Episode 723: Global Thanksgiving with Hawa Hassan and Andrea Nguyen

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Thanksgiving won’t be the same this year, but don’t stress, we talk to our friends who have always celebrated the holiday in a non-traditional way. Andrea Nguyen, author of Vietnamese Food Any Day has the story of how her holiday became a Vietglish Thanksgiving, Dan Souza from America’s Test Kitchen helps us downsize this year’s menu. Dan gave us access to the Roast Duck, Turkey Thigh Confit, Sous Vide Turkey Confit, and Lemon Posset recipes for Thanksgiving week so check them out! Somali American Chef, Hawa Hassan talks about the community of women she’s met through her travels and the recipes and stories she collected for her newest book, In Bibi’s Kitchen and Bricia Lopez of Guelaguetza Restaurant in Los Angeles talks about how her family makes traditional Thanksgiving recipes their own. Plus, we get wine ideas from Elizabeth Schneider author of Wine for Normal People and Petra Paredes of New York City’s Petee’s Pies drops in to talk about her working holiday traditions.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

• November 20, 2020 (originally aired)

• November 12, 2021 (rebroadcast)

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