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We invite you to share a story about a time you or a loved one was cuttin’ up in the kitchen. Your story can feature a unique culinary tradition, recount a core memory, or detail a favorite recipe, ingredient, or kitchen utensil. –The goal of this hotline is to memorialize and celebrate culinary traditions, both past and present, that are rooted in oral history.

This podcast is hosted by VAE Raleigh for our exhibition, Cuttin' Up: The Black Culinary Experience on view in Downtown Raleigh, NC until July 22nd, 2022.

TRANSCRIPT

I want to tell you about my Aunt Cindy's mahogany cake. She inherited this recipe from my grandmother and the secret ingredient is vinegar. In frosting that's a very moist rich chocolate cake with this very tart. Sweet frosting and it has been present at every single literally every single birthday in my entire family immediate and extended. For years and it is the most delicious cake I've ever had nothing compared and no celebration is complete without it. And it's just I wish I had the whole recipe and could recite it to you, but it's actually kind of this complex recipe but that secret ingredient is vinegar and the tartness just makes life so much better and so delicious.

The Amazing Breakfast

Cuttin' Up: The Hotline Experience presented by VAE Raleigh By VAE RaleighJun 13, 2022