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Nadia Germain, Clip 2: Spices of Haiti

Collection: Anahi Viladrich Records at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Nadia Germain
Date: Time Period: 1978 - 2013; 2013-04-29; Interview recorded: April 29, 2013 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Sound Booth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:16
Creator: Nadia Germain interviewed by Gabrielle Germain Identifier: aql:21606 avr-ng-clip-000002

Description: Nadia Germain talks about who cooked for her as a child in Haiti and how she learned the basics of traditional Haitian cuisine. She then describes the typical spices used in Haitian cuisine and where they can be found in Queens. She explains what the ubiquitous spice in Haiti "epices", how it is made of and what it is used for.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18056

Creator : Nadia Germain interviewed by Gabrielle Germain

Date : Time Period: 1978 - 2013; 2013-04-29; Interview recorded: April 29, 2013

Summary/Description : Nadia Germain talks about who cooked for her as a child in Haiti and how she learned the basics of traditional Haitian cuisine. She then describes the typical spices used in Haitian cuisine and where they can be found in Queens. She explains what the ubiquitous spice in Haiti "epices", how it is made of and what it is used for.

Subject : Cooking (Spices); Emigration and immigration; Cooking, Haitian; Haitian Americans

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Flushing, Queens, NY; Haiti Haiti Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Sound Booth.; Total running time: 0:04:16

Identifier : aql:21606 avr-ng-clip-000002

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Cooking (Spices); Emigration and immigration; Cooking, Haitian; Haitian Americans

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