Toasted Sister

Toasted Sister
Presentation
Hosted by	Andi Murphy
Genre	Food
Created by	Andi Murphy
Language	English
Production
Production	Andi Murphy
Theme music composed by	CW Ayon
No. of episodes	62
Publication
Original release	January 5, 2017
Cited for	2019 National Native Media awards
Provider	Koahnic Broadcast Corporation Native Voice One
Related
Related shows	Red Man Laughing This Land All My Relations
Website	toastedsisterpodcast.com

Toasted Sister is a food journalism podcast hosted and produced by food writer and photographer Andi Murphy that highlights chefs and farmers who work to preserve indigenous food heritage.^[1] The podcast explores what Indigenous cuisine is, where it comes from, where it’s headed, and how it’s used to connect them and their people to their origins and traditions through interviews with Native chefs and other members of the food industry.^[2]

Background

Murphy lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is a member of the Navajo tribe.^[1][3] She is an associate producer at Native America Calling.^[4] While Murphy did not grow up with significant knowledge of indigenous food, she began learning about indigenous foodways when she started working at Native America Calling.^[4] The podcast was inspired by Murphy's own love of cooking and desire to teach fellow natives how to cook using foods sourced from a commodity Supplemental Food Program.^[3] Murphy often proposed food articles to her editor, who then began to limit the amount of food content that Murphy could produce. A coworker suggested that Murphy begin a podcast, so she started Toasted Sister in 2017.^[4] According to her, Native Americans have a mutual relationship with food; it appears in oral history, songs and music, and plays a role in ceremonies. She wants to combine the historical memory of these foods with ingredients that are readily available today.^[5] "Toasted Sister" seeks not only to share native food culture but also to help Native communities cook using foods they're unaccustomed to, such as when her New Mexico community was given wild rice, which is indigenous to the Midwest, as part of a commodity foods program.^[3]

This show is supported by the Koahnic Broadcast Corporation. It’s affiliated with Native Voice One. It plays regularly on Navajo Technical University’s KCZY radio station and on the RIVR (Rising Indigenous Voices Radio).^[2]

Reception

Zach Johnston wrote in Uproxx that the podcast is "a must-listen for anyone looking to finally try the real foods of the Americas."

Awards

Year	Category	Institution or publication	Result	Notes	Ref.
2019	Radio/podcast pro division ii - General Excellence	National Native Media Award	Won	First Place	[6]

See also

• List of food podcasts
• List of Native American podcasts

References

1. Maeve Higgins, "My Thanksgiving Learning Curve" Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, November 21, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
2. Andi Murphy, "Toasted Sister Podcast: About" Archived 2019-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, 2019 Toasted Sister Podcast, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
3. Anna Kusmer, "Young Women Are Reviving Indigenous Food Traditions Online" Archived 2019-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, 10 Years Civil Eats, November 9, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
4. Samanta Helou, "The Toasted Sister Podcast Is Highlighting the Work of Indigenous Chefs in the Americas" Archived 2019-04-21 at the Wayback Machine, Remezcla LLC., April 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
5. Simran Sethi, "We are still alive: How Native communities grapple with Thanksgiving's colonial legacy" Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, The New Food Economy, November 19, 2018. April 20, 2019.
6. "2019 National Native Media Awards winners". Native American Journalists Association. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

External links

• Official website