Coming soon from HRN, Culture & Flavor is a podcast about food and culture centered in Black & Indigenous foodways. Hosted by Zella Palmer, Director and Chair of the Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African American Material Culture in New Orleans, Louisiana. Each episode features high vibrational conversations with cultural bearers, chefs, farmers, scholars, bbq pitmasters and more - where there is flavor, there is history - Join Zella Palmer and her guests as they share stories that will have you praise dancing, cooking, conjuring and inspiring your culinary journey.
Latest episodes
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56 min
Kaitlin Guerin | Lagniappe Bakehouse
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Kaitlin Guerin, a New Orleans-based Pastry Chef and Baker with an artistic dance background and an affinity for creativity and…
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53 min
Givonna Joseph
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Givonna Joseph, Founder and Director of Opera Creole. Ms. Joseph is committed to the culture of New Orleans, the city of her b…
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1 h 00
DJ Soul Sister
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with DJ Soul Sister @djsoulsister an internationally-known, veteran DJ artist, whose broadcast programs and live performances featu…
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1 h 15
Chef Nando Chang | It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Nando Chang, a Peruvian-born chef and restaurateur behind behind Michelin-starred Itamae AO in Miami. A 2025 James Beard Found…
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54 min
Setsong Tea Crafters | South Africa
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Retang Phaahla and her mother, Nondumiso, co-founders of Setšong Tea Crafters, an Award Winning Agri-business and vehicle for…
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57 min
Dr. Naa Oyo A. Kwate
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Dr. Naa Oyo A. Kwate, a writer and interdisciplinary scholar with wide ranging interests in Black urban life. Raised in Chicag…
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1 h 21
The Black Dragon | Big Kitty & Chef Kurt Evans
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Big Kitty Xue, a 27-year-old Chinese chef, born and raised in Shanghai and now based between New Orleans and Los Angeles. Know…
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49 min
Zydeco | Gabrielle Deculus
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Gabrielle Deculus, a cultural strategist, marketing architect, and the visionary founder of Saint Josephine, a creative consul…
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39 min
Dew Drop Inn | Curtis Doucette Jr.
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Curtis Doucette, Jr., owner and developer of the Dew Drop Inn, a restored music venue and boutique hotel in New Orleans, Centr…
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1 h 11
Dr. Aris Latham
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Dr. Aris Latham, a Panamanian-born raw food pioneer, chef and health & wellness influencer. Dr. Latham is known as the "father…
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1 h 00
Son of the Soil | George McCalman
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with George McCalman, artist, author, and creative director based in San Francisco and Grenada. McCalman’s background in the editor…
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1 h 09
Insatiable City | New Orleans
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Theresa McCulla, 2025 James Beard Foundation Semi-Finalist and curator at Mars, Incorporated. McCulla served as the Curator of…
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1 h 24
German Soul with Justin Robinson
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Justin Robinson is a Grammy award-winning musician and vocalist, cultural preservationist, and historic foodways expert about…
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49 min
Yo Soy De Aqui
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Puerto Rican Chef Carlos Portela. Chef Carlos is from Caguas, Puerto Rico. After many career experiences across the globe, Che…
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45 min
Chef Nina Compton
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with St. Lucian native Nina Compton, Chef/Owner of gastronomic gems Compère Lapin and BABs in New Orleans, along with her fast-casu…
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41 min
Chef Sean Sherman
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with Chef Sean Sherman Founder/Senior Director of Vision & Strategic Partnerships, NĀTIFS Founder/CEO, The Sioux Chef and Owamni b…
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1 h 02
Diggin' in the Crates
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella talks with DJ Lynnee Denise about the legacy of Black music. Denise is a global practitioner of sound, language, and Black Atlantic thoug…
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1 h 37
The State of American Food
Jim is at home at every level, whether as a six-time USA delegate to Slow Food’s Terra Madre in Italy, a visitor to Cuba to study organic farming, extensive work in urban agricultu…
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1 h 10
We Are the Doulas
On this episode of Culture & Flavor, Zella speaks with Chef Noni, a Chef, mother, healer, teacher, event coordinator, facilitator, a community activist and leader in Johannesburg,…
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49 min
Tapiwa Guzha | African Ice Cream
On this episode of Culture and Flavor, Zella reflects on her visit to Tapi Tapi African Ice Cream in Capetown, South Africa. Tapiwa Guzha, born in Zimbabwe has a PhD in molecular b…