Your Mama’s Kitchen
Higher Ground
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Roy Wood Jr’s Childhood: Country as a Sugar Sandwich
Feb 18 2025 • 37 mins
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. dishes on his Birmingham roots and how his radio personality dad and law school student mom navigated meal times with their opposing schedules. He shares the simple but delicious meals that limited his palette before he ultimately became the foodie we know and love today. Plus, we learn about the biscuits that had his cousins fighting over who gets the last one.
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The European Summer that Changed Ina Garten's Life
Feb 11 2025 • 42 mins
America's favorite kitchen icon Ina Garten opens up about the tumultuous relationship she had with her mama's kitchen when she was a child. She walks us through how her relationship with food evolved in later years, thanks to her husband Jeffrey and a summer spent camping across Europe on a shoestring budget. Plus, we learn how to make the one dish Ina enjoyed from childhood: Chicken Parmesan.
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How John Legend Learned to Forgive His Mother
Feb 04 2025 • 43 mins
Multiple Grammy and Platinum Record winning artist John Legend takes us back to his roots in Springfield, Ohio, where he was an academic overachiever and a musical prodigy. John opens up about his early rocky relationship with his mother and how, over time, they came together to nurture one beautiful family. Plus, we learn how to make his mama's special mac & cheese.
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Meet the host
Michele Norris is the host of Your Mama’s Kitchen. She’s one of the most trusted voices in American journalism, earning several honors over a long career, including Peabody, Emmy, Dupont, and Goldsmith awards. She is a Senior Contributing Editor for MSNBC; was a columnist for The Washington Post Opinion Section; and was a cohost of NPR’s All Things Considered. Norris is also the founding director of The Race Card Project, a Peabody Award–winning narrative archive where people around the world share their reflections on identity, and author of the NYT bestselling book Our Hidden Conversations.