CapRadio Storytelling Hour: Recipes That Feel Like Home

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

A CapRadio holiday special where staff take us for a trip down memory lane about the recipes and meals that feel like home.

Arroz Caldo and Oatmeal Cookies

CapRadio Member Engagement Coordinator Sarah Kamiya describes how to make Arroz Caldo, a Filipino chicken and rice porridge that has become a new year’s staple. Marketing Manager Emmy Gilbert also gives us a taste of a top secret family recipe for oatmeal cookies, with one very particular ingredient.

Jam Cake and German Vanillekipferl

CapRadio Donor Engagement Coordinator Patti Stolz shares her Jam Cake recipe, passed down from her grandma and Aunt Virginia, and talks about how the nearly 100-year-old recipe takes her back to being a child in Kentucky. Also, Insight Producer Sarit Laschinsky talks about German Vanillekipferl - crescent shaped almond cookies - and growing up with a German and Thai background.

Nana's Cookies and Guatemalan Tamales

CapRadio Assignment Manager and Communities Editor Claire Morgan shares a shortbread cookie recipe from Nana Morgan that brings her back to her childhood. Environment and Climate Change Reporter Manola Secaira also opens up about the tradition of eating Guatemalan tamales during Christmas and getting closer to your roots.

If you’d like to try these meals, we put together a list of family recipes shared on today’s show here.