Makers, Shakers & Mavens

Once a month for six months during 2021, Cooks Without Borders hosted a live online Q &A event that took a deep dive into some aspect of cooking and cooking culture with a fascinating expert in the food world: our makers, shakers and mavens.

The series is on hiatus now, but past events are collected below, available for free watching. You can also head over to the Cooks Without Borders YouTube Channel and watch them there. Please SUBSCRIBE to the channel — doing so will help keep this Cooks Without Borders site ad-free. So will watching our videos there and sharing them with your social networks and friends!

Watch our past Makers, Shakers and Mavens Video Q & A’s

They’re collected below, available for free watching. You can also head over to the Cooks Without Borders YouTube Channel and watch them there. Please SUBSCRIBE to the channel — doing so will help keep this Cooks Without Borders site ad-free. So will watching our videos there and sharing them with your social networks and friends!

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Oct 2, 2021

MAKERS, SHAKERS & MAVENS: CELEBRATING KATE LEAHY'S NEW 'WINE STYLE'

Oct 2, 2021

Award-winning author Kate Leahy has published her first solo cookbook, which dives into wine and pairings from a cook’s point of view, and offers endlessly delicious recipes for the kind of laid-back entertaining she and her wine-and-restaurant-world friends adore. Kate brings us up to speed on natural wines, skin-contact (orange wines), stress-free cooking and lots more.

Watch the replay! (coming soon)

Jun 3, 2021

MAKERS, SHAKERS & MAVENS: THE GRAIN REVOLUTION WITH ROXANA JULLAPAT AND DAVID KAISEL

Jun 3, 2021

Join us as we talk about ancient, heirloom and artisan grains with two exciting leaders of the movement. David Kaisel is the founder and owner of one of the country's top artisan mills — Capay Mills in Northern California. Roxana Jullapat is the renowned Los Angeles baker and co-owner of Friends & Family, and author of the outstanding cookbook Mother Grains.

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Apr 7, 2021

CULTURE-DIVE LIVE Q & A WITH 'VIETNAMESE FOOD ANY DAY' AUTHOR ANDREA NGUYEN

Apr 7, 2021

Award-winning cookbook author and founder of Viet World Kitchen Andrea Nguyen joined us to talk about Vietnamese cooking at home, how Vietnamese meals are conceived and enjoyed, stocking your pantry and lots more. Renowned photographer (and superb home cook) An-My Lê was our special guest.

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Mar 29, 2021

MASA AND HEIRLOOM CORN CULTURE WITH OLIVIA LOPEZ AND JORGE GAVIRIA

Mar 29, 2021

Dallas chef Olivia Lopez and Masienda founder Jorge Gaviria join us to talk about heirloom corn varieties Jorge is bringing in from Mexico, nixtamalization, masa’s next wave and how home cooks can take part in it.

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Mar 29, 2021

OTTOLENGHI-SPHERE AUTHOR TARA WIGLEY TALKS WITH LESLIE BRENNER

Mar 29, 2021

Cooks Without Borders founder Leslie Brenner interviews Tara Wigley, co-author of Falastin (with Sami Tamimi), and contributor to Ottolenghi Simple and other Yotam Ottolenghi titles and projects.

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Mar 29, 2021

DEEP DIVE INTO CHINESE AND CHINESE-AMERICAN COOKING WITH SARAH LEUNG

Mar 29, 2021

The Woks of Life co-founder Sarah Leung speaks with Leslie Brenner about Chinese cooking, Chinese-American cooking and culture, starting a multigenerational blog and more.

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