the Air Force base where he was stationed during WWII and to find an old photograph hanging in the town pu

Emily Dickinson's Hidden Kitchen—Black Cake
December 19, 2023

In honor of her 193rd birthday, we revisit the secret, steamy myth laden world of Emily Dickinson through her kitchen.

227 - Lou Reed's Tai Chi
December 05, 2023

Lou Reed, musician, rock icon, poet, leader of the legendary Velvet Underground, was obsessed with tai chi the practice, the community, the health and spiritual benefits and had been writing a boo