How a Crush on a Cute Guy Kickstarted Nancy Silverton’s Culinary Empire

In this special episode, we join James Beard Award-winning chef, baker and author Nancy Silverton in her new beautiful restaurant, Osteria Mozza, in Washington DC. Nancy takes us back to her childhood kitchen in Southern California where her mama refused to take shortcuts -- swearing off "convenience cooking" and microwave meals. She reveals that her cooking journey started after a crush she had in college and talks about how she re-learns to love cooking every year in her kitchen in Italy. Plus, we learn how to make her mama's Brisket al Fomo. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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How a Crush on a Cute Guy Kickstarted Nancy Silverton’s Culinary Empire is an episode from Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast by Higher Ground.

This episode is 00:55:57 long.

This episode was published on Oct 28, 2025.

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