Episode 77 - Vishwesh Bhatt of Mississippi on Southern Cuisine & His Oxford Hometown

Vishwesh Bhatt lives in Oxford, Mississippi, where he is executive chef for the city’s acclaimed Snackbar, a Southern brasserie and oyster bar and was recognized, in 2019, as the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef in the South.  In 2022, he published a book of recipes and stories called “I Am From Here” which was designated as one of NPR’s “Books we Love” for 2022 and one of Garden & Gun’s Best Southern Books of 2022 and received a James Beard U.S. Foodways Cookbook award for 2023.

Vishwesh finds hope in conversation.  You can learn more about Vishwesh at www.kissmybhatt.com.

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