RadioACTive Pop! with Saffron Valley's Lavanya Mahate

  • April 28, 2025
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Olivia walks the pop culture boulevard to find common ground with the founder of Saffron Valley. We'll talk Indian food, Bollywood vs. Hollywood pop culture headlines, and more. Zoque chocolate made in Utah and on the menu at this weekend's Utah Food Festival. Plus, Let Our Voices Be Heard rally.

Tonight's edition of RadioACTive features the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community:

RadioACTive gets a preview of "Preserving Ancestral Ways of Making Chocolate" set for this weekend's Utah Food Festival with special guests Esmeralda Torres and her mother, Rosvita Aquino Cordova, of Cacao Zoque.

  • May 3-4: Utah Food Festival, 10a-5p at 301 S. Wakara Way, SLC. Event by Natural History Museum of Utah: "Indulge your taste buds at the Utah Food Festival, a celebration of our region's rich culinary heritage, spanning from ancient ancestral foods to contemporary delicacies. Guests can sample and shop an array of tantalizing flavors from local artisans, delve into delicious workshops led by culinary experts, and enrich their knowledge of food history with insightful lessons. The festival is included with regular Museum admission, and is free for Museum Members and University of Utah faculty, staff and students. Admission can sell out, so we encourage you to reserve tickets in advance."

VoxPop: Voices of people at last Saturday's Let Our Voices Be Heard rally at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in SLC.

RadioACTive Pop! with special guest Lavanya Mahate, founder of Saffron Valley. We'll talk Indian food, giving back to the community through Saffron Kitchen, Bollywood vs. Hollywood pop culture headlines, and more. 

  • STORY: "Lavanya Mahate created Saffron Valley Restaurants to share the flavors of her ancestry and the culture that shaped her childhood. The name 'Saffron Valley' combines the most precious of Indian spices with local ingredients from Salt Lake Valley. The first Saffron Valley restaurant opened in 2011 as Saffron Valley Indian Street Food Café in South Jordan, UT. The second location opened in the Avenues in 2013 as Saffron Valley East India Café. The third Saffron Valley restaurant opened in Sugar House in 2017. The fourth Saffron Valley restaurant opened in Riverton in 2019. The fifth is located in the University of Utah's student union."

  • RISE Culinary Institute | Utah Refugee Program: "We recruit eligible refugees and immigrants for our extensive 3-month culinary skills course. This educational training equips them with the necessary skills to pursue a career in the food industry. We connect them with one of our partners to complete a 6-month qualified paid internship program. Then continue to offer support while they transition into a full-time position in their new career. Our program is 9 months in total."

  • DOWNLOAD: Saffron Journal, includes interesting tidbits about the country and culture behind our food, popular recipes by region of India, a spice index, gorgeous photos, and more. FREE

How'd you like the show? Share your thoughts, suggestions and observations by calling the RadioACTive hotline: ‪(385) 800-1889. Or, send a voicememo to radioactive@krcl.org. Please tell us your name and neighborhood and leave a short message that may air on the show. So, keep it clean!

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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