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Your Mama’s Kitchen

Your Mama’s Kitchen

Written by: Michele Norris
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“Tell me about your mama's kitchen.” That’s the simple request which begins each episode of this Audible Original podcast from acclaimed journalist Michele Norris (NPR’s All Things Considered, The Washington Post) and Acast Productions.

Every week, hear guests like Michelle Obama, Conan O'Brien, Ina Garten, José Andrés, John Legend, and more explore the complexities of family life and how their earliest culinary experiences helped shape their personal and professional lives—and of course, each guest brings a recipe for a favorite dish from their youth so you can taste a bit of their story.

With a delicious buffet of actors, authors, chefs, musicians, and more, the rich conversations that flow from that simple, initial prompt reveal the histories, memories, and cultures that emerge from the kitchen—the heart of the home—where we are nourished physically and spiritually. Your Mama’s Kitchen is a podcast about cuisine and culture, ingredients and identities, and the meals and memories that make us who we are.

The show’s closing song is 504 by The Soul Rebels.

Editorial and web support from Melissa Bear and Say What Media. Our talent booker is Angela Peluso.fo

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes
  • How Heritage Becomes Flavor with Marcus Samuelsson

    How Heritage Becomes Flavor with Marcus Samuelsson
    Oct 13 2026

    Chef Marcus Samuelsson joins Your Mama’s Kitchen to reflect on how his Ethiopian roots and Swedish upbringing shaped his relationship with food, culture, and home. He shares how his personal experiences inform his approach to hospitality at Red Rooster, where he’s made it his mission to ensure everyone feels welcome, represented, and like they belong at the table.


    Marcus also discusses his upcoming book, Back to Green: Rediscovering a World of Delicious, Healthy Eating, arriving October 20, 2026. The book explores plant-forward cooking traditions from around the world, celebrating the ingredients, cultures, and stories that connect us through food.

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    47 mins
  • Peacefully Bringing 65 People to the Table with Tony Shalhoub and Josie Adams

    Peacefully Bringing 65 People to the Table with Tony Shalhoub and Josie Adams
    Oct 6 2026
    How do you share a house, a kitchen, and a week with 60+ relatives and still want to do it again next year? Award-winning actor Tony Shalhoub and his daughter Josie Adams, co-authors of the upcoming cookbook "We Thought They'd Never Leave", share their family's rules for curating the perfect family week under one roof. It's a primer for anyone with a beach house, a holiday crowd, or a family that wants to stay close. Tony also takes us back to his childhood kitchen in Green Bay, with his nine siblings, and a basement stove where his aunties baked Syrian bread for the whole neighborhood. Plus, we learn to make warm stuffed grape leaves and a Lebanese green bean dish called Loubieh.

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    59 mins
  • From Korea to Queens: Min Jin Lee on the American Dream

    From Korea to Queens: Min Jin Lee on the American Dream
    Sep 29 2026
    Your Mama’s Kitchen is back! We’re kicking off our new season with best-selling author Min Jin Lee (“Pachinko”), whose latest book, “American Hagwon,” hits shelves on Sept 29. In today’s episode, Min Jin takes us inside the kitchen in Elmhurst, Queens where her family built a new life after immigrating from Korea. Around the table, food became a language for everything they were carrying: pride, sacrifice, exhaustion, and the weight of starting over in America. It’s an intimate story of immigration, and how the kitchen table shaped her writing.

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    43 mins
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