Prague Times

EATS - Smokin' with Silva Jackson 

Guest: Silva Jackson, Executive Chef & Owner, Big Smokers 

Silva Jackson has had a long career in fine dining and then fell in love with American BBQ, especially the Texas style of smoking meat. She came back to Prague to bring some of what she'd learned to Czech palates and culinary contexts. It's sort of a fusion - let's call it Czexan.

We talk about her career, her return, her philosophy and how's she's helping shape the future of the Prague food scene.

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SECTIONS

01:50 - Chasing the American Dream - How She Got Started

04:58 - The Changing Face of Prague Food

10:05 - The Prague Food Scene Then and Now

12:36 - Big Smokers Starts Up

16:10 - Adapting American Dishes for Czechs

22:14 - The Perfect Bite

24:13 - Things Change

25:41 - Covid Quarantine Creates Challenges, and Community

• Music by Fanette Ronjat  

Read more about Silva and Big Smokers at Expats.CZ.

Big Smokers:

• Web

Other places mentioned in this episode:

• U Medvídků

For events in Prague, go to the Facebook page The Prague Haps 

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Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt

• DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence for Podcasts Series-Corporate Communications and on numerous top 10 podcast lists. 

THEN - Murky Mythological Origins

Trying to go all the way back to the beginning of Bohemia and Prague is difficult. The Dark Ages means we don't have great records. But we have some stories, and some facts, and some suppositions, and we can weave them together into a coherent narrative. In this episode, we look at the murky mythological beginnings of Prague and the Czech people, going all the way back as far as we can.

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SECTIONS

01:10 - Way, WAY Back: Stone Age, Celts, Germans and early Slavs, plus the Knights of Blaník Mountain and the Czech Atlantis

06:58 - Grandfather Czech and His Brother(s), plus the Avars

11:21 - Samo's Empire

13:24 - Krok the Judge

14:57 - Libuše and Přemysl

21:22 - Prague Begins, and News from Europe

22:13 - The Maidens' War

24:15 - The Seven Mythical Princes of Bohemia

24:56 - Nezamysl, Mnata, Vojen and Vnislav

26:03 - Křesomysl, plus Horymír and Šemík the Horse

27:33 - Neklan, plus the Lucko War and the Durynk Alder

29:38 - Hostivit, plus Bye Bye Avars 

• Music by Fanette Ronjat  

For events in Prague, go to the Facebook page The Prague Haps 

Follow us on social for extras:

• Facebook

Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt

• DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence for Podcasts Series-Corporate Communications and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.