The Food that Binds: Episode #24 and 25

Jennifer is joined by Cody Taylor and Jiyeon Lee, the husband and wife team of Heirloom Market BBQ in Atlanta, for the first of a two part interview. In part 1, Jennifer finds out how Jiyeon went from K-Pop star to highly acclaimed chef, how the two first met and then how they find a way to successfully work together.

The Food that Binds, Episode #19 and 20

In this two-part interview, Jennifer is joined by L.A. Times restaurant critic Bill Addison to talk about his food journey growing up, how travel impacted his relationship with food, dining out during the pandemic, the evolution of the job of a food critic, and why he continues a dying tradition of remaining a faceless critic.

Operating From a Commercial Kitchen Outside Clarkston, Just Bakery Is Helping Transform Lives

LeahLeah Lonsbury founded non-profit Just Bakery in 2017 as a place for resettled refugees in metro Atlanta to receive paid job training with a living wage. The bakery offers displaced people forced to flee their home countries an opportunity to build new skills and earn professional certifications, like ServSafe, to help provide long-term, economic security while reestablishing themselves in America. The foot in the door can be transformative for the bakers-in-training, many of whom have fled violence or conflict in countries like the Central African Republic, Congo, Pakistan, and Syria.

The Food That Binds: Episode 9, Amor Mia Orino

Amor Mia Orino of @kamayan_atl is my latest guest on @thefoodthatbinds. We talk about how she only started cooking in her mid 40's, how her relationship with her mother impacted food throughout her life, the Filipino food movement, #AAPIhate, her food truck outside of @vangogh.experience and her upcoming restaurant across from @prattpullmandistrict. If you can’t tell by my interview, I adore her and her colorful edible mosaics, and know you will too.