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Recipes for Grief
by Recipes for Grief with Andrea Sexton Dumas
Heartfelt storytelling for feel-y foodies that explores the relationship between loss and nourishment. We explore ancestral food traditions, rituals for death and grief, and life recipes for living with grief.
Episodes
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Ep. 23: Funke
Welcome to the show the colorful and incomparable Ms. Funke. She opens the conversation by telling how she starts her day with her Ifà practices, and how she consulted the Yoruba Orisha Ògún before bringing her beloved dog, Cognac, home. Her fear of death was transformed through Buddhism, Reiki…
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Ep. 22: Tunde Lasode
Tunde Lasode has an upcoming concert, Audience of One: Tribute to the King, on Friday October 18th at Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, Ca. Our conversation has stretched and tested me, and you might be surprised at the differentiation he makes between being a follower of Jesus vs.…
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Ep. 21: Brianna Hernández
What a fun conversation this is with artist and death doula Brianna L. Hernández. Brianna shares a few stories about her mom, Miss Sylvia, including her sense of humor and her complicated relationship with cooking. We actually recorded on Miss Sylvia's birthday, so that was really special.…
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Ep. 20: Nancey B. Price
In this episode, I have a sincere and heartfelt conversation with my friend and artist Nancey B. Price. She shares about her relationship with the land, the smell of peanut dust, mothering the mothers and honoring the fathers. She names collage art and writing as portals and large parts of her...
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Ep. 19: Kitchen Table Talk with Andrea
In this solo episode, I share my mission statement as well as the inspiration for the new artwork (via crystal divination) as Recipes for Grief has crossed the one year mark. I talk about how I've been in a food funk, my Grandmother's sometimes inconsistencies and paradoxes, and introduce…
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Ep. 18: Tiffany Joseph
Episode 18 brings the waters. Tiffany Joseph introduces herself and her children and shares what she saw when she watched her grandmothers. She also speaks on grief, responsibility and safety. It's much more of a presentation than an interview, and a true honor and delight to share this with you....
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Ep. 17: Joél Simone Maldonado aka The Grave Woman
Joél Simone Maldonado (aka The Grave Woman) joins Recipes for Grief podcast to discuss Black funeral and food traditions. As we chat, you can really hear us deepening into curiosity, trust and friendship as we venture into the ethics of preserving family stories and AI, as well as the ethics of...
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Ep. 16: The Rosary In French Creole with Mother Dumas
Say the Holy Rosary in French Creole with Mother Dumas. Alberta (Gauthier) Dumas Robinson was born in Opelousas, Louisiana in 1902. She and her family moved to Beaumont, Texas in the early 1930's, then later migrated to Oakland, California in the 1950's. She was known for her prayerful spirit…
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Ep. 15: Kitchen Table Talk - Ancestral Connection
Episode 15: Kitchen Table Talk - Ancestral Connection provides an overview into my experiences of building relationships with my ancestors. In episode 14 with Veronica Wells-Puoane, we spoke about her very easy, immediate ability to relate with her grandmother after she crossed over. For those of...
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Ep. 14: Veronica Wells-Puoane
What a joy to have Veronica Wells-Puoane on the podcast! We speak about her enchanting Jamaican grandmother Miss Leanora Johnson, as written about in her multi-generational book Bettah Days. Veronica's relationship with grief is not woeful; her grandmother is very present in her everyday life, so...
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Ep. 13 Kristin Tappan
Welcome to episode 13 with Kristin Tappan. She shares about her incredible and easygoing grandmother Connie, the time she survived a 16-day coma and Connie's visit during said near death experience. Yes y'all...a 16 day coma AND a grandmother visitation! She also shares about something her...
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7 Minute Meditation
Join me in taking a few deep breaths. This meditation is just under 7 minutes. For more information click here
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Ep. 12: The Harriet Tubman Episode
Episode 012: The Harriet Tubman Episode Much has been said about Harriet Tubman, and for very good reason, but less attention paid is to her divine intuition that guided her so much in her fight for freedom on the Underground Railroad and during the Civil War. Listen to me dissect the response…
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Ep. 008: Kitchen Table Talk with Andrea - Milk Line Rolls
Gran's Rolls aka Milk Line Rolls...the recipe that started it all. Tune in to hear the full story of me recreating an aunt's roll recipe while in the deep grief of infertility. Dreams, ancestors, endometriosis, flour, butter. Knead, rise, bake, taste.
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Ep. 011: Julia Mallory
Julia Mallory is Black and alive and hates bios. Listen as we chat about creativity as a recipe for grief and rice. Julia Mallory @thejuliamallory Black Mermaids @blackmermaidsbrand Etheridge Knight Felandus Thames
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Ep. 010: Kitchen Table Talk with Andrea
CONTENT ALERT: There is brief mention of s3xual abuse. Also, if you're in acute grief, save this episode for another time. Sour Cream Cake: This Cake is Made for Sharing
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Ep. 009 Gracelyn Bateman
Gracelyn Bateman shares how she returned to humor after her father died and how his famous cookies, Kip's Chips, were a gift to other grievers even before he died. Gracelyn Bateman is the co-founder of Luna Peak Foundation and builds the Instagram community @snapshotsoflifeafterloss. She...
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Ep. 007: Kitchen Table Talk with Andrea
"Recipe for Starting a Podcast". Ride along while I tell stories about pizza, singing in the car as a child with my auntie, my grad school failure and hearing that same auntie's voice in the shower...and what any of that has to do with starting this podcast. Book recommendations: Parable of the...
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Ep. 006: Pedro Navarro
Pedro Navarro is an educator by trade, originally from Guatemala, now firmly rooted in Long Beach, CA. He enjoys company with family and friends, yet appreciates time alone under the sun running or tending to his plants and observing nature.
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Ep. 005: Carmen Spagnola
Carmen Spagnola and I talk about Earth Day 2023, animism and nettles. Carmen Spagnola is a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef turned trauma recovery practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist, and kitchen witch. She is author of The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes & Rituals for the Wheel of the Year, host of The...
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Ep. 004: Melanie Sheckels, RN
Melanie Sheckels shares about sitting at her Papaw's feet and how she intuitively knew how to make his biscuits and gravy. Melanie Sheckels is a registered nurse and a death, grief and trauma educator/guide, helping hundreds of humans move from fear and freeze into possibility and ease. Melanie...
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Ep. 003: Marna Owen
Marna Owen shares what she found after opening her mother’s recipe folder while searching for traditional Romanian dishes. Marna Owen is a transplanted Michigander who lives in Berkeley, CA. She spent much of her career writing words for other people. Now she is writing in her own voice on her…
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Ep. 002: Kashina Bugayong
Kashina Bugayong shares about a major car accident and near death experience when she was 12 years old as well as the foods that nourished her during as she healed, bhaji with rice and roti. Kashina Bugayong is a wife and mother of 2 humans and 1 furbaby who is learning to navigate life with love...
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Ep. 001: I'm your host, Andrea
Who am I and what is Recipes for Grief? Get to know me in this introductory episode!
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Recipes for Grief Trailer - Podcast comes out of the oven April 11th
Subscribe today to receive the 5-episode launch on Tuesday, April 11th! Recipes for Grief is a heartfelt storytelling podcast for feel-y foodies that explores the relationship between loss and nourishment. Grief Doula Andrea Sexton Dumas explores food traditions and rituals for death and grief…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Heartfelt storytelling for feel-y foodies that explores the relationship between loss and nourishment. We explore ancestral food traditions, rituals for death and grief, and life recipes for living with grief.
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Recipes for Grief with Andrea Sexton Dumas
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Heartfelt storytelling for feel-y foodies that explores the relationship between loss and nourishment. We explore ancestral food traditions, rituals for death and grief, and life recipes for living with grief.
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