Eating Matters
181 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsFood has emerged as a critical policy area – and it raises big questions about health, labor, sustainability and our collective future. Join host Jenna Liut for conversations with food policy experts and leaders about the issues that shape our everyday experiences of buying, cooking and eating food.
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Episode 81: Food Policy Councils
February 26, 2017 20:45 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBHost Jenna Liut dives into the world of food policy councils, seeking to understand what they are, where they operate and why they are important in this day and age. Jenna is joined on the line by Clare Fox, from the LA Food Policy Council, and both Karen Banks and Lily Sussman from the Food Communities and Public Health program at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.
Episode 80: Betting the Farm
February 19, 2017 20:51 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBOn this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut speaks with guests Alicia Harvie, Advocacy and Issues Director at Farm Aid, and Brian Barth, writer-at-large for Modern Farmer, about farmers' overwhelming support for Trump in the 2016 election. We discuss the policies and motivations behind why farmers arguably voted against their best interests, and what the expected repercussions the Trump Administration will have on the farming community.
Episode 79: Good Food Purchasing with Paula Daniels
February 12, 2017 21:04 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBToday on Eating Matters we will be talking all about the need to shift the current food system model, lessons we can learn from other sectors like energy, transportation and water already engaged in modernizing their systems, and how institutional food procurement is one of the most effective intervention points to do so. Joining us to do so is Paula Daniels. Paula is Co-founder and Chair of the Center for Good Food Purchasing, a social enterprise non-profit founded in July of 2015 as a nat...
Episode 78: 2016: A Year in Review
January 22, 2017 21:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBHost Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet are joined by Helena Bottemiller Evich from “Morning Agriculture,” Politico's daily briefing on agriculture and food policy, to discuss the biggest food policy stories from 2016 as well as what lies ahead for 2017 and beyond in our new political era.
Episode 77: Mark Bittman. Period.
January 15, 2017 20:45 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBThis week, host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet to talk Mark Bittman about everything. It is amazing. Listen to this episode.
Episode 76: Food System Six
January 08, 2017 20:55 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBHost Jenna Liut kicks off the first Eating Matters episode of the 2017 winter season with guest Renske Lynde, Co-founder & Managing Director of Food System Six Accelerator, a San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit that connects food system entrepreneurs with business acumen and capital. Renske has worked in the non-profit sector on food, agriculture and nutrition policy and issues for nearly 20 years. We discuss the various approaches Renske has taken over the years to improve the food system, inc...
Episode 75: Food wast(ed)ucation
December 14, 2016 22:55 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBOn this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet explore the intersection of nutrition education and food waste. Claire Uno and Julia McCarthy from the Laurie M. Tisch Center on Food, Education & Policy and Louise Bruce from the NYC Department of Sanitation join us to discuss the federal, state and local policies and initiatives that aim to reduce and divert food waste and how consumers can encourage and support these interventions.
Episode 74: Let Me Be Me – Food Marketing and Regulation
December 07, 2016 23:14 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBThis is the second episode in a two part series on food marketing as a follow up to the Resnick Program on Food Law & Policy's conference in October. Host Jenna Liut discusses the political and legal barriers to regulating food marketing efforts with guest, Jennifer Pomeranz. Jennifer - a food law in policy expert - is an Assistant Professor and the Interim Chair of the Department of Public Health Policy and Management at NYU's College of Global Public Health. Later in the show, Jenna is joi...
Episode 73: FERN and Farmland
November 23, 2016 22:49 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBOn this episode of Eating Matters, we feature not one but two good food startups making meaningful changes to the food system. Host Jenna Liut and Associate Producer Taylor Lanzet speak with Sam Fromatz, Editor-in-Chief of the Food & Environment Reporting Network, and Craig Wichner, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Farmland, LP. The FERN is an independent news outlet focusing on the critically underreported areas of food, agriculture, and environmental health and Farmland LP is a company tha...
Episode 72: Tricks Are For Kids: Marketing Food To Children
November 17, 2016 00:42 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBThis week, host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet are joined by Michael Roberts from the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at the UCLA Law School and Marlene Schwartz from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut, to discuss food marketing to children. We unpack common marketing strategies, how social media has changed the game, and what industry's response has been. Later on the show, we are joined by Kelly Swette, CEO of Sweet Earth Natu...
Episode 71: Interview with Sam Kass
November 09, 2016 23:43 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBThis week on Eating Matters, hosts Jenna Liut and Taylor Lanzet get the chance to sit down and talk with Sam Kass. Under Obama's presidency, Kass helped First Lady Michelle Obama create her famous vegetable garden at the White House. He also helped promote the administration's healthy eating initiatives, and of course whipped up meals for the POTUS and his family.
Episode 70: First Bite With Bee Wilson
November 02, 2016 23:29 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBHost Jenna Liut is joined by food writer and historian, Bee Wilson, to discuss her most recent book "First Bite: How We Learn To Eat". Through extensive research, Bee describes how parents can develop healthy eating habits in their children as well as how adults – regardless of their age – can change their own eating preferences.
Episode 69: Farm to Table 101
October 21, 2016 20:21 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBThis week, host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet talk with Darryl Benjamin and Lyndon Virkler about their newly published book "Farm to Table: The Essential Guide to Food Systems for Students, Professionals and Consumers." Later on the show, they are joined by Birgit Cameron, Senior Director of Patagonia Provisions, a brand extension of the outdoor clothing and gear company, founded in 2012.
Episode 68: Weight, You Too?
October 05, 2016 23:19 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIn this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut talks with Dr. Brian Wansink, founder and director of Cornell University’s Food & Brand Lab about his 25 year career in food psychology and consumer behavior research. Dr. Wansink unpacks key findings from his previous books, Mindless Eating, and Slim by Design, with a particular focus on his article, “'Don’t Eat So Much:' How Parent Comments Relate to Female Weight Satisfaction” published this past June in Eating & Weight Disorders. Later i...
Episode 67: All Pumped Up: Antibiotics in Meat
September 28, 2016 19:40 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBOn this episode of Eating Matters host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet discuss the prevalence and repercussions of antibiotic use in our food system. Emilie Aguirre, an Academic Fellow at the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at UCLA’s School of Law, provides an overview of the current regulatory landscape and what conscious consumers need to know. Later on the show, we speak with Ben Simon, co-founder & CEO of Imperfect Produce, an innovative ugly produce company based...
Episode 66: Is Butter a Carb?
September 21, 2016 22:16 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBJoin host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet in their discussion about the perception of healthy food, unpacking what types of food dieticians consider to be healthy compared with what the general public believes. Where is the alignment between these two, and disagreement within the dietetic community itself? And what is the role of both industry and government in helping consumers navigate the food landscape? Jenna and Taylor speak with Margot Sanger-Katz – a health care corres...
Episode 65: Grilled Cheese With A Side Of Social Justice
September 14, 2016 22:32 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBEating Matters kicks the fall season off by speaking with Drive Change, an organization operating at the intersection of criminal justice and food system reform. Host Jenna Liut is joined by Executive Director Jordyn Lexton and former Drive Change fellow Fred Coleman.
Episode 64: Forbidden Fruit?
August 17, 2016 20:53 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBToday on Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut speaks with Dr. Urvashi Rangan about Consumer Report's “Crop to Table: Pesticide Report” detailing pesticide use in the US. Dr. Rangan oversaw the drafting of the report during her time as the Executive Director of Consumer Report’s Food Safety and Sustainability Center. Later on the show, Jenna speaks with Ben Turley, co-founder of the Meat Hook – a Brooklyn-based whole animal butcher shop.
Episode 63: Gold Standard: Brazil's Food Policy Progress
August 11, 2016 03:47 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBWith the Rio Olympics 2016 underway, host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet dive into Brazil's food system – unpacking how Brazil is combating obesity while improving farmer livelihoods through progressive policy changes. Joined by Bridget Huber, a journalist at the Food & Environment Reporting Network, Jenna and Taylor examine how Brazil is working to shift purchases of ultra-processed foods through a sweeping national policy that advocates for the pleasure of eating. Later ...
Episode 62: Unintended Co(r)nsequences
July 27, 2016 21:41 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBOn this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut speaks with Ricardo Salvador, senior scientist and director of the Food and Environment program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Allison Aubrey, food and health correspondent for NPR news, about the connection between crop subsidies and public health. Later in the show, Jenna is joined by Mike Winik, Co-Founder of OurHarvest, our featured startup of the week.
Episode 61: Global Food Security Act
July 20, 2016 21:45 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBOn this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut discusses the Global Food Security Act, which fights worldwide food insecurity through the empowerment of local communities. Liz Marcey, Senior Policy Advisor at CARE USA – a humanitarian organization that fights global poverty and was instrumental in the passing of this legislation – joins the show to explain exactly what the act entails, who it impacts, and why it's significant. Later on the show we're joined by Greg Sewitz, Co-Founder of ...
Episode 60: Nature's Perfect Food
July 13, 2016 23:18 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBOn this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut and Associate Producer Taylor Lanzet dive into the world of milk with their guest Melanie Dupuis. Melanie discusses how milk grew to be ubiquitous — a staple in the American diet. Melanie, the author of Nature’s Perfect Food, guides us through the religious, political and sociological factors from the past two centuries that paved the way for the industrialization of fluid milk. Later on the show, we are joined by Liz Vaknin and Shelley Gol...
Episode 59: Raising the Bar: What Makes Fine Chocolate Fine
June 29, 2016 21:11 - 46 minutes - 43 MBOn this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut speaks with Dan Pearson, the CEO of Marañón Chocolate about fine chocolate and what advocates are doing to ensure rare, flavorful varietals don't go extinct. Later on the show, Jenna is joined by Franklin Becker, co-founder and Head of Culinary at Hungryroot, the featured startup of the week.
Episode 58: Vote Hemp
June 15, 2016 21:47 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBWhat's as American as apple pie and still illegal to produce? The answer: hemp. On this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut speaks with Eric Steenstra, Executive Director of the Hemp Industries Association, and Amy DuFault, Director of Communications at the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator, about the myriad benefits of this wonderful plant and what advocates are doing to legalize its cultivation in the U.S. Later in the show, Jenna speaks with Jessie Gould, Founder & CEO of Ox Ve...
Episode 57: Let's Talk About SNAP, Baby
June 08, 2016 21:52 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBOn this episode, host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet discuss the USDA’s proposed changes for retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (or, SNAP). This program is the largest in the domestic hunger safety net and over 44 million Americans rely on it. According to the USDA, as of September 2015 over 250,000 firms were authorized to participate in SNAP. Recently, the USDA released its proposal to require retailers to supply a wider variety of hea...
Episode 56: Aeroponics & AeroFarms
June 01, 2016 21:53 - 54 minutes - 50 MBThis week on Eating Matters, we bring you a special field piece recorded at AeroFarms - an indoor, vertical farm - in Newark, New Jersey. Jenna Liut teams up with fellow Heritage Radio Network hosts Erin Fairbanks (The Farm Report) and Chef Emily Peterson (Sharp and Hot) to tour the company's state-of-the-art aeroponic facility that uses a patented technology, allowing the growing of food indoors without sun or soil, using 95% less water than in the field. Tune in for our tour of the facilit...
Episode 55: Strike A Pose
May 25, 2016 21:40 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBWe've talked a lot about the principles of Slow Food on this show – essentially by advocating, questioning and thinking through what a good, clean, and fair food system looks like for all. Today, host Jenna Liut uses the Slow Food lens as a tool to talk about fashion. Guests Patrick Duffy and Nica Rabinowitz from Manufacture NY – a manufacturing innovation hub in Sunset Park, Brooklyn – discuss what sustainability looks like in the field of fashion, and how issues like sourcing and labor af...
Episode 54: Coverage of the Good Festival
May 18, 2016 21:24 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBThis week on Eating Matters, we provide a recap of the Good Festival, a Brooklyn-based conference started by Wen-Jay Ying, Founder and Director of Local Roots NYC. Wen-Jay joins host Jenna Liut in the studio to discuss the key conference themes of compassion, communication and collaboration – not just hippie ideals but also a prescription for a healthy food system. Tune in to learn how to make choices that celebrate and benefit our local food economy. Later in the show, Leo Pollock discuss...
Episode 53: Living Wages for Farmers
May 11, 2016 22:40 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBThis week features the second in a two part series on food and labor, focusing on living wage issues faced by farmers throughout the country. What are working conditions like for those who actually grow and harvest the food you eat every day? And what can be done to improve those conditions, encouraging the next generation of farmers to pick up the reins. Host Jenna Liut is joined by GrowNYC's Greenmarket Director, Michael Hurwitz and the National Young Farmers Coalition Executive Director, ...
Episode 52: Wage Wars: Saru Jayaraman & Restaurant Work
May 04, 2016 22:07 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBOn today's episode of Eating Matters, Host Jenna Liut kicks off a two part series on labor practices in the food chain with guest Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC United) and the Food Research Center at UC Berkeley. They discuss labor practices experienced by millions of workers in the restaurant industry, the historical events that resulted in those policies, and what advocates are doing to fight for fair wages across the country....
Episode 51: The House Starts a Food Fight: Update on CNR
April 27, 2016 22:33 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBHost Jenna Liut kicks off the season discussing the recent CNR activity in the house and how it will effect the nutritional quality and accessibility of school food throughout the country.
Episode 50: Genetic Modification Nation
April 07, 2016 22:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBAs a food policy show, we would be remiss to not discuss one of the most hotly contested issues in the food space over the past year - GMO labeling. What has been going on at the state and federal level around GMO labeling regulations and what is at stake for industry as well as our broader food system? And why was this issue - compared with the myriad others in the "good food movement" - successful? Host Jenna Liut delves into these questions and more with guests Jenny Hopkinson, a food pol...
Episode 49: Conversation with Will Rosenzweig
March 31, 2016 20:46 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBHost Jenna Liut is joined today by Will Rosenzweig, Dean and Executive Director of the Food Business School at the Culinary Institute of America, to discuss the intersection of food policy, culture and social entrepreneurialism, driven in large part by the food-obsessed millennial generation. Millennial or otherwise, if you are interested in learning more about or immersing yourself into the food space - particularly if you dream to one day start your own food company - this is the episode f...
Episode 48: Bob Martin, Director of the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
March 24, 2016 20:04 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBJoining host Jenna Liut today to discuss the importance of addressing sustainability issues in our food system is Bob Martin, the Director of the Food System Policy program at Johns Hopkin’s Center for a Livable Future (CFF), which recently commissioned a national survey of American voters to determine public support for food sustainability. Among other key findings, the results demonstrated that 74% of adults believe the newly released Dietary Guidelines should include environmental provisi...
Episode 47: From Farm to Canal Street
March 17, 2016 21:09 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBOn today's episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut speaks with Valerie Imbruce about her new book, From Farm To Canal Street, which tells the story of one of New York City's oldest and most vibrant ethnic enclaves - Chinatown. The book explains how Chinatown's food network operates, diverging from the global trend to consolidate food production and distribution. Touted as "essential reading for anyone interested in who produces food for urban areas and how it gets into cities" by Marion...
Episode 46: Campus Hunger
March 10, 2016 20:55 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBThis week, host Jenna Liut is talking about campus hunger. Although not typically associated with institutes of higher education, evidence suggests that food insecurity among US college students is rising, especially in light of increased enrollment rates and the evolving demographics among students. Just how prevalent is food insecurity on college campuses? What are some viable long and short term solutions to address this issue? Joining the show today to discuss these questions and more...
Episode 45: Millennial Madness
March 03, 2016 20:54 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBOn this episode of Eating Matters, Jenna Liut and Austin Bryniarski are joined by A Taste of Generation Yum author Eve Turow Paul and food entrepreneur Hallie Meyer to discuss the origin and degree of the Millennial food obsession, as well as what is spells for the future of the U.S. food system. Tune in to hear four Millennials immersed in different aspects of the food movement analyze Millennials in the food movement. “Today, it’s not necessarily the rock show that is the focus of the eve...
Episode 44: Alan Sytsma, editor of Grub Street
February 25, 2016 23:14 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBOn this week’s episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut welcomes Alan Sytsma, editor of Grub Street to talk about the intersection of food media and policy. Tune to hear them discuss the most significant evolutions occurring in the food scene, and what they spell for the future – from dorm room cuisine to Manhattan’s _finest _dining. “Right now, probably the last ten, fifteen years, there’s a lot more emphasis on mindful eating and being aware of the impact that you’re having.” [4:40] – A...
Episode 43: Food Startups with Derek Denckla, Ethan Brown, and Alex Sorenson
February 18, 2016 21:06 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBIn this episode of Eating Matters, Jenna is joined by the founders of 3 food companies representing different aspects of the startup communities. Derek Denckla draws from his years of experience as an advisor in the business startup world to talk about the changing face of food tech startups. Ethan Brown, founder of Beyond Meat, shares his vision on future sustainability through meat alternatives. Chef Alex Sorenson of Blank Slate Kitchen discusses his transition from chef to entrepreneur. ...
Episode 42: Aquaculture: All That Fishy?
February 11, 2016 20:54 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBTune in to Eating Matters this week as Jenna Liut and guests are talking about a part of the food system worldwide that gets little attention in the U.S. – aquaculture. Globally, aquaculture is a $100 billion industry, comprising over one half of the world’s seafood production. Because of the significant problem of overfishing and the depletion of wild fish stocks globally, it is expected to become an increasingly critical part of the human food supply. In fact, one projection by the World B...
Episode 41: Soda Policy: What’s on Tap
February 04, 2016 20:50 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBLast season Eating Matters had pediatric endocrinologist, Dr. Robert Lustig, on the show to discuss sugar and its negative impacts and this week, as a follow up, Jenna Liut and Austin Bryniarski focus on the one sugary product that is arguably most harmful for your health – sugary drinks. There has been much in the news on sugary drinks in the past six months – from the NYT, for example, reporting Coca-Cola’s funding of scientific studies that shifts focus away from diet’s role in obesity t...
Episode 40: Chipotle Unwrapped
January 28, 2016 20:53 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBOn this brand new episode of _ Eating Matters _, solo host Jenna Liut is taking on Chipotle Mexican Grill, who has been dealing with a spate of food poisoning outbreaks since this past summer. Until recently, Chipotle has been seen by many as the “darling” of the restaurant industry – championing fresh, local ingredients and sustainably-raised meat. In doing so, Chipotle has managed to do the seemingly impossible – make a national fast-food chain with more than 1,900 locations – feel health...
Episode 39: Not That Kind of Round Up
January 21, 2016 20:55 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB_ Eating Matters _ is back for it’s 4th season as hosts Kim Kessler and Jenna Liut welcome Helena Bottemiller Evich and Chuck Abbott to recap the biggest stories in food policy that broke in 2015. Helena is a senior food and agriculture reporter for POLITICO Pro while Chuck is a Contributing Editor at the Food and Environment Reporting Network. Between the genetically modified salmon dubbed ‘frankenfish’ to the Food Safety Modernization Act to the WHO labeling processed meat as carcinogenic...
Episode 38: The Kids Menu
December 17, 2015 21:17 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBWrapping up the radio season, Eating Matters hosts Kim Kessler and Jenna Liut are talking kids menus – where they came from and how they reflect the state of the broader food environment and culture in America today. Kids also represent a highly targeted and sought after portion of the consumer population. With the rise of kids menus came marketing to children, which really took off starting with the first ever ‘happy meal,’ in the 1970s. Today marketing food to kids specifically is a mul...
Episode 37: Pet Food
December 10, 2015 21:04 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MB_ Eating Matters _ is taking a new angle this week as Kim Kessler and Jenna Liut are taking on pet food. What is best – dry or wet? Should pets be vegan? Can you trust your veterinarian’s opinion? Tune in for a fascinating discussion on the ethics and cultural opinions surrounding Fido’s dinner featuring guests Craig Giammona, Jackson Landers, and Celia Kutcher. “Anything kibble based I am not a fan of… Dry food causes problems in the long run.” [34:00] –Celia Kutcher on Eating Matters
Episode 36: Product of Mexico
December 03, 2015 21:05 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MB“Product of Mexico” – an all too common sticker on many tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers arriving in the USA by the ton, found in your local grocery store. This week on _ Eating Matters _, Kim Kessler and guest co-host Evan Hanczor is on the line with reporter Richard Marosi who is behind the Pulitzer Prize nominated investigative series Product of Mexico featured in the Los Angeles Times, heavily commenting on the conditions that Mexican agricultural workers face. Richard emphasizes the po...
Episode 35: How Sweet It Is with Dr. Robert Lustig
November 19, 2015 20:47 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBToday on _ Eating Matters _, hosts Kim Kessler and Jenna Liut welcome Dr. Robert Lustig to the show talking about America’s over-consumption of sugar as well as its implications on the country’s health. A pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and one of the foremost childhood-obesity researchers, Dr. Lustig shares how he became involved with the sweet research as well as other interests that have played into his clinical observations. Is all sugar create...
Episode 34: USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden
November 12, 2015 21:01 - 32 minutes - 30 MBTune in for a special partnered episode of _ Eating Matters _ and _ The Farm Report _ as hosts Kim Kessler and Erin Fairbanks are on the line with the United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary, Krysta Harden. Recently announced, the Department of Agriculture announced a commitment to prioritize $5.6 billion over the next two years within USDA programs and services that serve new and beginning farmers and ranchers. Deputy Secretary Harden also announced a new, tailored web too...
Episode 33: Waste Not Want Not
November 05, 2015 21:33 - 32 minutes - 30 MBThis week Eating Matters is talking food waste with Dana Gunders and Emily Broad Leib. Dana Gunders is an NRDC Staff Scientist focused on Food and Agriculture. She works on market and policy oriented initiatives to promote sustainability throughout food systems and supply chains. She leads NRDC’s work on reducing food waste and is the author of a widely distributed report “Wasted: How America is Losing Up to 40% of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill”. She also recently co-authored a repo...
Episode 32: On the Books: Interview with Author Leanne Brown
October 29, 2015 20:36 - 33 minutes - 31 MBThis week on _ Eating Matters _, hosts Kim Kessler and Jenna Liut welcome Leanne Brown to the studio, author of Good and Cheap, a free PDF cookbook for low-income and Food Stamps recipients. Leanne explains that while the project may have started as her graduate thesis, it became much bigger than that to the point where she made the book available as a free PDF download to ensure the recipes make it into the hands of those who can’t afford a copy. Everyone should eat great food every day. E...