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Profiling the local heroes.

Chef Cash Caris and Anahita Cann are the owners of Pyro’s Pastrami, a homemade pastrami sandwich pop-up they operate near a train station in Oakland, CA.

In this edition of Back & Forth, we invited rapper AJ Tracey – aka 'The Prince of West London' – and Big Zuu to discuss some of the most important questions in life.

Donny Sirisavath of Khao Noodle Shop in Dallas, TX is making Khao Poon, a popular Lao noodle soup made with vermicelli noodles and a spicy, fragrant coconut broth.

If you get pampered in a One Star Reviewed massage parlor, is it still a pampering? To find out and put the business to the full test, Taji received an array of wellness procedures, from a foot rub to the full body thai massage.

Yasmin Khan, author of The Saffron Tales and Zaitoun, makes spanakopita in her home kitchen.

Reem Kassis, author of The Palestinian Table and The Arabesque Table, shows us how to easily make preserved lemons at home, and then uses them in a lentil soup.

They’re a couple of Southern guys who worked in construction and marketing — but now they’re building giant cribs for discerning adult babies.

Mashama Bailey and Johno Morisano of The Grey restaurant in Savannah, Georgia make Dirty Rice.

Greg Brockman from Prospect Butcher Co. demonstrates how to use a 6-inch boning knife, the ultimate tool for a home butcher.

Deuki Hong of Sunday Hospitality Group is at home making his favorite snack from Korea: street toast stuffed with eggs, cheese, crunchy veggies, and lots of flavor.

On this Quarantine Cooking episode, Emily Fedner of @foodloversdiary and author of Dumpling Lover’s Diary, makes her babushka’s vareniki.