{"id":81247,"date":"2025-12-01T08:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/?p=81247"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:31:01","slug":"trailer-for-seasoned-podcast-on-women-who-defined-american-food-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/trailer-for-seasoned-podcast-on-women-who-defined-american-food-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer for &#8216;Seasoned&#8217; Podcast on Women Who Defined American Food Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seasoned, Women Culinary Pioneers Podcast: Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yEYzyUkPCh0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MFK Fisher. Cecilia Chiang. Lena Richard. Those are just some of the women who challenged expectations in the food world and built legacies that continue to influence what\u2014and how\u2014we eat today. 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