Conversation with Chris Clarke – Something about Food
Chris Clarke at podcast movement 2018 in Philadelphia. She and I quickly bonded upon meeting each other and found that we had so much in common. Have you ever met someone who you found so friendly and the next thing you know, you’re just thick as thieves within a very short time?
What Happened Next
Upon talking to Chris Clarke, she found out that I was into food and had been a cook in restaurants in my early days. finding out that I was a cook just exploded our relationship. shortly after I found myself walking through the streets of Philadelphia in search of an Asian restaurant in their Chinatown.
Chris Clarke is a people magnet
Chris gathered two other women and me to sit down and break bread to discuss food, life, passion, happiness, and podcasting. One of the first things that stood out about Chris is she is not shy to tell you that she made a serious pivot in her life and decided to give up everything to travel the world. Chris sold her belongings and made her track about this globe seeking out adventure and food. this is a very interesting interview with Chris Clarke regarding her podcast her book her website and her adventures please stay tuned and listen to the conversation with my friend and Chef Chris Clarke a woman cooking in a man’s kitchen
Something About Food interview with Chris Clarke Overview.
- Why most professional Chefs are men.
- Why Anthony Bourdain referred to every cook as a chef.
- Food network helps women in food.
- The best part of Chicken, it’s is not the breast.
- Food and community
- Bathtub Mary Definition
- Chicken feet chicken broth.
- Food is a community builder.
- Why most Americans can’t cut and parse a whole chicken.
- Chris Clarke began cooking before the age of ten.
- Death to chicken breast and Salmon.
- How to get fluffy perfect rice.
- Conversation: Don’t judge a book by its cover (Human beings)
- Cisgender – I (Emmitt) heard the term but did not understand the definition.
Chris Clarke Early Life
Born and raised a tiny village in upstate New York, Chris Clarke is a culinary veteran with over 30 years of experience working in restaurants, catering, the natural foods industry, and as a culinary educator. She is now a 50-year-old mostly-vegan who prefers street food to a white linen fine dining experience. A winner of the “Denver’s Best Home Chef” contest, and appeared as a guest chef on several morning programs, and once competed on an obscure Food Network trivia game show where she came in second and won a year’s supply of Jordan Almonds and Junior Mints.
After selling most of what she owned and traveling the world for a year to better understand food, she decided to write a book about what she ate and where she went. Then she started the podcast Something About Food? so that she could carry on that food exploration and conversation.
Chris Clarke Life Pivot
Headline – Strong opinionated, creative, woman decides to take life by the neck.
Chris Clarke decided to take a new path. She decided to sell her cond and visit 29 countries in 340 days. Sometimes life will God smacked you, as it did Chris.
Chris Clarke Links:
Podcast Something about food Podcast on Itunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/something-about-food/id1263549202?mt=2
Chris Clarke Blog and website
https://www.somethingaboutfood.com/
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