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In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Izabella Rodrigues (15) interviews her grandmother Mary Jane Rodrigues (73) about their family history and her teenage life. Mrs. Rodrigues shares stories about her summers and her jobs as...

Hi, I’m Kamila and this is me interviewing my sister about her life, childhood, culture, and relationship to food and cooking!

Interview between Claudia (Miami) and Amanda (Georgia) about their relationship with food and cooking.

Interviewing about his life

This is an interview with my grandmother talking about her past!

Jim Bear Full (67) and Thompson Reichert (67), friends since 2000, were business partners in the Ganas Community in Staten Island NY. Bear has a long history with food. His initial involvement was at school, which allowed him to develop...

We talked about memories of food growing up, how food is connecting us to our community right now, and what we’ve learned about food during this pandemic.

I learned that me and my grandma are related to Benjamin Franklin. I learned she lived in 8 Different states. Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, and Texas. not in the order. And she lived in 38 different...

Friends Keith Mosier (64) and Michael Lunter (65) discuss how they met, their work with people with AIDS, how they got involved with the community organization Food Outreach, their coming out stories, the AIDS epidemic and the legal protection that...

The interviewee, Marco, tells a short description of his childhood life and household. Moreover, Marco, describes his job, and the lessons it taught him.

In this interview, created on January 8, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri, Rea’zen Chatman (16) interviews her mother, Ebony Freeman (38) and her cousin, Kimberly Freeman (38) about their childhood, grandparents, and challenges. They both talk about their grandmother and...

One Small Step partners Isabel Estolano (65) and Laura Chaltry (45) share a love of hiking, food and a drive to help others in their community. They reflect on different ways in which public programs and policies support and hinder...

Making Ukrainian borsch with dad using his mother’s recipe

Robin and i talked about her career and what led her to that. We talked about her family, values, hobbies, and her accomplishments.

In this interview, recorded on November 22, 2018 in Sarver, Pennsylvania, Summer Arner (17) interviews her Great Grandmother Helen Arner (97) about her life growing up in the early 1900s. Helen shares stories about her family as a child and...

Friends Shymeria Stone (24) and Noah Hack (22) talk about their forever friendship, some fond memories they have with one another, and some wisdom they have learned over the years.

Family gathers as Leah (19) interviews grandmother Mirelle(78) as they discuss cooking, food, family, and culture!

Test interview

Ash Rainey(21) talks with brother Ryan (49) about all the different meals and food cultures they have experienced and made over the years. 2023-10-25 21:00:59

Rose and Stacey talk about meeting in 2005 when they worked at Scala's Bistro in San Francisco, they talk about the ups and downs of working in restaurants, what they learned, and Rose talks about her award winning pear gallette.

An interview with me (13yrs) and my grandpa (70yrs) about his life for school

In this interview, on November 28th, 2019 in Oregon Wisconsin, Donna Hillmann talks about her childhood on a farm in Milton Wisconsin, her family (siblings, parents, origin) , growing up and raising a family ( husband Friedo Hillmann, children Jeff,...

My name is Jack Kilcourse and I interviewed my Dad about what influenced me to want to become a chef