Ep. 1: The Gypsy Chef Yana Gilbuena on Cross-Country Pop-up Dinners, Transitioning from Day Jobs, Bare Bones Cooking, and Creativity
Hidden Apron Radio
English - February 25, 2016 23:49 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFood Arts Society & Culture cooking farming food foodcultures foodhistory foodindustry foodwriting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
My first guest on the show was one of my earliest collaborators and really stretches the boundaries of what a “moveable feast” means. Yana Gilbuena, who calls herself a “gypsy chef” of sorts, completed 50 pop-up dinners in all 50 states within a year. A task that most would consider completely insane since at times she didn’t even know where she would be sleeping at night. Through her critically-acclaimed “SALO Series”, she’s now bringing regional Filipino cuisine around the world.
We cover:
- transitioning from her job as a designer into the world of cooking (with little professional training at that!)
- the minimum skills and equipment you’d need to learn to cook for yourself and others
- what the concept of “dining” really means
- introducing new flavors to people who have never tasted them before and doing it successfully
More information can be found at hiddenapron.com/podcast.