Latest Spices Podcast Episodes
Part 2: A Conversation With Dontae Payne Running for City of Olympia Pos.6
Shirro's Plate Podcast - August 02, 2021 22:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we continue our conversation with Dontae Payne who is running for the City of Olympia, Washington State Position #6. This conversation dives deep into the topics of defund, equity, and public safety. Dontae talks about his approaches to public safety, what it should look lik...
Part 1: A Conversation With Dontae Payne Running for City of Olympia Pos. 6
Shirro's Plate Podcast - August 02, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we sit down with Dontae Payne who is running for the City of Olympia, Washington State Position #6. This conversation dives deep into the topics of equity, public safety, houselessness and climate change. We also get up close to his personal journey and to what inspired him t...
Linda Blackmon Lowery, The March from Selma to Montgomery (1965) - The Road to Freedom
Shirro's Plate Podcast - March 06, 2021 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLinda Blackmon Lowery, is an award winning author - Turning 15 On The Road to Freedom, a children's book. Linda still lives in Selma and tells us her powerful and moving story of her teenage life in segregated Alabama. Linda was among the 300 who marched in 1965. She recalls the words of ...
Special Episode of Vote2020 - A Conversation With Rep. Beth Doglio a Contender For Washington Congressional District 10
Shirro's Plate Podcast - October 31, 2020 01:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this special Episode of VOTE2020, we sit down with Rep. Beth Doglio of Olympia Washington who is running for Congressional Seat for District 10. Beth has been in the forefront of many bills in her position as a House Representative for Legislative District 22. In this episode we wanted to ...
The Amped Voice - Black Live Matters Movement Special Series - A conversation with Shar Byrne, Live Protest Streamer from Portland, Oregon
Shirro's Plate Podcast - August 03, 2020 19:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRecorded July 26, 2020 Welcome to The Amped Voices a series of podcasts we will be hosting to hear the point of view of people involved with Black Live Matter's Movement. Since May 2020, after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police, Portland, Oregon protests continue to grow. Shar ...
Zucchuni
Shirro's Plate Podcast - August 03, 2020 16:00 - 7 seconds ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAt Shirro's Plate, we are stand with Black Live Matters and we are committed to dismantling systematic racism in our society. It's summer and we have been way behind in posting our summer favorite recipes from our garden. Our summer garden is giving us back and we got some really great tasting...
27: Bakers Against Racism (T&C Talk)
Lettuce Wrap - June 16, 2020 23:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsUpdate: Thanks to your purchases, we raised $1,800 to support the work of Planting Justice! Thank you for supporting this effort. -- We’ve joined thousands of other #BakersAgainstRacism supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement by doing what we know best: making delicious food! All profits from ...
Part One: Coping with COVID19 Pandemic - New Stories from Kenya
Shirro's Plate Podcast - May 31, 2020 03:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk with families members living in Kenya about their everyday life in the pandemic. It is surely a very unusual times we are in. The COVD19 virus outbreak has impacted us all in many different ways and has put the world on pause, as we like put thing in our on own perspect...
26: We're Social Distancing (T&C Talk)
Lettuce Wrap - May 28, 2020 15:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe’re back! We didn’t plan to be away this long, but the world changed, quickly. In this episode, we share what it’s been like running three essential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we’re coping with all the changes it’s brought about. We’ll have more episodes throughout 2020, s...
Chai Masala
Shirro's Plate Podcast - April 13, 2020 21:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOne thing about Kenyans is that they love chai (tea). Any family you visit will offer you a cup of tea and in restaurants too. But we also make this wonderful chai masala. Masala is a mixer of spices that are really good for your overall health. Chai Masala invigorates your body, mind and soul....
Super Healthy Bread
Shirro's Plate Podcast - March 30, 2020 19:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe hope everyone is staying save and practicing social-distancing as much as possible. It has been over two weeks since we went on quarantine/isolation. We finally have this episode up for you to enjoy. Our Super Healthy Bread is simple and easy to make. We have combined some of the best i...
Sukuma Wiki - Super Healthy Kale
Shirro's Plate Podcast - March 04, 2020 19:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSukuma Wiki is a popular dish in my home country, which literally means push the week. It's eaten almost daily with Ugali (grits), rice or chapatis. The dish is mostly cooked with collard greens and sometimes spinach is added. Onions, garlic, tomatoes, cilantro and a mixer of some of the best...
Pod-Giving Weekend Cooking
Shirro's Plate Podcast - January 19, 2020 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating(Previously Recorded 11/23/2019) A Non-Thanksgiving Cooking We decided to skip thanksgiving and instead we took the time to prepare another wonderful Matoke (Plantain) dish. This time, Matt gets in the kitchen to give us his fusion of Matoke. Plantains are versatile and are easy to add on to o...
25: The Pumpkin in the Room (T&C Talk)
Lettuce Wrap - December 14, 2019 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our final episode of 2019, we take a break from interviews to talk about our favorite (and busiest!) time of the year: The holidays! We get personal and chat about our holiday history, how we prepare (business-wise and personally), how we celebrate, and what we miss. Along the way, we admit a ...
24: My Medium, Not Your Medium, with Anucha Kongthavorn of Mae Krua
Lettuce Wrap - November 23, 2019 08:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn 2007, Anucha Kongthavorn stepped off a plane in San Francisco from his native Thailand, and got a job cooking the same day. He's spent his career in the service industry, from restaurant busser to cruise ship butler, culminating in opening his own Thai food take out, Mae Krua. He joins us to t...
23: Support The Farmers Directly (T&C Talk)
Lettuce Wrap - November 09, 2019 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis episode we talk about something we both know a bit about: farmers’ markets. Both NeoCocoa and Spice Hound owe their early success to these neighborhood marketplaces, and we firmly believe they’re an amazing way for new food entrepreneurs to get started. We visit a local market to chat with v...
22: Like a Gym, Except a Kitchen, with Dan Mills of Tinker Kitchen
Lettuce Wrap - October 26, 2019 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDan Mills turned his hobby of collecting commercial kitchen gadgets into Tinker Kitchen, a makerspace for community cooking. He joins us to talk about his inspiration for the space, why entrepreneurs need grit in the face of never-ending roadblocks, and how his very understanding girlfriend provi...
Welcome! Let’s Cook Breakfast Matoke (Plantain)
Shirro's Plate Podcast - October 20, 2019 03:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we look at Shirro’s journey with food growing up. We hop in the kitchen and prepare some yummy breakfast matoke (plantain). Matoke is a stable food throughout Africa and it’s known by different names depending on where you visit. They can also be cooked in many different ways. T...
21: Cake Scraps and Hugs, with Kelly Zubal of Inticing Creations
Lettuce Wrap - October 12, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsKelly Zubal of Inticing Creations made a custom guitar birthday cake for Journey guitarist Neal Schon, and appeared on TV next to Martha Stewart. Now she’s here with us to talk about how she got started in her sculpted edible cakes career, her experiences as a “reality tv star”, and why her husba...
20: Petri Dish Meats (T&C Talk)
Lettuce Wrap - September 28, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe discuss the state of “plant-based meat alternatives” then taste seven different burgers, beef and not-beef, to see if we like (or can even identify!) the plant-based ones from Impossible Food and Beyond Burger. These are definitely not your old-school alternatives like Boca Burger or Gardenbur...
19: 850 Item To-Do List, with Marissa Daskalakis Tsangaropoulos of Fete Fraiche
Lettuce Wrap - September 14, 2019 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsGrowing up in a big Greek family, cooking for large groups was a natural part of Marissa Daskalakis Tsangaropoulos’ youth. She eventually turned that passion for bringing people together over food into a business, Fete Fraiche, first as a personal chef, and now as an event chef and caterer for th...
18: This Country Needs Onigilly, with Koji Kanematsu of Onigilly
Lettuce Wrap - August 24, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe lack of decent lunch options led Koji Kanematsu to launch Onigilly, serving onigiri—traditional Japanese rice balls—to busy American workers. He now has an ambitious mission to build Onigilly into a nationwide chain of at least 500 locations, as a healthier alternative to Subway and McDonald’...
17: BBQ is a Little Mystical, with Steven Hollifield of Seismic BBQ
Lettuce Wrap - August 10, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSteven Hollifield walked into a kitchen dish-pit, found it magical, and remained in food service his entire career. He now runs two kitchen-based businesses, Seismic BBQ and South Basin Kitchen, and joins us to discuss how he got his start, shares some sobering realities of owning a catering busi...
16: It’s So Hot In San Francisco
Lettuce Wrap - July 27, 2019 07:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIt was unusually warm in San Francisco in early June, so we took a quick break from interviews to chat with each other about ice cream to keep us cool during these rare, warm San Francisco evenings. If you live in—or plan to visit—San Francisco, consider this a guide to delicious, creamy treats. ...
15: I’m the “J”, with Joel Sakakihara of R&J Toffees
Lettuce Wrap - July 13, 2019 07:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis episode is dedicated to James Yamaoka. Joel Sakakihara and his brother updated their grandfather’s 60 year old toffee recipe, and built a business that’s grown from farmer’s markets to Costco and Whole Foods. Joel joins us to chat about the complexities of running a rapidly-growing food busi...
14: Two Whole Croissants, with Robert Hac of Sons & Daughters
Lettuce Wrap - June 22, 2019 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAward-winning pastry chef Robert Hac joins us to taste some of the best chocolate croissants in San Francisco. Robert is the pastry chef at Sons & Daughters, where he builds seasonal desserts inspired by memories of the foods he ate as a kid. He traces his love of cooking to his grandma, and the ...
13: I Moved 6,000 Pounds By Hand, with Elyce Zahn of Coco Tutti
Lettuce Wrap - June 08, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAs an entrepreneur, you do what it takes to make your dream a reality, and Elyce Zahn almost literally built Coco Tutti by hand. She makes gorgeous, “addictively edible” chocolate artwork, an award-winning business she started just as her architectural business was going under. We cover a wide ra...
12: Food Is Not A Widget, with Mirit Cohen of Adobe
Lettuce Wrap - May 25, 2019 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMirit Cohen was “executive chef” of her family’s large dinner gatherings long before becoming Executive Chef at Google and Adobe, as well as CEO of her own “daily foodservice” business. Now Adobe’s Global Workplace Experience Programs Manager, Mirit shares her advice about the importance of ident...
11: A Chocolate Tourist, with Jack Epstein of Chocolate Covered
Lettuce Wrap - May 11, 2019 07:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsYou don’t need passion to start a business, but you do need it to keep one going for a quarter century. Life-long entrepreneur Jack Epstein of Chocolate Covered sells over a thousand artisan chocolates from his store in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. Learn how Jack built his unique...
10: I Prefer My Beer Distilled, with Stuart Cristol-Deman of Stuart on the Coast
Lettuce Wrap - April 27, 2019 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsStuart went from whiskey novice to Certified Bourbon Steward, turning a bad first impression with whisky into a passion he now shares with others in his at-home whiskey tasting and cooking classes. We taste our way through a personalized flight of four ryes, while learning more about whiskey (and...