WUCF, today announced the participation of a talented home cook and Orlando resident, Salmah Hack in Season 2 of THE GREAT AMERICAN RECIPE. The show blends food, family, and fun, highlighting the amazing variety of tastes and traditions found across the U.S., while capturing the roots of America’s diverse cuisine.
Salmah Hack was born and raised in Richmond Hill, New York, a Queens neighborhood known as Little Guyana. Salmah, whose parents emigrated in the 1980s, inherited a huge part of her family’s culture through food. A former British colony built on indentured servitude, Guyana and its cuisine reflect the influences of African, Indian, British, Portuguese, Chinese, Amerindian, and Dutch cultures. Salmah says that to understand Guyanese cuisine is to remember its history.
“Competing on the Great American Recipe was a humbling learning experience,” said Salmah Hack, Season 2 contestant of THE GREAT AMERICAN RECIPE. “I've walked away with a broader perspective and insight into each of the home cook's culture and food. We've bonded as home cooks and digital food content creators, each championing to showcase our heritage through food. We've become a community of support! If it's one thing this experience has taught me, it's that the similarities of food will always bring people together!”
Like her mother, Salmah has refined her culinary instincts so that she can cook without measuring or referencing a recipe. Guyanese cuisine is not widely known, and Salmah is proud to share it. Her signature recipe is Guyanese Chicken Curry, made with chicken, potatoes, and spices, including cardamom, dried Guyana thyme, garam masala, cumin and Wiri Wiri pepper.
Each episode challenges the cooks to showcase two of their beloved signature dishes as they compete to win the national search for “The Great American Recipe.” The season will culminate in a finale that features the finalists preparing an entire meal for the judges to make their ultimate decision. One of the winner’s dishes will grace the cover of The Great American Recipe Cookbook, which will also feature recipes from all the contestants and the show’s host and judges.
THE GREAT AMERICAN RECIPE premieres this Monday, June 19 at 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET on WUCF TV, wucf.org and the PBS App and will be available to stream on all station-branded PBS platforms, including PBS.org and the PBS App, available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO.
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