When it comes to French cuisine, roast chicken is a classic.  Listen as  Mardi Michels (author of In the French Kitchen with Kids) makes her favourite version of this classic.  Key: lots of butter!
Mardi teaches French at a small school for boys in Toronto, and she also writes the blog eatlivetravelwrite.com.  As part of her teaching job, Mardi runs cooking classes twice per week for the boys who are aged 7 to 14.  Mardi loves France (where she lived for five years before moving to Toronto) and her book is the perfect way to introduce kids to French cooking.  I also visited Mardi and her students at cooking club while they made meatballs and tomato sauce in under an hour.  It was totally inspiring!

Mardi Michels makes Mr. Neil's Roast Chicken

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KITCHEN WINDOWS is a side project of the SUNDAY NIGHT DINNER podcast.  During lockdown, while spending so much time in my own kitchen, I started wondering what other people could see from their kitchen window. And what they were cooking for comfort. I asked some of my favourite musicians, chefs, writers and visual artists. This episode features Tim and Angela Chin in their kitchen in Montreal, QC.  Tim is an incredible photographer - he shoots food, portraits, weddings, ceremonies (check out his work at timchin.com). Because of the lockdown in Quebec this year, Tim and Anglea weren't able to celebrate Lunar New Year with their extended families like they usually do. Tim wrote a moving article about his experience with increased violence against Asians, and how cooking a traditional New Year's feast encouraged him to embrace his roots more deeply. You can find the article here:
https://www.fetechinoise.ca/blog/2021/identity-in-uncertain-times
You can also read about (and find the recipe for) the Char Sui that Tim talks about in this episode. Not quite his mom's, but almost!
https://www.fetechinoise.ca/blog/char-siu-tim-chin

Tim and Angela Chin, Montreal, QC

Kitchen Windows is a side-project of the Sunday Night Dinner podcast.  In this time of Covid-19 and social isolation, it’s a chance to have a brief look into the kitchens of writers, musicians, chefs, artists and health-care superstars.  What can they see out their window?  What are they cooking for comfort?  Who are they with?  How do they spend their days?

Shad is a Juno Award-winning rapper known for his witty, socially conscious lyrics.  Born in Kenya to Rwandan parents, his family moved to London, Ontario where he grew up.  He has released six studio albums, four of which have been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, and he won a Juno for Rap Recording of the Year in 2011.  He has been called “Canada’s most talented, genuine musical artist and one of the industry’s finest poets.” He also hosts the amazing documentary series Hip Hop Evolution on HBO Canada and Netflix.

You can find Shad here: www.shadk.com

Music from this episode:
"Motel" by Hayden from his album US ALONE, on Arts & Crafts

Shad songs featured: "Intro" from his album TSOL, on Black Box Recordings
"Rose Garden" from TSOL
"Keep Shining" from TSOL
"The Fool Pt 1 (Get it Got it Good)" from A SHORT STORY ABOUT A WAR, on Secret City Records

"If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me" by Betty Wright
"Lovely Day" by Bill Withers
"Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige
"The Model" by Kraftwerk
"Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard

Shad, Toronto

Kitchen Windows is a side-project of the Sunday Night Dinner podcast.  In this time of Covid-19 and social isolation, it’s a chance to have a brief look into the kitchens of writers, musicians, chefs, artists and health-care superstars.  What can they see out their window?  What are they cooking for comfort?  Who are they with?  How do they spend their days?

Julie Shapiro is the Executive Producer of Radiotopia from PRX- a curated network of incredible podcasts.  She’s the co-founder, and was the Artistic Director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival from 2000-2013.  She’s a champion of story, and a positive force. She lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with her husband and son.

You can find Julie here: www.julieshapiro.org
Radiotopia: www.radiotopia.fm

Music for this episode is by Nathaniel Braddock.  He's a musician and composer who tours internationally and performs an array of musical styles in venues as disparate as underground arts spaces and Lincoln Center.  Nathaniel performs solo fingerstyle guitar concerts drawing on his repertoire of African roots and American Primitive music. 
In this episode you'll hear his song "Silvering Ghosts" from his album Quadrille & Collapse (2017).

You can find Nathaniel here: www.nathanielbraddock.com

Intro music is by Hayden: www.wasteyourdaysaway.com

Julie Shapiro, Arlington, Massachusetts

Kitchen Windows is a side-project of the Sunday Night Dinner podcast.  In this time of Covid-19 and social isolation, it’s a chance to have a brief look into the kitchens of writers, musicians, chefs, artists and health-care superstars.  What can they see out their window?  What are they cooking for comfort?  Who are they with?  How do they spend their days?

Evalyn Parry is an actor, director, writer, and singer-songwriter. She is the Artistic Director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre-- the largest queer theatre in the world.  Most recently, Parry has co-written KIINALIK: THESE SHARP TOOLS with Inuk artist and performer, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory. They've performed the play all over the world to rave reviews. Parry's acclaimed show SPIN, which features a bicycle played as a musical instrument (played by percussionist Brad Hart), tells the story of Annie Londonderry, first woman to ride around the world on a bike in 1895.  She often performs with the theatre company Independent Aunties with Anna Chatterton and Karin Randoja, and their play GERTRUDE AND ALICE was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama.

Music for this episode is by JJ Ipsen.

Evalyn Parry, Toronto

Kitchen Windows is a side-project of the Sunday Night Dinner podcast.  In this time of Covid-19 and social isolation, it’s a chance to have a brief look into the kitchens of writers, musicians, chefs, artists and health-care superstars.  What can they see out their window?  What are they cooking for comfort?  Who are they with?  How do they spend their days?

Cherien Dabis is a celebrated filmmaker, writer, actor and director.  She has written and directed two feature films –  AMREEKA, and MAY IN THE SUMMER. AMREEKA world-premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, opened New Director’s/New Films at the MoMA and won the coveted International Federation of Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI) in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes. It went on to win a dozen more international awards including the Humanitas Prize and Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award and was nominated for a Best Picture Gotham Award, 3 Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Picture, Best First Screenplay and Best Actress and was named one of the Top Ten Independent Films of the Year by the National Board of Review. Dabis was also named one of Variety’s “Ten Directors to Watch” in 2009. AMREEKA was released theatrically worldwide and became the most-screened Arab-directed film in U.S.-cinema history, peaking at 40 screens across most major American cities.

Dabis returned to Sundance with her second feature film MAY IN THE SUMMER, which opened the 2013 Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Dramatic Competition section and had its international premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In it, she makes her onscreen debut alongside Bill Pullman, Alia Shawkat and Hiam Abbass. With the screenplay, Dabis won a Sundance / Time Warner Storytelling Grant, several Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Grants as well as the prestigious NHK International Filmmaker Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

She was one of the writers and producers of the TV series the L-WORD, and she’s directed two episodes in the third season of the Netflix series OZARK, and a number of episodes of the Hulu show, RAMY.

You can find her here: http://cheriendabis.me/

Mardi Michels makes Mr. Neil's Roast Chicken

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