Secret Cuisines and Sacred Rituals

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Secret Cuisines & Sacred Rituals are memoirs of cultures in the voice of their food, traditions, memories and longings. Join me, the host, Vilasi Venkatachalam, as we explore ancient routes, cradles of cultures, culinary traditions, modern renditions of old things, vanishing diaspora, fading ritua…

Vilasi Venkatachalam


    • Mar 13, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 80 EPISODES



    Latest episodes from Secret Cuisines and Sacred Rituals

    Passover Portraits - Intimate Stories, Secret Cuisines & Sacred Rituals with Jennifer Abadi

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2015 57:57


    Passover Portraits - Intimate Stories, Secret Cuisines & Sacred Rituals with Jennifer Abadi

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2015 57:57


    The Passover Story - Food, Rituals, Mystique and more with Tina Wasserman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2015 57:57


    The Passover Story - Food, Rituals, Mystique and more with Tina Wasserman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2015 57:57


    "Eat Something Sexy" with Aphrodisiac Foods Expert, Amy Reiley

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2015 58:12


    "Eat Something Sexy" with Aphrodisiac Foods Expert, Amy Reiley

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2015 58:12


    Parsis of India - The Story of Sweetened Milk, Sacred Rituals and "Calls of Jamwa Chaloji" with Perzen Patel, the Bawi Bride & Shernaz Petigera

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2015 57:57


    Parsis of India - The Story of Sweetened Milk, Sacred Rituals and "Calls of Jamwa Chaloji" with Perzen Patel, the Bawi Bride & Shernaz Petigera

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2015 57:57


    "Purba - Feasts from the East" - Culinary Traditions of Odissa with Laxmi Parida

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2015 57:57


    "Purba - Feasts from the East" - Culinary Traditions of Odissa with Laxmi Parida

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2015 57:57


    "An Anglo-Indian Kitchen" - Flavors & Legacies of Colonial India with Bridget White-Kumar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2015 57:39


    "An Anglo-Indian Kitchen" - Flavors & Legacies of Colonial India with Bridget White-Kumar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2015 57:39


    "The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles" with Rinku Bhattacharya

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2015 56:05


    "The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles" with Rinku Bhattacharya

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2015 56:05


    "Cooking with Pedatha" - An Andhra Kitchen with Pratibha Jain & Jigyasa Giri

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2015 54:42


    "Cooking with Pedatha" - An Andhra Kitchen with Pratibha Jain & Jigyasa Giri

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2015 54:42


    An Indian Christmas - Flavors & Festivities of Goa & Mangalore

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2014 57:57


    An Indian Christmas - Flavors & Festivities of Goa & Mangalore

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2014 57:57


    A Hannukah Homage - The Last of the Ancient Diaspora - The Rommaiote Jews of Ioannina (pr. Yannena) with Isaak Dostis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2014 58:25


    A Hannukah Homage - The Last of the Ancient Diaspora - The Rommaiote Jews of Ioannina (pr. Yannena) with Isaak Dostis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2014 58:25


    The Color of Food - Stories of Race, Resilience & Farming

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2014 57:20


    The Color of Food - Stories of Race, Resilience & Farming

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2014 57:20


    Lourdes Tirouvanziam- Louis's "Pondicherry Kitchen" - The Cuisine, Culture & Celebrations in the French-Tamil Cradle of India

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2014 53:32


    Lourdes Tirouvanziam- Louis's "Pondicherry Kitchen" - The Cuisine, Culture & Celebrations in the French-Tamil Cradle of India

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2014 53:32


    Healing Holiday Flavors - Traditional Thanksgiving Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2014 57:57


    Healing Holiday Flavors - Traditional Thanksgiving Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2014 57:57


    "The Vanishing Kodavas & The Coorg Table" - An Ancient Race & Sacred Practices with Kaveri Ponnapa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2014 55:38


    "The Vanishing Kodavas & The Coorg Table" - An Ancient Race & Sacred Practices with Kaveri Ponnapa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2014 55:38


    Healing Traditions of My Ancestors - Cuisine, Culture & Celebrations of Tamil Brahmins of India with Viji Varadarajan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2014 57:58


    Healing Traditions of My Ancestors - Cuisine, Culture & Celebrations of Tamil Brahmins of India with Viji Varadarajan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2014 57:58


    A Memoir of a Culture - The Traditions, Longings & Untold Wisdom of The Beta Israel of Ethiopia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2014 57:46


    A Memoir of a Culture - The Traditions, Longings & Untold Wisdom of The Beta Israel of Ethiopia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2014 57:46


    Ancient & Medieval Forgotten Culinary Traditions, Texts, Treats with Ammini Ramachandran

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2014 57:58


    Ancient & Medieval Forgotten Culinary Traditions, Texts, Treats with Ammini Ramachandran

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2014 57:58


    A Feast on a Banana Leaf - "Grains, Greens & Grated Coconuts" with Ammini Ramachandran

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2014 57:58


    A Feast on a Banana Leaf - "Grains, Greens & Grated Coconuts" with Ammini Ramachandran

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2014 57:58


    Seasons, Celebrations & Rhythms of Life - Harvests, Equinoxes, Rituals & Traditions with Lorraine Henrich

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2014 59:28


    Seasons, Celebrations & Rhythms of Life - Harvests, Equinoxes, Rituals & Traditions with Lorraine Henrich

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2014 59:28


    Memories & Memory Keepers, Stories & Storytellers - with Amy Evans, Oral Historian

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2014 57:28


    Memories & Memory Keepers, Stories & Storytellers - with Amy Evans, Oral Historian

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2014 57:28


    Jewish Henna Traditions with Noam Sienna, Henna Scholar & Artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2014 57:39


    Jewish Henna Traditions with Noam Sienna, Henna Scholar & Artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2014 57:39


    "Spice & Kosher" - The stories, memories, cuisine & culture of the Cochin Jews

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2014 54:55


    "Spice & Kosher" - The stories, memories, cuisine & culture of the Cochin Jews

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2014 54:55


    The Calcutta Jews - The Vanishing Jewels with Jael Silliman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 57:21


    The Calcutta Jews - The Vanishing Jewels with Jael Silliman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 57:21


    The "Wedding Song", Food, Rituals & Memories of a Jewish Iran with Farideh Dayanim Goldin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2014 53:19


    The "Wedding Song", Food, Rituals & Memories of a Jewish Iran with Farideh Dayanim Goldin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2014 53:19


    Delightful Departure- A Refreshing New Conversation on Vitality & Wellness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2014 53:27


    Delightful Departure- A Refreshing New Conversation on Vitality & Wellness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2014 53:27


    The Sweet, Sour & Spicy flavors of the Syrian Jewish Cuisine. A Fistful of Lentils with Jennifer Abadi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2014 57:25


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