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Best eats of summer 2024: Salads, Indian-Caribbean fusion

Lord Maynard Llera of the restaurant Kuya Lord has been crowned this year's James Beard Award winner for Best Chef in California. He joins us to talk about the achievement. And, Here &amp; Now's resident chef Kathy Gunst shares recipes to help you spruce up classic summer salads. Then, in his new cookbook "Mad Love," chef Devan Rajkumar shares dishes that merge his roots in Guyana, South America and the Caribbean.<br/><br/>Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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