848: Let’s Party with Dan Pelosi and Caribbean Cooking with Rawlston Williams

About this episode

This episode features Dan Pelosi discussing hosting tips and recipes, followed by Rawlston Williams exploring Caribbean cooking traditions.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | YouTube . This week, we’re excited to get cooking! First, two-time New York Times bestselling cookbook author and the internet’s favorite Italian, Dan Pelosi, joins us to staff the phone and answer your cooking questions. We get into his top hosting tips, the how-tos of building menus for all kinds of gatherings, and his favorite springtime recipe, Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan Sauce . Then, Francis and Dan jump into your cooking questions. Dan Pelosi is the author of Let's Eat: 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart & Home - A Cookbook , and his latest book is Let's Party: Recipes and Menus for Celebrating Every Day . Then, we dive into Caribbean cooking with Brooklyn-based chef Rawlston Williams. Rawlston talks about growing up in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and his introduction to that island’s foodways. He talks about the diverse and delicious culinary traditions of the Caribbean, and we take an in-depth look at the different seasonings and marinades that are the foundation of Caribbean cooking. Ralwston Williams is the author of The Caribbean Cookbook , and he left us with recipes for Green Seasoning, Jerk…

People in this episode

Host: Francis

Guests: Dan Pelosi, Rawlston Williams

Topics covered

• cooking
• Caribbean cuisine
• hosting tips
• recipe development
• culinary traditions

Keywords

• cooking questions
• Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan Sauce
• Green Seasoning
• Jerk Marinade
• Sofrito

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Let's Eat: 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart & Home - A Cookbook, Let's Party: Recipes and Menus for Celebrating Every Day, The Caribbean Cookbook

Places: St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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