Carolina Quotes
It was so beautiful to really understand how our food traditions that we bring with us to wherever we land are shaped by where we land, and how that place where we land and settle is then shaped by those food traditions.
Vivian Howard Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Interview with Christopher Kimball, Milk Street Radio, June 2020
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- interview
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- Milk Street Radio
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- 2020
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