Anya Von Bremzen's guest appearances

Anya Von Bremzen

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Life Stories

This Is TASTE

Dani Shapiro

James Rhodes

Gary Marcus

Steven Rinella

James Rebanks

Kat Kinsman

Annabelle Gurwitch

Jesmyn Ward

John Kaag

Ophira Eisenberg

Jonathan Wilson

Sarah Manguso

Gary Shteyngart

MK Asante

Nick Flynn

OwlTail

How cool was it to have Anya von Bremzen in the studio? In this fast-paced episode, we cover Anya’s tremendous journalism career, which has brought her multiple James Beard Awards and a handful of reported books that are considered modern classics. These include the memoir Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking and her latest, National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home. We talk about what makes (or doesn’t make) a culture’s national dish, and how food writing has undergone great change in the past two decades. Also on the show, Aliza and Matt catch up about the new SPAM® flavor, Cardamaro, a visit to the Albanese gummy bear factory store, goat butter ice cream, a great new book Imagine a City: A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World, a great new movie Theater Camp, and a really smart sunburn recovery hack.  MORE FROM ANYA VON BREMZEN:How Do Certain Foods Become National Dishes? [NYT]The Problem with National Dishes [Saveur]Say Ciao to Roscioli NYC, Direct From Rome [Resy]People Love to Hate the Garlic Press [TASTE]

How cool was it to have Anya von Bremzen in the studio? In this fast-paced episode, we cover Anya’s tremendous journalism career, which has brought her multiple James Beard Awards and a handful of reported books that are considered modern classics. These include the memoir Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking and her latest, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/National-Dish-Around-History-Meaning/dp/0735223165" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home</a>. We talk about what makes (or doesn’t make) a culture’s national dish, and how food writing has undergone great change in the past two decades. Also on the show, Aliza and Matt catch up about the new SPAM® flavor, Cardamaro, a visit to the Albanese gummy bear factory store, goat butter ice cream, a great new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Imagine-City-Pilots-Journey-Across/dp/0525657509" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Imagine a City: A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World</a>, a great new movie <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puVDIUk0kM8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Theater Camp</a>, and a really smart sunburn recovery hack.  MORE FROM ANYA VON BREMZEN:<ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/books/review/anya-von-bremzen-national-dish.html?smid=tw-nytbooks&amp;smtyp=cur" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How Do Certain Foods Become National Dishes?</a> [NYT]</li><li><a href="https://www.saveur.com/culture/national-dish-anya-von-bremzen/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Problem with National Dishes</a> [Saveur]</li><li><a href="https://blog.resy.com/2023/07/roscioli-nyc/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Say Ciao to Roscioli NYC, Direct From Rome</a> [Resy]</li><li><a href="https://tastecooking.com/not-cheating-use-garlic-press/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">People Love to Hate the Garlic Press</a> [TASTE]</li></ul>

257: Anya von Bremzen

Ann Mah

Subscribe to Life Stories in iTunes  photos: Katia Grimmer-Laversanne (Mah); John von Pamer (von Bremzen) This episode of Life Stories brings together two women whose food-inflected memoirs took their titles from the same Julia Child classic: Ann Mah writes about her excursions to find the great regional dishes of France in Mastering the Art of French Eating, while Anya von Bremzen combines the history of her family in the Soviet Union with an exploration of the complex interplay between the party line on Soviet cuisine and the realities of what people ate in  Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking. Two very different projects—but as you’ll learn over the course of our conversation, Mah and von Bremzen do share some common ground, from their mutual backgrounds in travel and food journalism to the roles that family and memory play in each of their stories. And, perhaps most importantly, the realization that a great dish isn’t necessarily defined by its ingredients, but by the experience of preparing and enjoying it with others. (You’ll also learn about the distinctive aroma of andouillette, and the favorite dish of Joseph Stalin… both of which, I have to confess, sounded delicious!) Listen to Life Stories #52: Ann Mah &amp; Anya von Bremzen (MP3 file); or download this file by right-clicking (Mac users, option-click). Or subscribe to Life Stories in iTunes, where you can catch up with earlier episodes and be alerted whenever a new one is released. (And if you are an iTunes subscriber, please consider rating and reviewing the podcast!)

<h5><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/life-stories/id650168716" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to Life Stories in iTunes</a></h5> <a href="http://www.beatrice.com/life-stories/LifeStoriesAnnMahAnyaVonBremzen.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> photos: Katia Grimmer-Laversanne (Mah); John von Pamer (von Bremzen) This episode of Life Stories brings together two women whose food-inflected memoirs took their titles from the same Julia Child classic: <a href="http://annmah.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ann Mah</a> writes about her excursions to find the great regional dishes of France in <a href="http://www.powells.com/partner/29017/biblio/9780670025992" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mastering the Art of French Eating</a>, while Anya von Bremzen combines the history of her family in the Soviet Union with an exploration of the complex interplay between the party line on Soviet cuisine and the realities of what people ate in <a href="http://www.powells.com/partner/29017/biblio/9780307886811" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking</a>. Two very different projects—but as you’ll learn over the course of our conversation, Mah and von Bremzen do share some common ground, from their mutual backgrounds in travel and food journalism to the roles that family and memory play in each of their stories. And, perhaps most importantly, the realization that a great dish isn’t necessarily defined by its ingredients, but by the experience of preparing and enjoying it with others. (You’ll also learn about the distinctive aroma of andouillette, and the favorite dish of Joseph Stalin… both of which, I have to confess, sounded delicious!) Listen to <a href="http://www.beatrice.com/life-stories/LifeStoriesAnnMahAnyaVonBremzen.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Life Stories #52: Ann Mah &amp; Anya von Bremzen</a> (MP3 file); or download this file by right-clicking (Mac users, option-click). Or <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/life-stories/id650168716" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe to Life Stories in iTunes</a>, where you can catch up with earlier episodes and be alerted whenever a new one is released. (And if you are an iTunes subscriber, please consider rating and reviewing the podcast!)

Life Stories #52: Ann Mah & Anya von Bremzen