The Kitchen Sisters Present

The Kitchen Sisters Present


Latest Episodes

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

226 - Kimchi Diplomacy—Hidden Kitchens: War & Peace and Food
November 21, 2023

In this season of Kimchi making, stories of South Koreas ancient food tradition and the countrys work to foster connections between nations through gastrodiplomacy.

Architect Anna Wagner Keichline: The Legacy of Invention
November 07, 2023

Architect, industrial designer, suffragette, Anna Wagner Keichline made breakthroughs in housing and kitchen design and held 7 patents for her inventions.

224 - Make Coffee Black Again
October 17, 2023

We hear from Bartholomew Jones, co-founder of CxffeeBlack, a "multimedia coffee educational company" based in Memphis, Tennessee

223 - Losing Lincoln
October 03, 2023

After struggling through the pandemic and a ransomware attack, students and faculty at a rural predominantly Black college were faced with a sudden turn of eventsthe loss of their school.

222 - Filmmaker Wim Wenders—The Entire Caboddle
September 19, 2023

Wim Venders, who premiered two beautiful new films at Cannes Film Festival this year, talks about his life and inspirations in this a piece produced for The Keepers series.

221 - Lena Richard - America's Unknown Celebrity Chef
September 05, 2023

The almost forgotten story of Lena Richard, an African American Creole chef, cookbook writer, TV host, catering business owner, frozen food entrepreneur, cooking school teacher a "force of nature" i