Laura Puaka
Historian and professor who provides context on historical attitudes toward disability and the evolution of rehabilitation and home-economics approaches to kitchen design.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 51min
OXO, Cuisinart, and Julia Child: The Secret (Accessible) History Behind Your Kitchen
Laura Puaka, historian and professor who studies disability and design, traces how postwar rehab, domestic science, and activists reshaped kitchens. The conversation covers accessible inventions like OXO and redesigned Cuisinarts, talking recipes for blind cooks, and how tools from Instant Pots to Universal Kitchen ideas broadened who can cook.
