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The Storied Recipe

The Storied Recipe

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 Weekly guests share recipes they cherish for their significance to their culture, heritage, and memories.TheStoriedRecipe 2022 Art Cooking Food & Wine Hygiene & Healthy Living Social Sciences
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  • 198 The Magnetic Thai Grandma and Her Soothing Breakfast Jok

    198 The Magnetic Thai Grandma and Her Soothing Breakfast Jok
    Jan 14 2026
    What was your first moment of consciousness this morning? The sound of an alarm clock? The feeling of a toddler whose presence you felt before you even opened your eyes? If you’re really lucky, maybe it was the sun in your eyes? For Dom, it was the smell of garlic, gently frying outside. Then sounds - a burner catches, the scrape of an aluminum pan, the soft shuffling of small feet, rain on the roof of their home harmonizing with the sound of rain on the roof of their small outdoor kitchen in Thailand. Still bleary-eyed, but now awake enough to put his feet on the floor, Dom follows another scent — jasmine rice, steaming, floral and comforting - through a doorway and into the morning light. Predictably, she is already there. Dom’s grandmother squats near the burner, reaching for the soy sauce in its place in line with the other small glass jars of cooking essentials. When she turns and sees Dom, her beloved grandson - her precious son - her face opens into a smile and the beauty of her youth, a beauty that lifted her from poverty, glows undimmed. Years later, Dom and Sherri’s kids come home on Friday evenings in their suburban North Carolina home to the same smell - but much more significantly, to the same stability, the same predictability, the same safe assurance of a loving home where they are cherished and prioritized - that Dom awoke to a generation ago. This is the story of a woman who changed the future of generations. Tiny as she was, she stood in the path of generational addictions and said, like Gandalf to the Balrog, “You shall not pass.” Because of the way she loved and raised Dom, her grandson turned son, a legacy was changed for generations. Listen to Sherri and Dom Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Sherri and Dom's Recipe: Thai Breakfast Rice Porridge with Crispy Garlic & Pork https://thestoriedrecipe.com/thai-jok-thai-congee/ Connect with Sherri Pengjad Read more about Sherri on Thai Foodie.com Email Sherri at sherri@thai-foodie.com Learn about Sherri's cooking classes The Storied Recipe Newsletter The Storied Recipe is a community that believes food is a universal love language. Join for episode & recipe updates every Friday mornings. (And occasional free gifts!) The Storied Recipe Needs Your Help! Please leave a 5-star review for the podcast right here! This link will give all review options available on your device. Simply choose any option, click, and leave a review. Thank you! Recent Episodes 198 The Magnetic Thai Grandma and Her Soothing Breakfast Jok 197 The 5th Annual Christmas Pudding Episode 196 The Tireless German Oma and Her Creamy Quark 195 The Honest Magiría and Its Humble Chickpea Soup 194 The Best Mother-in-Law and Her Hungarian Walnut Torte 193 The War Bride, The Baker, And Their Apple Dumplings 192 The Gentle Generations and Their Best Cookies 191 The Creative British Nan and Her Cake That Came Full Circle 190 The Boisterous Landlady and Her Transformative Rajma Chawal 189 The Unflappable Farmer's Wife and Her Daily Bread 188 From French Wine Country: The Henriot Family Revives History in Champlitte 187 A Meal by the Fire: French Soup and Stories in Selina's Country Castle 186 Towards a Better Listener Experience: Join Me for a Call in 2025 185 Global Harvest Festivals: The Rare and Elusive Jubilee Phenomenon with Chase Matthews 184 Global Harvest Festivals: The Ancient 8 Day Festival of Sukkot with Susan Barocas 183 Palacinke & Cheesemaking: Nick’s Quest to Honor Baba Saveta’s Legacy 182 A 3 Minute Update: Big Announcement and Call for Feedback! 181 The Disappearing Farmer: Brian Reisinger’s Noble Fight to Secure America's Food Supply 180 The World’s Only: Dr. Menna’s Singular Mission to Unearth Egypt’s Food Legacy 179 What Happens After Happily Ever After? Alison Kay Returns 178 Jamaican Cuisine Goes Global: The Scotch Boyz Journey with Neil Hudson 177 From Liberia with Love: Frances & Jah's Culinary Mission and Famous Potato Salad 176 Riding Waves and Whipping Up Kaiserschmarrn with Anna and Marco at Mellowmove Surf Camp 175 Food, Feminism, Fury (and Family!): Geraldine DeRuiter's Tale of the Nesselrode Pie 174 Onsite Interview: Exploring 500 Years of History at Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig, Germany 173 A Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story 172 The Heady Scent of Coffee Blossoms with Accamma Nanjappa 171 Warriors and Children of Nature with Accamma Nanjappa 170 A Cookbook Worth the Wait with Murielle Banackissa 169 Fermentation as Art, Science, and Life Philosophy with Larry Nguyen
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  • 197 The 5th Annual Christmas Pudding Episode

    197 The 5th Annual Christmas Pudding Episode
    Dec 17 2025

    If I had to pick a word for my 2025, it would be bittersweet.

    This is now the 5th time I’m releasing the Christmas Pudding episode - I love it that much!

    But this year, it’s hitting a little bit differently.

    I’ve always loved this episode because it’s fun and funny and full of laughter. The conversation was a cherished opportunity to connect with a friend from my youth that lives across the world from me.

    But in light of our experiences this year, it’s landing a little differently for me.

    This year, I found myself tuned in to a note that’s been right there all along, underneath the humor — the tenderness of Robert and Lisa’s memories.

    And I’m wondering - How didn’t I hear it before?

    The way these traditions didn’t just hold joy for Robert and Lisa, but also the pain of absence and loss?

    Like the thestrals in Harry Potter, the truth is, we can’t see what we can’t see.

    But sooner or later, the events of life will afford all of us, hopefully, an ever expanding vision.

    And here’s that word, bittersweet, again - In a dish, bitterness doesn’t cancel the sweet. Rather, orange zest will balance - more than, it will sharpen and amplify the sugar in a dish, allowing us to taste it more fully.

    And so, as life changes us, expands us, and makes us more attuned to other notes, may we not forget the purity, the clarity, the melody of life’s sweetest moments, which are so often found in our traditions.

    But with some pain and in some seasons, this is not reasonable or respectful

    And in that case, may the bitterness of this broken world point us — as Robert and Lisa do at the end of this episode — to the eternal love of God.

    Emmanuel, God with us - So gloriously on display, each and every Christmas.

    Listen to Robert and Listen Now

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  • 196 The Tireless German Oma and Her Creamy Quark

    196 The Tireless German Oma and Her Creamy Quark
    Dec 10 2025
    If you listen closely, you can almost hear the soft rattle of a bicycle coasting over cobblestones, weaving past tractors and farm fields on its way toward a small German village kitchen. A little girl, Heidrun, is on that bike and, as her hair streams behind her in the wind, she can hardly hear anything herself. Her head is full of questions about what she’ll gather or forage with her Oma today - and what they’ll bake when they return to her kitchen - and hoping that, earlier this morning, while the moon was still high, Oma made her perfect yeast cake with soft streusel crumbles. When she walks into the kitchen, Heidrun is delighted to see that - yes! Oma’s yeast cake has already risen, baked, and is now cooling in the window. And she’s comforted by the familiar sight of fresh quark wrapped in a muslin cloth, dripping its healthy whey slowly into a bowl below, where it will be saved and later added to bread. Heidrun’s Oma was steady, disciplined, neat, tidy, and hardworking. She wasn’t talkative and she never used a scale. Nevertheless, she managed to teach generations, Heidrun included, the precise art of German Baking, an art which Heidrun has now put into book form with images, explanations, careful instructions. And at the center of today’s story - and so many recipes in this book - is a cornerstone of German baking. Quark is a soft, rich, creamy, protein and calcium-rich, slightly tangy cheese essential to both sweet and savory German dishes. To be honest, when I started the process of creating this episode, I thought quark was too technical, difficult, or time-consuming for me and thought, “Well, quark will be fun to talk about, but I’ll just use the substitutions that Heidrun mentions.” However! Much like her Oma did for her, Heidrun drew me out of my comfort zone through her quiet enthusiasm, empowering knowledge, and gentle insistence that it's always worth learning a new skill and making a recipe the right way. Listen to Heidrun Now If you can't see these in your podcast player, visit TheStoriedRecipe.com to see them. Heidrun's Oma's Village: Stierstadt Screenshot Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Heidrun's Recipe: Pumpkin Cheesecake Made from Creamy German Quark https://thestoriedrecipe.com/german-pumpkin-cheesecake/ Quark Essentials Mesophilic Cultures Calcium Chloride Connect with Heidrun Metzler and Her Work Buy German Heritage Baking Listen to Nick Campbell's Episode on Cheesemaking https://thestoriedrecipe.com/183-nicks-quest-to-honor-baba-savetas-legacy/ The Storied Recipe Newsletter The Storied Recipe is a community that believes food is a universal love language. Join for episode & recipe updates every Friday mornings. (And occasional free gifts!) The Storied Recipe Needs Your Help! Please leave a 5-star review for the podcast right here! This link will give all review options available on your device. Simply choose any option, click, and leave a review. Thank you! Recent Episodes More European Recipes
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