This June, two women made James Beard Award history. Chef Sherry Pocknett is the first Indigenous woman to earn a (Best Chef, Northeast). And chef, food writer, and author Illyanna Maisonet is the first Puerto Rican to earn a James Beard Award. Illyanna won in the 鈥淓merging Voice鈥� category for her book, Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook.
This hour, , an Indigenous educator and member of the Mohegan Tribe, talks with Sherry, who is a member of the , about her restaurants , which is in Charlestown, RI., as well as the restaurant she hopes to launch in 黑料吃瓜网. Sherry also describes what it felt like to win the James Beard Award.
And, producer Katrice Claudio talks with Illyanna, who received her medallion during the on June 3. Illyanna talks about culinary school, the cultural influences that make up Puerto Rican cuisine, and her approach to cooking Puerto Rican food鈥攈er way.
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- Sherry Pocknett: James Beard Award-winning chef/owner of . She is the first Indigenous woman to win a James Beard Award.
- Illyanna Maisonet: James Beard Award-winning food writer. She is the first Puerto Rican woman to win a James Beard Award and the first Puerto Rican food columnist for a major newspaper in the United States, the San Francisco Chronicle. is on Substack and her first book is .
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In her segment, Sherry mentioned farmer Jeremy Whipple. He鈥檚 the director of Mashantucket Pequot鈥檚 Meechoo么k Farm, where they make what Sherry calls 鈥渢he best maple syrup in all the land.鈥� CT Public's Patrick Skahill featured the farm in a series about BIPOC farmers.
This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Catie Talarski, Meg Dalton, Tagan Engel, Katrice Claudio, Stephanie Stender, and Meg Fitzgerald, with help from Sabrina Herrera and Riley Brown on Social. Our interns are Stacey Addo and Carol Chen.
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