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Hidden Kitchens: The Kitchen Sisters "Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize this cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese is as worthy of preserving as a 16th-century building." — Carlo Petrini, founder, Slow Food Movement
Special Series Hidden Kitchens: The Kitchen Sisters From street corners to old-fashioned traditions, communities come together through food.

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In 2014, about 2,300 people in Seoul made 250 tons of kimchi, a traditional fermented South Korean pungent vegetable dish, to donate to neighbors in preparation for winter. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP The Salt How South Korea Uses Kimchi To Connect To The World — And Beyond
August 22, 2016 The traditional dish is so essential to the nation's culture and identity that the government promotes it globally in an effort to foster understanding and peace among countries.
How South Korea Uses Kimchi To Connect To The World — And Beyond Listen 7:03 7:03 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/489805398/490895650" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
A group of men clean a week's haul of seabird eggs. Arthur Bolton/California Academy of Sciences hide caption
toggle caption Arthur Bolton/California Academy of Sciences The Salt The Gold-Hungry Forty-Niners Also Plundered Something Else: Eggs
August 15, 2016 When food shortages struck San Francisco, wily entrepreneurs raided the dangerous Farallon Islands for protein-rich eggs from seabirds. In the process, they destroyed both wildlife and each other.
The Gold-Hungry Forty-Niners Also Plundered Something Else: Eggs Listen 7:02 7:02 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/487644637/490037649" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
Shokugeki no Soma is about a boy named Sōma Yukihira who dreams of becoming a chef. Courtesy of VIZ Media hide caption
toggle caption Courtesy of VIZ Media The Salt Food Manga: Where Culture, Conflict And Cooking All Collide
August 8, 2016 In Japan, a country rich with visual storytelling, food has skyrocketed as a genre of manga — and the stories often depict a struggle for self-improvement.
Food Manga: Where Culture, Conflict And Cooking All Collide Listen 7:04 7:04 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/488385808/489138656" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
Quiosque de Refresco do Largo da Sé, in Alfama, Lisbon. More than a century and a half ago, these ornate little kiosks began cropping up in the city's parks and plazas, becoming the heart of public life. But they fell into disrepair and all but disappeared, until an architect and an entrepreneur joined forces to restore them to their former glory and place of prominence. Paul Arps/Flickr hide caption
toggle caption Paul Arps/Flickr The Salt History, Horchata And Hope: How Classic Kiosks Are Boosting Lisbon's Public Life
August 1, 2016 Ornate refreshment kiosks were once the heart of Lisbon's parks and plazas. They faded away under a dictatorship that discouraged public gatherings. Now they're back to help revitalize the city.
History, Horchata And Hope: How Classic Kiosks Are Boosting Lisbon's Public Life Listen 7:03 7:03 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/485228299/488191817" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
"Nobody can soldier without coffee," a Union soldier wrote in 1865. (Above) Union soldiers sit with their coffee in tin cups, their hard-tack, and a kettle at their feet. Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection/Flickr The Commons hide caption
toggle caption Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection/Flickr The Commons The Salt If War Is Hell, Then Coffee Has Offered U.S. Soldiers Some Salvation
July 25, 2016 "Nobody can soldier without coffee," a Union cavalryman wrote in 1865. Hidden Kitchens looks at three American wars through the lens of coffee: the Civil War, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
If War Is Hell, Then Coffee Has Offered U.S. Soldiers Some Salvation Listen 6:58 6:58 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/485227943/487303122" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
Lebanese chefs celebrate in Beirut after setting a new Guinness record for what was then the biggest tub of hummus in the world — weighing over 2 tons — in October 2009. The world record effort was part of Lebanon's bid to claim hummus as its own. Ramzi Haidar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Ramzi Haidar/AFP/Getty Images The Salt Give Chickpeas A Chance: Why Hummus Unites, And Divides, The Mideast
July 18, 2016 Nothing is simple in Mideast relations. Not even hummus. Lebanon, Israel and Palestinians are entangled over who owns the dish. Not even the title of world's largest hummus platter settled the matter.
Give Chickpeas A Chance: Why Hummus Unites, And Divides, The Mideast Listen 7:00 7:00 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/483715410/486432965" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
Blue agaves grow in a plantation for the production of tequila in Arandas, Jalisco state, Mexico, in December 2010. In the past 20 years, tequila has become fashionable all over the world, demonstrating that producers' international sales strategy has been a great success. Hector Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Hector Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images The Salt Tequila Nation: Mexico Reckons With Its Complicated Spirit
June 24, 2014 Some of tequila's oldest traditions are fast being erased as international spirit conglomerates take over family businesses. And tequila makers are worried about their impact on the environment.
Tequila Nation: Mexico Reckons With Its Complicated Spirit Listen 7:44 7:44 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/323714694/325073894" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
Australian celebrity chef and author Kylie Kwong (left) teaches a cooking workshop at Yaama Dhiyaan, a cooking and hospitality school for at-risk aborginal youth. The Kitchen Sisters hide caption
toggle caption The Kitchen Sisters The Salt In Yabbies And Cappuccino, A Culinary Lifeline For Aboriginal Youth
June 17, 2014 Australia has a long, dark history of racial discrimination against the Aborigines. A cooking and hospitality program tries to help youth discover their culture and build confidence and competence.
In Yabbies And Cappuccino, A Culinary Lifeline For Aboriginal Youth Listen 7:38 7:38 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/322569875/322800447" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
How about a date? Loomis Dean/Time Introducing the humble date to the U.S. over decades in the 20th century required dangerous Middle Eastern adventures, harem pants and a little bit of sex. Hollywood helped with movies like Cleopatra.
Forbidding Fruit: How America Got Turned On To The Date Listen 7:41 7:41 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/320346869/320575226" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
French physicist Philippe Hubert uses gamma rays to detect radioactivity in wine. "In the wine is the story of the Atomic Age," he says. C J Walker/Courtesy of William Koch hide caption
toggle caption C J Walker/Courtesy of William Koch The Salt How Atomic Particles Helped Solve A Wine Fraud Mystery
June 3, 2014 By testing for radiation, detectives tried to show that wine bottles purportedly from Thomas Jefferson's collection were fake. And with wine fraud rising, authentication is getting more sophisticated.
How Atomic Particles Helped Solve A Wine Fraud Mystery Listen 7:38 7:38 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/318241738/318414924" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
A typical Russian kitchen inside an apartment built during the early 1960s, when Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union — what later became known as Khrushchev apartments. Courtesy of The Kitchen Sisters hide caption
toggle caption Courtesy of The Kitchen Sisters The Salt How Soviet Kitchens Became Hotbeds Of Dissent And Culture
May 27, 2014 After Stalin's death, people in the Soviet Union could begin to debate politics again without fear of repression. This "thawing" took place in private kitchens, where music and art flourished, too.
How Soviet Kitchens Became Hotbeds Of Dissent And Culture Listen 7:47 7:47 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/314961287/316269194" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
Anna Matveevna came to this communal apartment in St. Petersburg in 1931, when she was 8 years old. Courtesy of European University, St. Petersburg, Russia,Colgate University and Cornell University hide caption
toggle caption Courtesy of European University, St. Petersburg, Russia,Colgate University and Cornell University The Salt How Russia's Shared Kitchens Helped Shape Soviet Politics
May 20, 2014 In the Soviet Union's communal kitchens, many families jockeyed for one stove. Apartments were crowded, food was scarce and government informants were everywhere. Still, some found joy and connection.
How Russia's Shared Kitchens Helped Shape Soviet Politics Listen 7:32 7:32 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/314054405/314138915" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
A turnspit dog at work in a wooden cooking wheel in an inn at Newcastle, Carmarthen, Wales, in 1869. Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images The Salt Turnspit Dogs: The Rise And Fall Of The Vernepator Cur
May 13, 2014 The turnspit dog was once an essential part of every large kitchen in Britain. Bred to run in a wheel that turned a roasting spit, the small but strong dogs ensured that the meat cooked evenly.
Turnspit Dogs: The Rise And Fall Of The Vernepator Cur Listen 7:35 7:35 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/311127237/312046610" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
Francesco Galante leads the Libera Terra, a cooperative of farmers and producers who create food and jobs outside of the Mafia's control. The Kitchen Sisters hide caption
toggle caption The Kitchen Sisters The Salt The Pizza Connection: Fighting The Mafia Through Food
May 6, 2014 In the first installment of the new season of Hidden Kitchens, The Kitchen Sisters explore how Sicilians are reclaiming farmland and providing Mafia-free jobs in a region gripped by corruption.
The Pizza Connection: Fighting The Mafia Through Food Listen 8:35 8:35 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/306874351/309997204" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
A sign from a fast food restaurant in Earlimart. Courtesy of The Kitchen Sisters hide caption
toggle caption Courtesy of The Kitchen Sisters Central Valley Disconnect: Rich Land, Poor Nutrition
July 10, 2009 California's Central Valley produces many of the fruits and vegetables consumed by Americans — but not by the residents themselves.
Central Valley Disconnect: Rich Land, Poor Nutrition Listen 7:19 7:19 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106061080/106458044" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript
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toggle caption Courtesy of Sharon Ely Stubb Stubblefield: Archangel Of Barbecue
March 20, 2009 C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield had a mission to feed the world, especially those who sang in it. He generously fed and supported both black and white musicians, creating community and breaking barriers.
Stubb Stubblefield: Archangel Of Barbecue Listen 6:58 6:58 Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/101823249/102154711" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript Birth Of Rice-A-Roni: The Armenian-Italian Treat
July 31, 2008 The birth of Rice-A-Roni began with a friendship between a Canadian immigrant and a survivor of the Armenian genocide. Soon after, an Italian family made "the San Francisco treat" into a popular side dish.
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Sam Clark, chef and Manor Garden allotment holder. Kitchen Sisters hide caption
toggle caption Kitchen Sisters London's Gardens: Allotments for the People
June 26, 2008 London's "allotment" gardens are an unusual system of community gardens across the city. Tended by immigrants, retirees, chefs and fans of fresh food, they make up a kitchen community like no other.
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An accordionist leads his band at the annual Sheepherders Ball. Roland Studio, ca. 1950. Courtesy John Odiaga. Basque Museum In the last century, Basque people fleeing Francisco Franco's dictatorship flocked to America. "Hidden Kitchens" explores their world of outdoor, below-the-ground, Dutch oven cooking traditions.
The Sheepherder's Ball: Hidden Basque Kitchens Listen Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90893167/90931700" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript Broncos and Boudin: The Angola Prison Rodeo
April 17, 2008 Hidden Kitchens travels to the Louisiana State Penitentiary and the world of unexpected, below-the-radar, down-home convict cooking at the Angola Prison Rodeo. The event, which draws thousands of spectators, features traditional dishes prepared and sold by inmates at the prison farm.
Broncos and Boudin: The Angola Prison Rodeo Listen Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89698695/89713401" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript Sugar in the Milk: A Parsi Kitchen Story
March 20, 2008 Niloufer Ichaporia King lives in a house with three kitchens. She is known for her ritual celebrations of Parsi New Year on the first day of spring, when she creates an elaborate ceremonial meal based on the auspicious foods and traditions of her vanishing culture.
Sugar in the Milk: A Parsi Kitchen Story Listen Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88505980/88651441" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript Hercules and Hemings: Presidents' Slave Chefs
February 19, 2008 Hercules, a slave of George Washington, and James Hemings, owned by Thomas Jefferson, began a long connection of presidents and their African-American cooks. And President Lyndon Johnson's black cook may have influenced his work on civil rights reform.
Hercules and Hemings: Presidents' Slave Chefs Listen Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18950467/19157768" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript Kibbe at the Crossroads: A Lebanese Kitchen Story
January 31, 2008 In the late 1870s, Lebanese immigrants began arriving in the Mississippi Delta, working first as peddlers, then grocers and restaurateurs. Kibbe, a meatloaf of sorts, is part of the glue that continues to hold the Lebanese family culture together in the Delta and beyond.
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Children eat hot dogs at Idaho's Minidoka Internment Camp. National Archives; Densho Project hide caption
toggle caption National Archives; Densho Project Driveway Moments Weenie Royale: Food and the Japanese Internment
December 20, 2007 After Pearl Harbor, about 120,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted and forced to live for years in federal camps. Internment changed the traditional Japanese diet and erased the family table.
Weenie Royale: Food and the Japanese Internment Listen Download Embed iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17335538/17441830" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player" Transcript Olive Oil Season: A West Bank Kitchen Story
November 22, 2007 Every year, Palestinians from towns and villages across the West Bank bring their ladders and tarps to local olive groves. Olive oil season is the center of local history and culture — and at the heart of the economy.
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