Sapphire Kitchen Radio

I sit down with my good friend Damon, a New Orleans native, talk about childhood memories, growing up in NOLA. We discuss what culture is like in different places and what the culture is now for food for the younger generation. We then jump into discussing how to incorporate health and cooking into the educational day of our students. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

My good friend Erika and I discuss travel. Both of us have been to countries in Europe, the Caribbean, Central America, and beyond. We share some unique stories, perspective and some of our thoughts on how traveling can be so liberating, so easy, and so necessary. I blended in some music of what I like to hear when I go abroad. Please enjoy and follow @sapphirekitchen202 on instagram or check out the website sapphirekitchen860.net --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

Walking through my steps of cooking and what I think about when I try to make a new dish! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

We continue to talk on how to build community in small ways and how we can center and define ourselves around the people we interact with. By creating need for each other we create more need for the community --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

Part 1 of an episode interview with my colleague about: What does it mean to be black in America? how does food and our culture define as a unique group. We touch on our experiences as black men in America and how we are in a system and reality that was not dreamt by us. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

Recap of my experiences and thoughts on the trip I took --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

What inspires you?? I draw inspiration from history and the ancestors of the african diaspora and my own family that has faced adversity that's what allows me to pour my heart out on the plate --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

Is convenience killing our relationship with food --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

What inspires a dish how do I make something new in a world full of sameness --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

What is my food philosophy? How does sapphire kitchen represent that? How do my past experiences influence some of the food I make now --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support

Some background about my life, and WHY food is important to me and WHAT it means to me. Also I include a bit about WHERE in the food industry I want to go. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-gaston/support