From the Pantry is a limited series developed by HRN’s Director of Education and Creative Development Taylor Early, focusing on illuminating HRN’s two-fold mission of educating community members in response to a changing world and cultivating the next generation of food media leaders. This series is made up of four narrative arcs researched, scripted, and produced by one of alumni fellows. Each fellow pulled concepts, ideas and conversations from HRN’s archive (the pantry) and created stories that explore the personal significance and broader cultural meaning of what they found.

In this first episode of Rice Revelations, Producer Sasha DuBose introduces herself and how she stumbled upon her Gullah Geechee heritage through conversations with their sister, voicemails from their grandparents, and most importantly, food. In the pantry, Sasha found Dr. Edda Fields Black and Matthew Raiford, who share Sasha’s Gullah heritage and delved deeper into themselves in their own way.

Notes & Credits

Rice Revelations was conceptualized and produced by Sasha DuBose. You also heard from the beloved Taylor Early at the top of the episode.

The Rice Revelations Logo is designed by Sasha’s sister, Kennedy DuBose.

Listen to the full Meat & Three Episode where Sasha discovered her Gullah Geechee heritage through cookbooks, here.

If you’re craving your own copy of Gullah Geechee Home Cooking, click here. 

Check out Sasha’s academic work and audio storytelling here.

Listen to Dr. Edda Fields Black discuss her research in full on Fields, here. 

If you want to listen to Matthew Raiford’s story, from Gilliard Farms to his inherited foodways, check out his first episode of Jupiter’s Almanac, here.

If you have family history in the Lowcountry that you’re interested in tracking back to the boat, as Sasha and Taylor call it, click here.

Read more about Sasha’s grandparents’ Southern Sorcery, here.

Curious about the difference between fresh water geechee and saltwater geechee? Click here.

Sasha can’t give y’all their recipe for their mom’s mac and cheese, but if you want to fry okra like them, check out their recipe here.

This episode of From the Pantry was produced by Sasha DuBose, with support from Hannah Chouinard, Sam Gerardi, and Addison Austin-Lou.

Our audio engineer is Sam Gerardi.

This program is supported in part by the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, as well as public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

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