{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Frecommended-reading-with-food-book-fair.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F31db2f11-31db2f11","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 30: We Go \"Between Harlem & Heaven\" with Alexander Smalls","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/00924e/00924eed-5845-4179-bea3-64566a01a7e9/0f31c728-722b-47d4-8689-d43c336557bb/1518568591artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/0f31c728-722b-47d4-8689-d43c336557bb\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 30: We Go &quot;Between Harlem &amp; Heaven&quot; with Alexander Smalls\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"We welcome the inimitable Alexander Smalls: self-described \"social minister,\" chef, restaurateur, opera singer, and creator of Minton's Supper Club and The Cecil in Harlem. Most recently, alongside JJ Johnson and Veronica Chambers, he's the co-author of \"Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights and Every Day.\"\r\n\r\nPerhaps the only guest we'll ever welcome who is a winner of both a Grammy and Tony Award (for a cast recording of \"Porgy and Bess\" with the Houston Grand Opera, in 1976), AND Esquire's \"Best New Restaurant in America\" (for The Cecil, in 2014), Alexander gives us the low-down on the new book, his philosophies behind African diasporic cuisines, and, of course, what he's recommending."}