It's New Orleans: Louisiana Eats

To tell a truly engaging story, you have to dig deep beneath the surface. When it comes to radio storytelling, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, also known as the Kitchen Sisters, are masters. Through projects like Lost and Found Sound and Hidden World of Girls, the independent producers tell stories for NPR and online "from the flip side of history." On this week s show, we take a journey in sound with these two radio luminaries, discuss their amazing trajectory on NPR, and learn how they came to uncover Hidden Kitchens, their duPont Columbia and James Beard Award winning radio series. As we hear the Kitchen Sisters stories, we also delve into a sampling of their soundscape, from their early days at KUSP, Santa Cruz s community radio station, to some of their favorite Hidden Kitchen visions. With their help, we ll even hear from heavyweight champion George Foreman about his famous grill a tool used in many marginalized communities. Then, we speak with an emerging kitchen sister in her own right, historic gastron