The Kitchen Sisters
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The Kitchen Sisters are Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva
, who are National Public Radio
radio producers in the United States.
Nelson and Silva met in 1979, in Santa Cruz, California. Silva was curating museum exhibits about local history, and Nelson was recording oral histories for KUSP
. They began doing a weekly radio show together about California regional culture. While Silva also works as a museum curator, and Nelson as a casting director, they have collaborated as radio producers ever since meeting. Their name comes from two eccentric brothers, Kenneth and Raymond Kitchen, who were stonemasons in Santa Cruz in the 1940s. The Kitchen Brothers were the subjects of one of Nelson and Silva's first radio pieces.
The Kitchen Sisters have produced over 200 stories for public broadcast. They chronicle hidden bits of history and subjects who have shaped our diverse cultural landscape. Their work includes Lost & Found Sound, narrated by Francis Ford Coppola
, the Sonic Memorial Project, narrated by Paul Auster
, Waiting for Joe DiMaggio, WHER: The First All-Girl Radio Station in the Nations, the Hidden Kitchens series, Hidden Kitchens Texas, an hour long nationwide broadcast special narrated by Willie Nelson
and Robin Wright Penn, and The Hidden World of Girls series.
The Kitchen Sisters are recipients of awards that include the duPont-Columbia Award
, two Peabody Awards and three Audie Awards
.
Their book, Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes and More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters was published in 2005 by Rodale Books. The book was a tie-in to the NPR series Hidden Kitchens. It explores street corner cooking, kitchen rituals and visionaries, legendary meals and eating traditions. The audio book is narrated by actress Francis McDormand.
The Kitchen Sisters contributed an essay to John Biewen's book, Reality Radio along with Jay Allison
, Ira Glass
, Jad Abumrad
and other radio producers.
The Kitchen Sisters teach documentary radio production courses at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
.
Nikki Silva
Nikki Silva is a radio producer, and museum curator from Santa Cruz, California. She is one half of the Peabody Award winning public radio team, the Kitchen Sisters....
, who are National Public Radio
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
radio producers in the United States.
Nelson and Silva met in 1979, in Santa Cruz, California. Silva was curating museum exhibits about local history, and Nelson was recording oral histories for KUSP
KUSP
KUSP is a community supported, National Public Radio affiliated public radio station. Located in Santa Cruz, California, USA, the signal covers most of California's Central Coast area. Station content consists of about 2/3 news and information and 1/3 music content.-Online audio:KUSP offers a...
. They began doing a weekly radio show together about California regional culture. While Silva also works as a museum curator, and Nelson as a casting director, they have collaborated as radio producers ever since meeting. Their name comes from two eccentric brothers, Kenneth and Raymond Kitchen, who were stonemasons in Santa Cruz in the 1940s. The Kitchen Brothers were the subjects of one of Nelson and Silva's first radio pieces.
The Kitchen Sisters have produced over 200 stories for public broadcast. They chronicle hidden bits of history and subjects who have shaped our diverse cultural landscape. Their work includes Lost & Found Sound, narrated by Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors...
, the Sonic Memorial Project, narrated by Paul Auster
Paul Auster
Paul Benjamin Auster is an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy , Moon Palace , The Music of Chance , The Book of Illusions and The Brooklyn Follies...
, Waiting for Joe DiMaggio, WHER: The First All-Girl Radio Station in the Nations, the Hidden Kitchens series, Hidden Kitchens Texas, an hour long nationwide broadcast special narrated by Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
and Robin Wright Penn, and The Hidden World of Girls series.
The Kitchen Sisters are recipients of awards that include the duPont-Columbia Award
DuPont-Columbia Award
The Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award is an American award that honors excellence in broadcast journalism. The awards, administered since 1968 by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, are considered a broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, another...
, two Peabody Awards and three Audie Awards
Audie Awards
The Audie Awards are annually bestowed annually in the USA for outstanding audiobooks. The Audies have been granted by the Audio Publishers Association, a not-for-profit trade organization, since 1996. The nominees are announced each year in January, and the winners are announced at a gala banquet...
.
Their book, Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes and More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters was published in 2005 by Rodale Books. The book was a tie-in to the NPR series Hidden Kitchens. It explores street corner cooking, kitchen rituals and visionaries, legendary meals and eating traditions. The audio book is narrated by actress Francis McDormand.
The Kitchen Sisters contributed an essay to John Biewen's book, Reality Radio along with Jay Allison
Jay Allison
Jay Allison is an American independent public radio producer and broadcast journalist. His work has been featured on radio programs such as This American Life, as well as National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and Morning Edition...
, Ira Glass
Ira Glass
Ira Glass is an American public radio personality, and host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life.- Early life :...
, Jad Abumrad
Jad Abumrad
Jad Abumrad is a Lebanese-American radio host and producer. He has reported and produced documentaries for a number of local and National Public Radio programs, including On the Media, PRI's Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Democracy Now!, and WNYC's "24...
and other radio producers.
The Kitchen Sisters teach documentary radio production courses at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is a graduate professional school on the campus of University of California, Berkeley. It is among the top graduate journalism schools in the United States, and is designed to produce journalists with a two-year Master of Journalism degree.The program...
.
External links
- http://www.kitchensisters.org/ http://www.kitchensisters.org/
- http://www.kitchensisters.org/girlstories/ http://www.kitchensisters.org/girlstories/
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91851784 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91851784
- http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/collaborators/kitchensisters.html http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/collaborators/kitchensisters.html
- http://www.sonicmemorial.org/public/stories.html http://www.sonicmemorial.org/public/stories.html