Cooking Without Looking: Tips for the Blind Chef

The Pulse

Joeita discusses tips and tricks for blind home cooks with Renee Rentmeester, executive producer of the "Cooking Without Looking" TV show and podcast. She shares safety tips as well as accessible tricks of the trade.

Highlights

• Cooking & Blindness - Opening Remarks (00:00)
• Introducing Renee Rentmeester of “Cooking Without Looking” TV Show and Podcast (01:10)
• About “Cooking Without Looking” (02:29)
• More on the Blind Hosts of the Show (03:47)
• Where to Find “Cooking Without Looking” (04:38)
• Typical Episode Format (05:17)
• Choosing Guests for the Show (07:15)
• Safety Tips for Blind Cooks (10:28)
• Safety on the Stove Top (12:55)
• Tips for Organizing Your Kitchen (15:00)
• Using Your Other Senses (16:26)
• Appliances, Kitchen Gadgets & Accessibility (18:11)
• International Cuisine (20:17)
• “Cooking Without Looking” Cookbook (22:51)
• The Most Complicated Recipe Made on the Show? (24:32)
• More Recipes & Tips from “Cooking without Looking” (26:19)
• Show Close (27:28)

“Cooking Without Looking” Website

Cooking Without Looking is the First TV Show which features People who are Blind/Visually Impaired. We provide the stage for people to show what living blind is really like, and to create a bridge of understanding.

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About The Pulse

On The Pulse, host Joeita Gupta brings us closer to issues impacting the disability community across Canada.

Joeita Gupta has nurtured a life-long dream to work in radio! She's blind, moved to Toronto in 2004 and got her start in radio at CKLN, 88.1 FM in Toronto. A former co-host of AMI-audio's Live from Studio 5, Joeita also works full-time at a nonprofit in Toronto, specializing in housing/tenant rights.

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The Pulse airs weekly on AMI-audio.

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About AMI

AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal.

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