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Festus Ezeli  is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. He had previously played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Vanderbilt before being selected with the 30th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draftby the Golden State Warriors. Ezeli won an NBA Championship with the Warriors in 2015. He last appeared in the 2016 NBA Finals, and did not play basketball since his knee surgery in the 2017 season until coming back in 2021.

Lizz Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia; one of three children and the daughter of a minister and the musical director of their Church. She started singing gospel music and playing piano in church as a child, and also became interested in jazz and blues. 

Wright joined the Atlanta-based vocal quartet In the Spirit in 2000, which soon achieved critical acclaim, and in 2002 she signed a recording contact with Verve Records, where her musical compositions and vocal style led her to be conpared to that of Norah Jones.

Her first album, Salt was released in the Spring of 2003 (and reached number two on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2004). Her next release was not a follow-up of her debut, but this record maintined the jazz and pop blend, while incorporating folk music to her musical blend.Dreaming Wide Awake in June 2005 (which reached number one on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2005 and 2006). In 2008, Wright released The Orchard to positive reviews.

https://www.lizzwright.net 

Tanya sits down with music great Lars Ulrich, drummer and co-founder of American Heavy Metal band Metallica. They have a fascinating discussion about music, food and where the two intersect.

Lars Ulrich’s fate was sealed when his father took him to see his first Deep Purple show. Not too many years after that, Lars co-founded Metallica with James Hetfield, and has been there for every triumph and mishap along the way, as the band has carved out its unique place in rock n roll history.

Lars’ decades with Metallica have seen him and the band pretty much do it all—you can Google it, from the records to the shows to the All Within My Hands foundation to Blackened whiskey and beyond... and some of the stuff you’ll find is actually true!

Elizabeth Falkner comes to Tanya's Table this week to talk about art, culture and the vast variety of roads life can take you as a pastry chef devoted to breaking barriers. A well-known television figure, Elizabeth appeared as a competitor and a judge on many television shows such as Food Network's Iron Chef and Chopped series, as well as several Bravo's Top Chef series.

Beyond television, Elizabeth owned and managed 2 very successful San Francisco restaurants Citizen Cake (for 14 years) and Orson for (4 years). She is a well written author, having published 3 books- the first two with Ten Speed Press:  Demolition Desserts: Recipes from Citizen Cake (2007) and Cooking Off the Clock: Recipes from My Downtime (2012). In 2018, she self published Re-Fuse: Digital chefs notebook of ideas and recipes on food waste, responsible cooking.

Tanya and Alicia take up one of the most important discussions of our time, Black Lives Matter, black culture in America, and how the country can come out better and stronger. Alicia brings her depth of incredible expertise, Tanya brings her real life example of entrepreneur, advocate, educator and leader. This is a must listen to episode for all people.

Creator of "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Somebody Feed Phil," Phil Rosenthal on this episode of Tanya's Table. 

Philip Rosenthal is an American television writer and producer who is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. In recent years, he has presented food and travel documentaries I'll Have What Phil's Having on PBS and Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix. 

Daniel Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is widely known for his lead role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. He also had leading roles in the films The Color Purple (1985), To Sleep with Anger (1990), Predator 2 (1990), Angels in the Outfield (1994) and Operation Dumbo Drop (1995). Glover has prominent supporting roles in Silverado (1985), Witness (1985), Saw  (2004), Shooter (2007), 2012 (2009), Death at a Funeral (2010), Beyond the Lights (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Sorry to Bother You (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level  (2019). He is an active supporter of various political causes.

Ayesha Curry is a Canadian-American actress, cookbook author, and cooking television personality. After guest roles in several television shows and movies, she began hosting her own show, Ayesha's Homemade (a.k.a. Ayesha's Home Kitchen), on Food Network. Despite not having any professional chef training, her culinary career started in 2014, when she prepared her first meal as a YouTube demonstration on her channel Little Lights of Mine. Curry is the author of several videos on her channel Little Lights of Mine and has written one cookbook, The Seasoned Life, published in 2016.

Taniya Nayak is one of the nation’s foremost interior designers. She became a household name as a design expert member on HGTV and Food Network. Taniya owns a successful, Boston-based interior design firm, Taniya Nayak Design, Inc. where she adds a fresh, clean look to both commercial and residential spaces.

Goapele  is a mononymously-known contemporary R&B singer and songwriter whose sophisticated recordings reflect a wide range of inspirations that includes Nina Simone, Sade, and Portishead. The daughter of a South African political exile, the Oakland native grew up in a socially conscious and politically active family. At an early age, Goapele attended the Berkeley Arts Magnet School, where she led a pre-teen peer support group, and also became involved in organizations that combated racism and sexism. Goapele sang in the Oakland Youth Choir and was in a semi-professional music group called Vocal Motion. Upon high school graduation, she attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston and studied music theory. During her post-secondary education, she also began to refine her songwriting skills.

Kevin Youkilis is a 2X World Series Champion and 3X All Star with the Boston Red Sox and hosting the podcast "The Greek God of Hops." While remaining in baseball in other ways, Kevin is also owner of the Loma Brewing Company in La Gatos California and Loma Coffee Company.

https://www.lomabrew.com/loma-cafe
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Gina Torres is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring roles as Zoe Washburne in the Fox science fiction series Firefly (2002–2003) and its feature film sequel Serenity (2005), and as Jessica Pearson in the USA Network legal drama series Suits (2011–2018) and its spin-off series Pearson (2019).

Torres appeared in the science fiction films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, and many others.

Aisha Tyler, American actress, comedian, director and talk show host joins Tanya Holland on this episode of Tanya's Table.

Aisha is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer, Dr. Tara Lewis in Criminal Minds, Mother Nature in the Santa Clause films and voicing Lana Kane in Archer as well as recurring roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup and Friends.

She is formerly the co-host of CBS's The Talk, where she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host and currently hosts Whose Line Is It Anyway?. 

Aisha recently launched her line of bottled cocktails called Courage+Stone. 

Ledisi is an American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter, and actress. In 1995, Ledisi formed the group Anibade. After unsuccessfully trying to get the group signed to a major label, she formed LeSun Records with Sundra Manning. Anibade and Ledisi released an album entitled "Soulsinger" featuring the song Take Time, which gained substantial airplay from San Francisco area radio stations. A twelve-time Grammy Award nominee, Ledisi has released eight studio albums between 2000 and 2017.

Carla Hall is an American chef, television personality and former model.

She appeared in the fifth and eighth seasons of Top Chef, Bravo's cooking competition show. She was a cohost on The Chew, a one-hour talk show centered on food from all angles, which premiered on ABC in September 2011.

Daniel Meyer is a New York City restaurateur and the Chief Executive Officer of the Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG).

Danny’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) comprises some of New York’s most beloved and acclaimed restaurants, including Gramercy Tavern, The Modern, Maialino, and more. Danny and USHG founded Shake Shack, the modern-day “roadside” burger restaurant, which became a public company in 2015. USHG also offers large-scale event services, foodservice solutions for public and private institutions, industry consulting, and educational programming. 

Under Danny’s leadership, USHG is renowned not only for its acclaimed restaurants but also for its distinctive and celebrated culture of Enlightened Hospitality. This guiding principle of prioritizing employees first and foremost has driven and shaped USHG’s ongoing evolution from a small group of restaurants into a multi-faceted hospitality organization.

Chef, Restaurateur, Activist & Author, Alice Waters Visits Tanya's Table This Week. 

Alice Waters is an American chef, restaurateur, activist and author. She is the owner of Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California restaurant famous for its organic, locally grown ingredients and for pioneering California cuisine.

Waters has written Chez Panisse Cooking (with Paul Bertolli), The Art of Simple Food I and II, and 40 Years of Chez Panisse. Her memoir, Coming to my Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook was published in September 2017.

Waters created the Chez Panisse Foundation in 1996, and the Edible Schoolyard program at the Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, California. She is a national public policy advocate for school lunch reform and universal access to healthy, organic foods. Her influence in the fields of organic foods and nutrition is typified by Michelle Obama's White House organic vegetable garden.

Samin Nosrat is an American chef, TV host and food writer and podcaster. She is a regular food columnist for The New York Times Magazine and has a Netflix docu-series based on her cookbook, Salt Fat Acid Heat.

Tune in to Samin Nosrat's podcast "Home Cooking" with Hrishikesh Hirway.

Visit www.ciaosamin.com

Visit Tanya Holland at Brown Sugar Kitchen www.brownsugarkitchen.com

Questlove joins Tanya Holland on the 1st episode of Tanya's Table. Food, music and culture are on the menu for the first episode of Tanya's Table. 

Questlove, is an American musician and music journalist, author and podcaster. He is the drummer and joint frontman (with Black Thought) for the hip hop band, the Roots. The Roots has been serving as the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since February 17, 2014. Questlove is also one of the producers of the cast album of the Broadway musical Hamilton. He is the co-founder of the websites Okayplayer and OkayAfrica. Additionally, he is an adjunct instructor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University. Visit www.questlove.com 

On the latest episode of Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin speaks with Tanya Holland, the executive chef and owner of the Brown Sugar Kitchen restaurants in northern California. Todd and Tanya discuss how her classic French training informs her soul food and the challenges facing female chefs and chefs of color. Plus, Tanya shares her Julia Moment.

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