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This week, we talk to Lisa Donovan, one of the?most respected restaurant pastry chefs in the South. She¡¯s worked with great chefs who helped mold her along the way, but at her core, she¡¯s a self-taught baker.?She¡¯s the author of a powerful new memoir?Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger, which is about finding what¡¯s within you to stand up to a world that tries to hold you back. She helps Francis take your baking calls and has some rather intense opinions about pie making! Then, we talk to Anissa Helou, a living legend of a cookbook author who joins us to talk about the profound traditions of sweets in the Middle East. She¡¯s the author of?Feast, Food of the Islamic World?and?Sweet Middle East.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
September 11, 2020 (originally aired)
September 17, 2021 (rebroadcast)
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