Sometimes meaning comes out of the tiny obligations and routines of daily life. We find meaning in the mundane as easily as preparing a meal and sitting down with people we love to enjoy it. As a celebrity chef, author of two books and mom to two young children, Crystal Blanchette is dedicated to making meal prep easy and making food a priority, not a chore.
In the latest episode of the Make Meaning Podcast, Crystal speaks with host Lynne Golodner about her internship at Lucas Films, her career cooking for such celebrities as Will.i.am, Prince, George Lucas, Mike Tyson, and Jessica Simpson, and how she believes the secret to building a healthy family is not feeding your kids anything you won’t eat yourself.
In this episode, Lynne and Crystal discuss:
- Building a career in Hollywood
- The family roots of her dedication to a culinary career
- The Mediterranean diet
- Working on a film set with Will Smith
- How she began wanting to be a butcher and ended up a vegan chef
- The meaning of food
- How food factors into community, identity and health
Coming up next on the Make Meaning Podcast:
Lynne interviews Helen Taylor and Gina Nicholas of the Keweenaw Peninsula Conservation Effort.
