Hidden Kitchens or Captains Table

Hidden Kitchens: Stories and More from NPRs The Kitchen Sisters

Author: Davia Nelson

Food is our common ground, a universal experience.           –James Beard The saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio, NASCAR kitchens tucked away in the crew pits at race tracks, the story of an unexpected kitchen—the George Foreman Grill—these stories and more from Hidden Kitchens, the popular and highly acclaimed radio series on NPR’s morning edition, is now being released on a 3 CD set based on the new book Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes & More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters.

Produced by the Peabody Award winning radio team, The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva, (creators of NPR’s Lost & Found Sound and The Sonic Memorial Project) with Jay Allison, Hidden Kitchens explores the world of street corner cooking, kitchen traditions and visionaries, and how communities come together through food. These stories of secret, underground, unofficial and off the radar kitchens come alive in these sound rich stories full of an array of voices, music, and archival audio that capture a strong sense of place and time—stories that travel the country chronicling kitchen cultures past and present.

Hundreds of listeners called the NPR Hidden Kitchens Hotline with intriguing messages and hot tips about underground kitchens at nuclear test sites, secret civil rights kitchen, family recipes and more. Many of these funny, passionate and poignant messages are featured on this beautifully crafted, richly layered audio edition.

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Captain's Table

Author: Sarah Edington

Lavishly illustrated with historic liner menus from the collections of the National Maritime Museum and images of deck life and dining from the golden age of liners to the present day, this recipe book provides a fascinating view of life on board ship for rich and for poor.

The recipes, recreated for a modern audience by popular food writer Sarah Edington, explore cuisine from all corners of the globe and range from the sumptuous feasts of first class to the simplest meals in steerage. Each chapter examines the traditions and etiquette of a certain meal and provides easy to follow, delicious recipes catering for many different courses and styles of dining.