Home Cooked

Home Cooked

Home Cooked is about cherished family recipes and the stories behind why they get passed on. Each episode focuses on one family and one recipe. Host Sarah Martin takes listeners inside the home kitchen as they cook and share stories.

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June 24, 2020 29 mins

When Ivy’s grandma died, the chef and food writer decided it was high time to finally learn how to make grandma Marthe’s famous tourtière recipe from the Gaspésie. Ivy visits her aunt Jeannine’s kitchen - a world apart from her mother’s hippie homestead kitchen in PEI - to discover her French-Canadian roots. 

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Bernadette has a mission: To pass on her Inuit ancestors’ skills in finding and cooking food — in a harsh Arctic environment where harvesting has a whole new meaning, and survival means sharing everything.  On the edge of the Arctic Circle, Bernadette and her old friend Christopher take Sarah out onto the Arctic sea ice to hunt and harvest a whole caribou.


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April 27, 2020 25 mins

In 1898, during the Gold Rush, Ione Christensen’s grandfather brought to the Yukon a wad of sourdough starter, the essential ingredient in making generation after generation of delicious bread. Ione has achieved many things during her lifetime, but the most significant may be guarding this precious commodity, and keeping its tradition alive — literally.

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April 21, 2020 1 min

From a century old sourdough starter to a caribou hunt on the edge of the Arctic Circle, more stories about family recipes and why they get passed on in a brand new season of our critically-acclaimed podcast, Home Cooked. 

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November 27, 2018 24 mins

Karl fed his Jamaican chopped liver to his boys for breakfast, to fuel them for hockey practice. It worked: P.K. is an all-star defenceman in Nashville and Malcolm tends goal for Las Vegas. When the youngest, Jordan, followed his older brothers footsteps of playing in the NHL, it was the liver that kept him company on the road.  Homecookedpodcast.com for recipes, photos and videos. 

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November 13, 2018 16 mins

As a kid, Ashtyn was known for her love of food and her adventurous palate.  Becoming a model in New York City changed that.  Ashtyn is determined to reconcile her work with her fondness for food.  Luckily she has a sister who’s a professional chef to help her. homecookedpodcast.com for recipes, photos and videos. 

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October 29, 2018 17 mins

Shaun lost his Mom to cancer when he was in university. She was the one who gently pushed him to join the marching band when he was just a little kid growing up in freezing cold Regina. He would go on to become a professional trumpet player and composer. The trumpet and his go-to comfort food — Dawn’s chocolate chip cookies — have kept his Mom’s spirit alive. homecookedpodcast.com for recipes, photos and videos. 

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October 15, 2018 18 mins

For José’s tightly-knit family, meals have always been an important time to be together — over a Colombian diet of meat, meat and more meat. At university, José learned to see some things differently and decided to become a vegan. But he can’t give up his seat at the family table, and his mom would never let that happen. homecookedpodcast.com for recipes, photos and videos. 

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October 1, 2018 22 mins

At school, Nick was embarrassed by the smell of the Chinese food his parents packed him for lunch. When he decided to become a chef, he perfected French techniques under some of the top chefs in North America and Europe. Returning home, it was his grandmother’s wontons that gave him a jolt of sensory memory that would define his current success. homecookedpodcast.com for recipes, photos and videos. Photography: Christopher Wahl Ill...

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September 18, 2018 20 mins

Natasha moved from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia to The Netherlands before moving to Canada. The one constant growing up was her mom’s chicken biryani recipe. But Natasha can't cook - she says she can't even boil water - and she's scared that she'll never eat the delicious Pakistani dishes she grew up with after her mom is gone. Luckily her non-Pakistani husband is ready to step up to the plate and prepare the dish o...

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August 17, 2018 2 mins

A new show about family recipes and why they get passed on. Join host Sarah Martin as she takes us inside family kitchens to cook cherished recipes. Every episode contains three vital ingredients: a great yarn around a family recipe, delicious food and terrific characters. Visit homecookedpodcast.com for recipes, photos and videos.

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