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Evolutionaries

36 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratings

HeritageRadioNetwork.org (HRN) presents “Evolutionaries,” a new radio documentary series featuring the stories behind the stories of individuals who defied conventions and shaped our food landscape. Tune in to hear from personalities who made their mark on our collective food culture, sharing experiences in their own words. Eric Ripert recounts club nights at 6AM. Steve Jenkins reminisces about secretly selling illegal cheeses. Harold McGee recalls how the smell of his mother’s curry sauces clung to his clothes during the school day. “Evolutionaries” is your chance to hear these food visionaries unguarded and unchained from the conventional food media format.

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Episode 36: Jamie Oliver

February 19, 2019 19:26 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

Jamie Oliver is a chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV host. In the late 90s, he was a young restaurant cook who happened into his own show "The Naked Chef" where he cooked to his credo: "It's got to be simple. It's got to be tasty. It's got to be fun". As his career evolved, Jamie worked tirelessly to improve the nutritional quality of school foods in the UK and beyond, a mission that initially met mixed responses from the press and the public, but delivered extremely impactful succ...

Episode 35: Frances Moore Lappé

April 07, 2016 22:37 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB

Frances Moore Lappé is an iconic activist thinker on society and democracy: which she explores through the universal lens of food. Her first book Diet for a Small Planet, published in 1971, has since sold over 3 million copies and helped shift the narrative of hunger. In 2008, it was heralded as one of “75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World” by the Women’s National Book Association.That same year the James Beard Foundation honored Frances as “Humanitarian of the Year,” and Gou...

Episode 34: David Kinch

April 07, 2016 22:30 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MB

David Kinch is a chef ahead of our time. Long before the farm-to-table trend, David found inspiration in the seasons, the land, and the ingredients at hand. Coming into his own under the tutelage of great chefs–from New Orleans to New York, France to Japan– and finally settling in California, David’s culinary prowess and vision has earned him multiple James Beard awards. In 2016, Manresa, his first restaurant, received three stars from the Michelin guide. His second restaurant Bywater, also ...

Episode 33: Peter Kaminsky

July 23, 2015 22:05 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB

Peter Kaminksy wears many hats – writer, outdoorsman, journalist, cookbook author, television producer, the list goes on and on. He’s worked with the likes of Francis Mallmann and Daniel Boulud on cookbooks. He was a managing editor at National Lampoon. He created both the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize and the Library of Congress Greshwin Prize for popular song. Hear his story on this special edition of Evolutionaries.

Episode 32: Mimi Sheraton

July 16, 2015 06:34 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Brooklyn-born writer Mimi Sheridan is one of the most acclaimed critics food has ever seen. Before becoming the first female restaurant critic at the New York Times in 1976, she wrote for New York Magazine. Four decades later, she has written for almost every food publication that matters and authored 17 books, the most recent being 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover’s Life List. Mimi’s influence on critical food writing has been unparalleled.

Episode 31: Michael Pollan

July 09, 2015 16:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

Michael Pollan has been celebrated, critiqued and worshiped. He’s a spirit guide for many in the world of food, he’s won numerous awards, and sparked lively debates with his writing. In 2010 he was named one of the worlds 100 most influential people by TIME magazine. He’s the author of six books: Second Nature, A Place of My Own, The Botany of Desire (which also aired as a two hour documentary on PBS), The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food and Cooked. His books are national best sellers...

Episode 30: Ruth Reichl

June 02, 2015 15:20 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

In a world filled with food writers who take themselves far too seriously, Ruth Reichl continues to be a breath of fresh air. Her creative take on storytelling and restaurant reviews turned food writing upside down. She’s authored a trilogy of best-selling memoirs, a novel and a cookbook. She was the last editor in chief of the now defunct Gourmet magazine. Before that she was the restaurant critic of both The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, where she was also named food editor. As...

Episode 29: Mary Sue Milliken

September 22, 2014 17:47 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MB

Mary Sue Milliken is often credited with helping define Los Angeles’s culinary landscape. Along with her partner Susan Feniger, she opened City Restaurant, Border Grill and Ciudad – all critically acclaimed restaurants in the Los Angeles area. She’s published five cookbooks is seasoned TV personality. Mary Sue was a food star before there were many. She’s never been afraid to take risks and her journey began in St. Claire, Michigan. Join us on Evolutionaries and hear Mary Sue’s story. This p...

Episode 28: Jason Hinds

July 31, 2014 19:54 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

Published July 31st, 2014 Running time: 25 Minutes Jason Hinds of Neal’s Yard Dairy, Borough Cheese Company and Essex St. Cheese Co. is a pioneer in the artisanal cheese movement. He helped develop Neal’s Yard Dairy into one of the most significant food retailers of our time. He started the Borough Cheese Company, which specifically focuses on selling Comté. He’s also co-founder of Essex St. Cheese Co., a cheese importer and wholesaler that focuses on a limited number of perfectly ripened...

Episode 27: Darina Allen

May 29, 2014 17:57 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

Darina Allen is Ireland’s best-known chef and culinary ambassador. She’s the founder of Ballymaloe Cookery School, now the countries longest running cooking school and a globally- renowned institution that has hosted and taught some of the world’s greatest chefs (including Marcella Hazan, Alice Waters, and Madhur Jaffrey.) In addition, she hosted a cooking Television program Simply Delicious for nine seasons, which is credited with teaching generations of Irish how to cook and earned her com...

Episode 26: Lidia Bastianich

May 15, 2014 17:46 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

Lidia Bastianich has two passions – family and food – and she’s managed to create an culinary empire using both. Lidia is the chef/owner of four acclaimed New York City restaurants — Felidia, Becco, Esca and Del Posto, as well as Lidia’s in Pittsburgh and Kansas City. Her cookbooks include Lidia Cooks From the Heart of Italy and Lidia’s Italy – both companion books to her Emmy-nominated television series, Lidia’s Italy, Lidia’s Family Table, Lidia’s Italian- American Kitchen, Lidia’s Italian...

Episode 25: Ariane Daguin

April 30, 2014 16:51 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Ariane Daguin is the owner and co-founder of D’Artagnan – one of America’s largest specialty-meat-and-game distributors. D’Artagnan is one of the worlds most trusted manufacturer of pates, foie gras, all natural organic poultry and game. Ariane’s journey is a true American success story. The gascony born Daguin was born into a culinary family of great fame – but she longed for something different. She moved to New York with dreams of becoming a journalist. Her dreams were re-routed and in wh...

Episode 24: Betty Fussell

April 16, 2014 13:36 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

Betty Fussell is an American success story – and one of the most celebrated and beloved writers in food. Over the last 50 years her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Savuer, Vogue, Food & Wine and many more varied publications. Her memoir, Kitchen Wars was performed in Hollywood and New York as a one woman show by actress Dorothy Lyman. She’s written more than 11 books and has taught courses in English Literature, food writing and food history. Betty has seen it all...

Episode 23: Tom Colicchio

April 02, 2014 13:50 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

Chef Tom Colicchio might be most recognized by the public as the head judge on Bravo’s hit reality cooking series “Top Chef.”, but his culinary accomplishments go far beyond food television. Hear his life story on Evolutionaries.

Episode 22: Nathan Myhrvold

March 12, 2014 17:57 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

Nathan Myhrvold is the former Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, and co-founder of Intellectual Ventures. He tells us about his profound interest in cooking, and his difficult introduction into the world of becoming a chef. Nathan discusses the modernization of French cuisine, as well as the differences between modern cuisine and traditional fine dining. Then, he describes the development of his endeavors in writing Modernist Cuisine, and how digital photography proved to be an essential...

Episode 21: Jessica B. Harris

February 26, 2014 18:19 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MB

There’s perhaps no greater expert on the food and foodways of the African Diaspora than Doctor Jessica B. Harris. Jessica is the author of 12 cookbooks, and in her more than 3 decades as a journalist, she’s written book reviews, theater reviews, travel, feature, and beauty articles too numerous to note. She’s a founding member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, she’s decorated with awards and honors, and holds multiple degrees, including a doctorate in Performance Studies from NYU. Doctor Je...

Episode 20: John Besh

February 12, 2014 18:30 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

John Besh is a chef with a passion for preserving the rich cuisine of New Orleans. He was profoundly active in providing meals for thousands of people devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and in 2011 he established the John Besh Foundation, which provides scholarships, grants, and loans to those in the New Orleans area with the drive to ignite change in their communities. Today, John owns nine restaurants which celebrate the cuisine of southern Louisiana. This program has been sponsored by The I...

Episode 19: Lydia Shire

January 29, 2014 17:52 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

Lydia Shire is the enduring culinary talent behind some of Boston’s most celebrated restaurants. She’s universally acclaimed, having won a James Beard award for Best Chef Northeast, and the Women Chefs and Restauranteurs 2011 Golden Whisk Award. She’s known for her use of fat and offal, and her exuberant personality in the kitchen. Lydia grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, and fell in love with food at a young age. This program has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch.   “If you want something ...

Episode 18: Kermit Lynch

January 15, 2014 21:57 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB

Forty years ago Kermit Lynch seemed like an unlikely wine hero. A struggling musician with a fledgling handbag business no one, least of all himself, would have predicted his groundbreaking future as a wine importer and retailer in Berkley California. The American wine-drinking landscape has been forever changed by his work. Kermit is the recipient of two James Beard Awards and was knighted by the French government with their prestigious “Legion d’Honneur”. In 1988, Kermit wrote “Adventures ...

Episode 17: Colman Andrews

November 23, 2013 00:40 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

Colman Andrews is a preeminent American food writer that changed the way gastronomy is covered in media today. Along with Dorothy Kalins he founded Savuer Magazine. Working for Ruth Riechel, he was a contributing editor for Gourmet Magazine. In 2010, he launched his own food and drink website, The Daily Meal. He is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on Spanish cuisine, particularly that of the Catalonia region. Colman Andrews has seen trends come and go, collaborated with the big...

Episode 16: Ari Weinzweig

November 06, 2013 16:55 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Ari Weinzweig is the co-owner and founding partner of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, a family of small food related companies and ventures. Zingerman’s Community of Businesses has since evolved to nine businesses from the first original deli in 1982, revolutionizing the idea of food mail orders, and the way people eat in Michigan. On this special episode of Evolutionaries, hear from Ari himself on how Zingerman’s became so instrumental in the food industry. This program has been sponso...

Episode 15: Alice Waters

October 29, 2013 05:21 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Tune in and hear the life story of perhaps the most important woman in the history of North American food, Alice Waters.

Episode 14: Eric Asimov

October 09, 2013 16:25 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

Eric Asimov is an American wine critic for the New York Times, with articles also published in the International Herald Tribune. Asimov attended Wesleyan University, graduating in 1980. In 1984, he went on to work at the New York Times as an editor in National News. In 1992, Asimov conceived and wrote the “$25 and Under” column, dedicated to “restaurants where people can eat lavishly for $25 and under. The popularity of his reviews and articles led to Asimov’s yearly compilation books of the...

Episode 13: Alain Coumont

September 25, 2013 15:55 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

Alain Coumont is a Belgian chef and restaurateur, and founder of Le Pain Quotidien. Coumont is the son and grandson of grocers. His grandmother ran a hotel in front of the train station in Huy, Belgium. As a child in Belgium, Coumont spent countless hours perched on a chair, watching his grandmother make bread. Then, in 1977, after a voyage to the United States, where he was impressed by the success of Michel Guérard, he abandoned his classical studies and enrolled in the Hotel School of Nam...

Episode 12: Jim Lahey

September 11, 2013 16:59 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB

Jim Lahey studied sculpture before learning the art of bread baking in Italy. When he returned to New York City in 1994, he opened Sullivan St Bakery in Soho with little more than the wild yeast he hand-cultivated in Italy and a desire to bring the craft of small-batch bread baking to America. In October 2000, Lahey built the Sullivan St Bakery headquarters in Hell’s Kitchen, where he has become renowned not just for his bread, but for his Roman-style pizza, rustic Italian pastries and cooki...

Episode 11: Joan Gussow

August 28, 2013 17:31 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB

Joan Gussow is a professor, author, food policy expert, environmentalist and gardener. Hailed as the matriarch of the eat-locally-think-globally food movement, Joan Gussow is Professor emerita, and former chair of the Nutrition Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she has been a long-time analyst and critic of the U.S. food system. Joan is the author of numerous books, and she has delivered thousands of lectures, speeches and testimonies. A former art researcher ...

Episode 10: Joan Nathan

August 14, 2013 17:46 - 21 minutes - 20 MB

Joan Nathan is an award-winning American author of cookbooks and a global authority on Jewish cuisine. Her goal is to preserve Jewish traditions by interviewing cooks and documenting their recipes and stories for posterity. On the latest episode of Evolutionaries, hear Joan recall the journies, parties, dinners, events and relationships that shaped her illustrious career. From her work co-founding the 9th Avenue Food Festival to her three yearsliving in Israel working for Mayor Teddy Kollek ...

Episode 9: The Mondavi Family

July 31, 2013 17:15 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MB

Four generations of passion and experience have come together to create The Mondavi Family Winery and their wines. Starting in 1919, Michael Mondavi’s grandfather, Cesare, was elected to find grapes and winemaking supplies for families to make wine legally during Prohibition. Thus, in Lodi, California, the Mondavi family began their foray into California winemaking. Cesare’s son, Robert, joined the family wine business while in high school. In 1966, Robert and his eldest son, Michael, founde...

Episode 8: Paul Saginaw

July 17, 2013 16:45 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Paul Saginaw is the founding partner at Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, a gourmet food business group headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The original business and current flagship operation is Zingerman’s Delicatessen, which got its start with a small selection of great-tasting specialty foods, a host of traditional Jewish dishes and a relatively short sandwich menu. Today, Zingerman’s Delicatessen is an Ann Arbor institution, the source of great food and great experiences for thousa...

Episode 7: Wylie Dufresne

July 03, 2013 16:47 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Wylie Dufresne was born in 1970 in Providence, Rhode Island before moving to New York in 1977. In 1992 he completed a B.A. in philosophy at Colby College, Maine. After college, Wylie enrolled at the French Culinary Institute in New York and was then employed at Jo Jo’s from 1994 to 1997. He was then hired to work on the opening of Restaurant Jean Georges, eventually becoming the sous chef. In 1998 Dufresne was hired as chef de cuisine at Vongerichten’s Prime in The Bellagio, Las Vegas. In 19...

Episode 6: Marion Nestle

June 19, 2013 15:35 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

Marion Nestle revolutionized the way we teach food in this country. Marion is a Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. She is also Professor of Sociology at NYU and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of three prize-winning boo...

Episode 5: Rick Bayless

June 05, 2013 17:05 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

Meet Rick Bayless, an award winning American chef and restauranteur who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is perhaps best known for his PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time. Bayless was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, into a family of restaurateurs and grocers specializing in the local barbecue. Having begun his culinary training as a youth, he broadened his interests to include regional Mexican cooking as an undergraduate student of Spanish and La...

Episode 4: Florence Fabricant

May 22, 2013 15:47 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Meet Florence Fabricant, known to some as “Flo Fab”. Florence Fabricant is a nationally renowned food writer and columnist who contributes regularly and frequently to the New York Times dining section. She is the author of 11 cookbooks, including, most recently, a book written with The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). Florence’s other books include The New York Restaurant Cookbook; The Great Potato Book; Venetian Taste; Florence Fabricant’s Pleasures of the Table; N...

Episode 3: Eric Ripert

May 08, 2013 17:24 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

Meet Eric Ripert – one of the most adored and celebrated chefs working in America today. Eric Ripert is the chef and co-owner of the New York restaurant Le Bernardin, which ranks 18 on the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. The celebrated restaurant holds three stars from the Michelin Guide, a “29” food rating from the 2011 Zagat Guide, the highest of any restaurant in the city, and has upheld a four-star review from The New York Times for over two decades. It has never dropped ...

Episode 2: Harold McGee

April 24, 2013 05:20 - 23 minutes - 22 MB

Meet Harold McGee, the man who literally wrote the book on science & cooking. His career defining book,On Food & Cooking, has been referenced as a cooking bible for a generation of forward thinking chefs and culinary professionals. On Evoluationaries, discover how a question from a friend on beans and flatulence inspired Harold to make a career of researching and writing about what happens when we cook, prepare and consume food. Harold McGee is largely responsible for the molecular gastronom...

Episode 1: Steve Jenkins

April 09, 2013 18:34 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

Meet Steve Jenkins, Master Cheesemonger of Fairway Market, who over an industrious 30+ year career helped pioneer the importation of great cheeses and olive oils in this country. On the debut of Evolutionaries, hear Steve’s story in his own words. From his early days as an aspiring actor to the release of his groundbreaking book, The Cheese Primer, Steve has always maintained a passion for quality that has dictated his every move. Without Steve Jenkins, who knows how long it would have taken...

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