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Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast

Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast for Confidence in the KitchenUnseen Cuisine is a sensory cooking podcast that teaches people how to cook with confidence using sound, aroma, touch, rhythm, and intuition instead of relying only on sight.Hosted by Chef Riq — a blind chef, sensory cooking educator, and holistic nutrition coach — the podcast blends culinary technique, accessible kitchen education, nutrition, and real-world cooking skills to help listeners build confidence and independence in the

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13:09

Homemade Dairy-Free Pierogi | Three-Cheese Potato...

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2026/10/09

It's Recipe Friday, family! This week on Unseen Cuisine®, Chef Riq, The Blind Chef, takes us to Poland for homemade pierogi with a flavorful dairy-free twist. We're making tender potato pierogi filled with dairy-free ricotta, cream cheese, smoked cheddar, Yukon Gold potatoes, and fresh green onions. Then we're pan-searing them until lightly crisp and serving them with garlic-thyme mushrooms and roasted garlic-chive cream. Along the way, discover how sound, aroma, touch, and texture help you p...

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10:49

How to Cook Pierogi: Sensory Cues & Flavor Building |...

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2026/10/07

Learn how to cook pierogi with greater confidence using sound, touch, texture, taste, and sensory awareness. In this Flavor Lab Wednesday episode, Chef Riq takes the pierogi from the pot to the sauté pan, showing how to recognize doneness, listen for changes in the sizzle, use Pan Resistance™ to understand what is happening against the cooking surface, and build a balanced potato filling with creamy, smoky, fresh, and warm flavor notes. You’ll also learn why floating is only one checkpoint fo...

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7:57

How to Make Pierogi: Blind-Friendly Dumpling...

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2026/10/05

Learn how to build homemade pierogi using touch, texture, organization, and sensory awareness. In this Technique Monday episode, Chef Riq continues the Pasta & Dumplings series with a blind-friendly approach to rolling dough, portioning filling, folding, and sealing pierogi with confidence. You’ll learn how to recognize the right dough texture, avoid overfilling, and use your hands to check the seal before cooking. Ready to build more confidence in the kitchen through sound, touch, aroma,...

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Unseen Cuisine Approaches 200 Episodes | Podcast Update

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2026/09/28

As Unseen Cuisine approaches its 200th episode, Chef Riq shares a quick update on the podcast and what’s ahead. Now reaching listeners in 73 countries and 456 cities, Unseen Cuisine is moving to an every-other-week schedule as the brand continues to grow. We’re not going anywhere. We’re growing. Send us Fan Mail

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Smoky Saffron Fideuà with Shrimp & Squid | Cook with...

Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast ·

2026/09/25

This Recipe Friday, Chef Riq takes you into the Culinary Cockpit™ for Smoky Saffron Fideuà with Shrimp and Squid—a bold, one-pan Spanish-style seafood pasta built with toasted angel hair, garlic, tomato, smoked paprika, saffron, and seafood stock. Along the way, you’ll learn how to use sound, aroma, texture, heat, timing, and temperature to stay connected to the food from beginning to end. From listening for the pasta as it toasts to recognizing when the seafood is ready and when the broth ha...

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Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine Flavor Lab: The Language of...

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2026/09/23

Flavor is more than seasoning. In this Flavor Lab episode of Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine, Chef Riq breaks down how flavor actually develops while food cooks through heat, time, technique, moisture, fat, acidity, aroma, and balance. You’ll hear why adding more salt or seasoning is not always the answer, how ingredients change as they cook, and why aroma can tell you important information before you ever take a bite. Chef Riq also explores how tasting, adjusting, and understanding what changed du...

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4:30

Kitchen Confidence: Become the Pilot in Your Own...

Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast ·

2026/09/21

Kitchen confidence is not about having the perfect recipe. It is about becoming the pilot in your own kitchen. In this episode of Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine, Chef Riq talks about shifting from feeling unsure, dependent, or afraid of making mistakes to feeling more comfortable, capable, and confident in the kitchen. After losing his sight, Chef Riq had to change how he accessed information in the kitchen—but he did not lose his knowledge of food, heat, seasoning, technique, texture, or flavor. ...

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12:53

Dairy-Free Ravioli Bercy | Handmade Ravioli &...

Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast ·

2026/09/18

In this Recipe Friday episode, Chef Riq finishes Fresh Pasta Week with Dairy-Free Ravioli Bercy. Learn how to make and seal handmade ravioli filled with sautéed leeks, dairy-free ricotta, and fresh herbs, then pair it with Mushroom Bercy Sauce, dairy-free béchamel, and microgreens. You’ll use touch to check pasta thickness and seals, sound to follow the mushrooms and simmer, aroma to track flavor development, and organization to build a fine-dining plate without depending on sight. Trust Your...

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9:11

Fresh Pappardelle with Mushroom Beef Ragù | Why Pasta...

Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast ·

2026/09/16

In this Flavor Lab Wednesday episode, Chef Riq makes Fresh Pappardelle with Meaty Mushroom Ragù using beef, mushrooms, tomato paste, red wine, fresh herbs, and dairy-free Parmesan. Learn how to cut wide pappardelle ribbons, listen as mushrooms release and lose moisture, recognize texture changes in the beef, and feel the ragù become richer as it reduces. You’ll also discover why pasta shape matters and why broad pappardelle works so well with a heavier sauce. Trust Your Senses. Trust Your Sys...

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10:01

Fresh Linguine with Chicken Piccata | How to Cook...

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2026/09/14

In this Technique Monday episode, Chef Riq turns fresh handmade pasta into Fresh Linguine with Chicken Piccata. Learn how to cut linguine by hand or with a pasta machine, cook chicken by listening for the right sizzle and feeling for release, and build a bright lemon-caper white wine pan sauce. You’ll also learn how to check fresh pasta through texture and taste, use reserved pasta water to control the sauce, and bring the entire dish together using sound, touch, aroma, and timing. Trust Your...

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6:27

How to Roll, Cut & Store Fresh Pasta | Part 3

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2026/09/11

It’s time to complete Fresh Pasta Week. In Part 3, Chef Riq takes the rested pasta dough through the final stages of the process: rolling, cutting, and preparing fresh pasta for storage. This episode brings together everything from the week so you can understand the complete journey from fresh pasta dough to finished pasta using a sensory-first approach. If you’re blind, have low vision, or want to build your confidence in the kitchen, this series demonstrates that making fresh pasta doesn’t ...

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4:56

How to Knead Fresh Pasta Dough by Touch | Part 2

Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast ·

2026/09/09

In Part 2 of our fresh pasta series, Chef Riq walks you through kneading, resting, and evaluating fresh pasta dough using touch, sound, and sensory cues. You’ll learn how the dough changes as gluten develops, what smooth and elastic dough should feel like, how to recognize when your dough is too wet or too dry, and why resting the dough is such an important part of the process. You’ll also discover how sound can help you recognize when the dough is becoming smoother and how your hands can tel...

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5:02

Fresh Pasta Dough: Mixing and Building the Foundation

Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast ·

2026/09/07

Fresh Pasta Week officially begins with Part 1 as Chef Riq starts where every great pasta dish begins: the dough. In this Technique Monday episode, you’ll follow the first stage of the fresh pasta process by getting organized inside the Culinary Cockpit™, combining the ingredients, and beginning to understand how fresh pasta dough develops through a sensory-first approach. Rather than rushing straight to the finished pasta, this episode focuses on building a strong foundation and paying atten...

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Fresh Pasta Week: Make Fresh Pasta Using Your Senses

Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast ·

2026/09/07

Fresh Pasta Week begins inside the Culinary Cockpit™ as Chef Riq starts with one of the most important foundations of pasta making: the dough. In Part 1 of this three-part series, explore how fresh pasta dough comes together using the Unseen Cuisine Method™ and a sensory-first approach designed to build confidence without depending on sight. This episode focuses on getting organized, understanding the dough-building process, and beginning to recognize what your ingredients are telling you thr...

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8:04

Cuban-Style Ropa Vieja | Restaurant Week Finale

Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast ·

2026/09/04

We’re closing Restaurant Week with Chef Riq’s Cuban-Style Ropa Vieja—slow-braised shredded beef with peppers, tomato, garlic, cumin, oregano, and fresh lime. Learn how sound, aroma, texture, and resistance can help determine when braised beef is truly tender without depending on sight. The clock tells us when to start checking. The beef tells us when it’s ready. Plus, we close our Restaurant Week Accessible Hospitality series. 🎧 Ready to build more confidence in your own kitchen? Visit

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Pollo Asado with Smoked Chipotle Essence | Restaurant...

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2026/09/02

Restaurant Week — Week Two continues with Chef Riq’s Pollo Asado—Citrus-Herb Roasted Chicken with Smoked Chipotle Essence. In Flavor Lab Wednesday, we explore controlled fire through aroma, sound, texture, and temperature. Char is not burning. Char is depth. Plus, another Accessible Hospitality tip for blind and low-vision diners. 🎧 Ready to build more confidence in your own kitchen? Visit UnseenCuisine.com and start Take Back Your Kitchen™: 5 Days to Greater Cooking Confidence — FREE. Trust

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13:52

Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes with Cajun White-Wine Caper...

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2026/08/31

Restaurant Week — Week Two begins with Chef Riq’s Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes with Cajun White-Wine Caper Sauce. This Technique Monday is all about texture and restraint—using aroma, touch, resistance, sound, and temperature to protect those jumbo lumps and cook without depending on sight. Plus, an Accessible Hospitality tip for blind and low-vision diners. 🎧 Ready to build more confidence in your own kitchen? Visit UnseenCuisine.com and start Take Back Your Kitchen™: 5 Days to Greater Cooking

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10:40

Dairy-Free Bread Pudding with Warm Whiskey Sauce |...

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2026/08/28

Can dairy-free bread pudding still deliver that rich, custardy, restaurant-quality texture? Absolutely. In this Restaurant Week edition of Recipe Friday, Chef Riq makes Dairy-Free Bread Pudding with Warm Whiskey Sauce—a decadent dessert featuring soft vanilla custard-soaked bread, caramelized brown sugar, toasted pecans, and a warm, silky whiskey sauce. But this is Unseen Cuisine®, so we’re not relying on sight to tell us when the bread pudding is ready. You’ll learn how touch, aroma, resista...

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Miso-Glazed Black Cod | Restaurant Week | Unseen Cuisine

Chef Riq’s Unseen Cuisine | Sensory Cooking Podcast ·

2026/08/26

Restaurant Week continues with Chef Riq’s Miso-Glazed Black Cod with Ginger-Scallion Jasmine Rice and Sesame-Garlic Bok Choy. In this Flavor Lab Wednesday episode of Unseen Cuisine, Chef Riq builds a complete restaurant-quality meal using sensory cooking techniques designed for blind, low-vision, and sighted cooks. Learn to use aroma, sound, texture, utensil resistance, and temperature to recognize what’s happening in the kitchen without depending on sight. Chef Riq also explores the flavor b...

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16:35

P.F. Chang’s-Inspired Mongolian Trio | Restaurant...

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2026/08/24

Restaurant Week begins at Chef Riq – Unseen Cuisine® with a P.F. Chang’s-inspired Mongolian Trio featuring beef, chicken, shrimp, broccoli, carrots, and green onions tossed in a sweet and savory Mongolian-style sauce. In this Technique Monday episode, Chef Riq explores wok awareness and heat control through a sensory-centered approach to cooking multiple proteins with greater confidence. You'll experience how sound, aroma, texture, resistance, temperature, and timing can provide valuable info...

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