Hear Star Chefs Prepare Beloved Holiday Dishes in New ASMR Podcast Sounds Like the Holidays
Mastercard has partnered with Tastemade to bring you a four-part epicurean ASMR podcast featuring acclaimed chefs Preeti Mistry, Jumoké Jackson, Samantha Fore, and Joe Sasto each sharing their favorite holiday recipes and allowing you to listen in to all the satisfying kitchen sounds as they cook their dishes. Listen in and follow along to recreate the culinary magic yourself to celebrate the holiday season.
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The clinking of spoons, the chopping of vegetables, the whir of the food processor—nothing elicits nostalgia like the sounds of the kitchen when the annual holiday feast is being prepared. That's why Mastercard partnered with Tastemade to bring you Sounds Like the Holidays, a four-part ASMR podcast series, starring a diverse group of chefs sharing the sounds and stories that inspired their favorite holiday dishes.
Featuring the culinary wizardry and engaging storytelling of chefs Preeti Mistry, Jumoké Jackson, Samantha Fore, and Joe Sasto, each episode highlights one chef's most cherished holiday recipe and the story behind it, while immersing you in the satisfying soundscape of each dish's preparation.
Chef Jumoké Jackson will whip up an "everything but the kitchen sink" grilled cheese, stuffed with an array of holiday leftovers. Listeners can sit back, put on their headphones, and listen in as Jackson details his approach for making the most sumptuous grilled cheese sandwiches and performs the symphony that comes with putting it together, from slicing the cheese and buttering the bread, to mixing in the leftover turkey, cranberry sauce, and mac and cheese, and griddling everything to perfection. Plus, Jackson will share the story of how he was drawn to being a chef, what it's like cooking for his family during the holidays, and much more.
Listen to Chef Jumoke's Podcast here.
Recipe for Holiday Leftovers Grilled Cheese
Chef Preeti Mistry's podcast showcases Gujarati samosas, a different version of the more popular Punjabi samosas, featuring a thinner, crispier crust that's a touch more complicated to make. Preeti, who was a contestant on Top Chef Season 6 and currently hosts the culinary podcast Loading Dock Talks, learned the recipe from Pushpa Ben, a Gujarati woman in their hometown of Toledo, Ohio. The dish has since become a staple in Mistry's household for Diwali celebrations and beyond. During the episode, you'll hear the beats of chopping, pulsing, and blanching ingredients, kneading and rolling dough, and the crackle of the hot pan as they fry the folded samosas. Mistry will discuss how they celebrated Diwali as a child and how they do today, and they will introduce Pushpa Ben and share the story of how they were taught the recipe from "chef to chef."
Listen to Chef Preeti's Podcast here.
Chef Samantha Fore cooks up her beloved broccoli casserole and cornbread, staples of her Sri Lankan family's holiday meals when she was growing up in Lexington, Kentucky. As an adult, Fore recreates these classics almost exactly as her parents did, savoring the nostalgia of each bite and sharing the festive flavors with anyone who wants a taste. In this episode, the delicious kitchen cacophony will fill your ears as Fore explains why this casserole and cornbread pair is a holiday tradition and shares the inspiration behind it.
Listen to Chef Samantha's Podcast here.
Chopped Season 28 champion and Top Chef All-Stars finalist, Chef Joe Sasto, will let you in on the sacred family lasagna recipe, a dish that's become the star of all Sasto gatherings. His secret, according to the chef, is to get the dish to taste as close to his mom's version as possible, in order to elicit maximum nostalgia through emotional connection. From the cracking and whisking of eggs for the pasta to the sizzling of onions and garlic frying up for the gravy, the sounds that come out of this magical recipe will enchant you almost as much as its flavors.
Recipe for Sasto Family Lasagna
Tune in to the new ASMR podcast series Sounds Like the Holidays, Presented by Mastercard, on Tastemade's podcast channels, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher, iHeartRadio. Enjoy these extra-sensory experiences with your loved ones this holiday season!
