Feast Yr Ears
213 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsExplore food through the lens of storytelling. Host Harry Rosenblum chats with guests inside and outside the food world, about the experiences that have shaped what they eat and cook. Listen to Feast Yr Ears as he explores the relationship between food and the human experience.
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Fermentation Never Sleeps: Live at Farm to People
March 13, 2023 14:14 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBThis spring, HRN is hosting a 3-part event series at Farm to People in Bushwick, Brooklyn. This live recording is from March 8th, when Harry Rosenblum hosted the first of the series: "Fermentation Never Sleeps." The panel discussion featured Holistic Health Practitioner and recipe developer, Lily Harris; Co-Owner of Fifth Hammer Brewing Company and Co-Host of HRN’s Fuhmentaboudit! Mary Izett; and the Founding Director of the Museum of Food and Drink Peter Kim. The conversation focused on ...
Lisa Held is Paying Attention for All of Us
September 20, 2021 20:39 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBLisa Held is the host of the Farm Report here on HRN. She's also a journalist covering Food Policy in Washington and beyond. To say that she knows about food and the big picture would be an understatement. Tune in for the final episode of Feast Yr Ears for a while to learn more about the farm bill, and how Lisa got her start and ended up where she is now. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast Yr Ears by becoming a member! Feast Yr Ears is P...
Take the Leap: Become an Entrepreneur
September 13, 2021 19:20 - 40 minutes - 37 MBTom Dennen and his Wife Natalie met in Business School and landed in Rhode Island as the midpoint between their respective childhood homes in Philadelphia and Maine. When they were expecting their first child 6 years ago they started working on Bayberry Beer Hall, which opened in 2017, and while expecting their second in early 2020 they signed the lease on the space that has finally opened as Bayberry Garden. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support ...
Within the Wild: Living and cooking in Alaska
July 19, 2021 18:48 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBThe Dixon Family has been living in and around the Alaskan Wilderness for nearly 40 years. In that time they have created not one but 2 hospitality spaces, one on the water and one in the woods where guests can stay, learn, cook, and explore everything that our wildest state has to offer. Tune in to hear Kirsten Dixon tell her story and hear about their new book Living within the Wild. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast Yr Ears by becomi...
The Maine community cookbook
June 22, 2021 02:10 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBKarl Schatz and Margaret Hathaway were liviing in New York in 2003 when they traveled the country to learn everything they could about raising goats and making cheese. After a year on the road they landed in Maine and have been running Ten Apple Farm ever since. After a few books about goat farming and cheese making they turned their attention last year to creating the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook which contains 200 recipes that celebrate Maine's culinary past, present & future. The...
From Boston with Love
June 15, 2021 00:17 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBElle Simone is a joy to speak with. Her story is one of resilience and change, embracing new opportunities with open arms and an open heart. Tune in to hear Elle and Harry catch up about Elle's work at America's Test Kitchen, both on screen and off, and how she went from Social work, to being houseless to the screen all along tuning in to the power of the universe. Don't forget to check out her new Podcast: The Walk-in Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network...
Art Chang for Mayor
June 07, 2021 23:56 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBArt Chang is running for Mayor of New York City. Korean American, raised in Ohio, Art has lived most of his life in Brooklyn. A serial entrepreneur, student, and thinker Art and Harry cover many of his ideas on the future of New York and what he brings to the table for New York. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast Yr Ears by becoming a member! Feast Yr Ears is Powered by Simplecast.
One of the greats: Peter Hoffman
May 25, 2021 01:43 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBFor 26 years Peter Hoffman presided over the kitchen (and everything else) at Savoy, Back Forty and Back Forty West. His style of cooking what was fresh and in season, wasn't popular in the restaurant world back in 1990 when first opened Savoy, but it has come to define a generation of chefs. In his new book, What’s Good?: A Memoir in Fourteen Ingredients Peter recounts stories from his life, his time in the kitchen alongside recipes that both define and explain his ideas around food. Tune i...
What's Peter Kim up to?
April 12, 2021 22:44 - 43 minutes - 40 MBPeter Kim grew up in the midwest with his Korean born parents, that meant having a whole fridge dedicated to Kimchi (sounds pretty great) Later he lived in rural Cameroon among other places. In 2011 he founded the Museum of Food And Drink (MOFAD.ORG) while still keeping up his love of music. To say that he has a love of food and music would be an understatement. On his new podcast CounterJam these two loves collide in the best possible way. Tune in to hear Harry and Peter discuss everything ...
Garden NOW!
March 29, 2021 21:58 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBShannie McCabe is an educator writer and farmer with Baker Creek Heirloom seeds. Growing up on an island off the coast of Rhode Island Shannie didn't have much exposure to heirlooms, but once she hit the mainland it was ON! Living in Florida now she can grow things all winter and then she travels to the Missouri HQ of Baker Creek for the summer. Tune in for some awesome tips on seed saving, what to do about tomato hornworms spring planting and more! Heritage Radio Network is a listener sup...
More Coffee, Always Coffee
March 15, 2021 21:41 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBKaleena Teoh and Sum Ngai were friends in school back in Malaysia, but it wasn't until years later in NY that they decided to start Coffee Project NY. It was a small local shop in the East Village at first, but pretty soon it took on a life of it's own and in order to support staff growth and the industry at large they opened more shops along with their training center in Long Island City that is New York State's only Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) training campus. All in the name of bet...
Bee Excellent to each other
March 01, 2021 22:43 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBTed Dennard got interested in bees when we have 13 years old and a neighbor placed a few hives on his families property. He fell in love with honey first, and his love affair has only increased more and more over the last 42 years. He is the owner of the Savannah bee company who make and sell an enormous variety of products from varital honeys to mead and cosmetics. His latest obsession is the Bee Therapy Hut, based on a visit to Ukraine where people spend time around bees and beehives to tr...
Off the Grid: the future of small restaurants and what the future looks like
February 15, 2021 17:49 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBIn 2010 when Matt Cohen started Off the Grid there weren't that many events or places for food trucks and small pop-up retaurants to operate, and connect with customers. for the last 10 years Off the Grid has supported and expanded the opportunities for small restauranteurs. In 2017 they started working at disaster relief and have continued that mission with the Covid-19 pandemic. Right now they're preparing for how to gather people together safely starting this spring. Tune in to hear about...
The Mediterranean Dish
February 01, 2021 18:55 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBSuzy Karadsheh started themediterraneandish.com as a way to store her families recipes for her children in 2014. It's since become a major resource for people looking to the mediterranean diet or looking for a falafel recipe. They now sell specialty food of the region. Tune in to hear Harry and Suzy talk about Egypt, food and more! Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast Yr Ears by becoming a member! Feast Yr Ears is Powered by Simplecast. ...
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
January 18, 2021 19:04 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBKate Sullivan cut her teeth as a daily news anchor in NY and Chicago. After leaving the daily grind of live Television she started To Dine For, a PBS TV series where she interviews people about their lives and the American Dream, while dining at a restaurant of the guest's choosing. This dream job has taken Kate to Barcelona with Jose Andres to dine at Bodega 1900, and to IHOP in Dallas with Mark Cuban. Kate and Harry talk about making food TV during the pandemic, Regional food and more! He...
Talking future and covid with Mike Lee of Alpha food labs
December 14, 2020 17:46 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBMike Lee is the co-founder of Alpha Food labs and the future market. He spends his time thinking about innovation in the food world and the future of food. Mike had the Coronavirus in March/April and is a new dad. Today Harry and Mike discuss life in the time of Coronavirus, social media content and more! Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast Yr Ears by becoming a member! Feast Yr Ears is Powered by Simplecast.
Giving Thanks!
December 07, 2020 17:38 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIt’s the season three premiere of Time For Lunch, Hannah and Harry are back to celebrate the tastiest and most historically complex fall holiday: Thanksgiving! We learn about the history of the Wampanoag and Narragansett people, who lived and thrived in coastal New England before European settlers arrived in what is now the US. Lorén M. Spears, Executive Director of the Tomaquag Museum in Exeter Rhode Island, teaches listeners about the types of thanks-giving celebrations that these indigen...
Bubby's past, present and Future
November 23, 2020 17:42 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBWhen Ron Silver founded Bubby's it was Thanksgiving 1990, and he set up shop in an empty restaurant. The pies were a hit, and the rest is history. 30 years on they're still making the same pumpkin pie, serving their community, and adapting with a bread program using their 130 year old sourdough starter. Ron and Harry talk about Covid and other crises as well as Ron's artistic endeavors and the lasting power of a place like Bubby's. Let us all be thankful. Heritage Radio Network is a listen...
Sea Change, or what to do with Kelp
November 09, 2020 18:55 - 46 minutes - 42 MBBriana Warner is the CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms, purveyors of kelp from the Maine coast. They work with lobstermen (and women) to farm Kelp in the off season, with a promise to buy all that is produced by these owner-operators. Then they create their award winning "Sea-Chi" along with other fermented and fresh kelp products. Tune in to hear more about how Kelp isn't just a fad, and is doing great things for the environment, economy and bodies of everyone involved. Heritage Radio Network is ...
The Safest Restaurant in America
October 26, 2020 17:37 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBHarry chats with Bob Burke owner of Pot Au Feu in Providence Rhode Island. Bob has taken precautions for the Cornovirus very seriously and has a lot to say about how to reopen for indoor dining during a pandemic. Tune it to hear about the steps he's taken, and the launch of his new app that lets restaurants and diners alike determine the safety level of an establishment. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast Yr Ears by becoming a member! F...
Getting Schmaltzy with Amanda Dell
October 12, 2020 17:36 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBAmanda Dell is the Program Director at the Jewish Food Society and the host of their new podcast: Schmaltzy. Amanda is also an HRN alum and co-director of the Food Book Fair. Tune in as Harry and Amanda catch up on the Jewish food society and what Jewish food means today. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast Yr Ears by becoming a member! Feast Yr Ears is Powered by Simplecast.
Help Yourself with Lindsay Maitland Hunt
September 14, 2020 19:37 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBWe know we should eat well, but what does that really mean? In her new book, Help Yourself, Lindsay Maitland Hunt opens up a way to eat based on how you feel by supporting the microbiota that live inside each of us. 7 years ago Lindsay was working in test kitchens and developing recipes and eating "Healthyish" (also the title of her first book) but she wasn't feeling good, and she got worse and worse until she started looking at how to support her own body. Heritage Radio Network is a list...
Chicken Soup Now and forever
August 24, 2020 20:49 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBJenn Louis' new book The Chicken Soup Manifesto takes on the most comforting of comfort food. There exists a Chicken Soup recipe from anywhere that chickens are raised, and it represents nourishment, home cooking, and an accessible and affordable way to make a great meal. From Matzo ball to Kanjee (Sri Lanka) the book covers a lot of ground. Tune in to hear more about the book and Jenn's work on this and her previous books, Pasta by Hand and The Book of Greens. Heritage Radio Network is a ...
The Barrio Fridge
August 10, 2020 20:47 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBJazmin Johnson is a chef who is part of a core group who run the Barrio fridge in East Harlem, It's part of a larger movement of free fridges around the city and around the world that serve their community by providing a place for people to access food. These are dedicated places for communities to come together and help feed each other. Tune in to hear more! In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from ...
Catching up with Chris Jaeckle
July 27, 2020 18:13 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBWhen Chris Jaeckle closed All'Onda and Uma Temakeria a few years ago he wasn't sure what he would do next. He started Kitchen Connect a consulting firm and has been working behind the scenes on numerous projects in NY and around the world. Harry and Chris chat about what is happening behind the scenes with restaurant projects in the time of Coronavirus. Chris is also involved in two new online resources, 100pleats.com and relief.recipes tune in to hear more! In March, HRN began producing a...
Food sourcing and stability in the pandemic
July 20, 2020 21:54 - 42 minutes - 38.4 MBChef Hunter Evans has been committed to sourcing ethically and as direct as possible for many years. At his Jackson MS restaurant Elvie's he has continued in that vein. Harry and Hunter are joined on Feast Yr Ears by Dr. Cindy Ayers Elliott, whose Foot Print Farms supplies Elvie's. Dr. Ayers left a world of investment banking and foundation work to start the 68 acre heirloom vegetable and pastured meat operation in 2010. With a mission to provide Youth Outreach, Production, Agritourism and C...
Presenting Time For Lunch: A Food Podcast for Kids
July 06, 2020 19:04 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBThis week Feast Yr Ears is presenting episode 1 of Time For Lunch. Time For Lunch is a place to learn about eating, cooking, enjoying and sometimes playing with your food. Each episode covers a new subject; taking a close look at one item, or ingredient, that might be found at the lunch table. Listeners are invited to participate, sharing jokes on-air or following along with in-episode quizzes and games. Hosted by Harry Rosenblum and Hannah Fordin, the show looks at food through the lens of...
Grow your own, and help your neighbors
June 30, 2020 12:17 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBLucy Lesser lives in Brooklyn NY and has been gardening, first on a balcony and later in a back yard, for the last 8 years. She has expanded her garden and now grows a large variety of food in her own backyard focusing on things that are hard to find in stores, or that seem overly expensive. She saves seeds, trades seeds and this spring she gave away more than 1500 seedlings to her neighbors so that they can grow some of their own food too. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly...
Keep your lunch date
June 22, 2020 17:44 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBBarbara Sibley opened La Palapa on St Mark's place 20 years ago. She's been through a number of other crises over the years and always adapted. We now live in a different world and it's not a new normal, it's just new. Barbara has a positive and pragmatic approach and discusses the trials and tribulations of running a restaurant under the current pandemic. She's shifting everyday how to address the challenges and she approaches it all with a smile and just keeps going. In March, HRN began ...
Pallet Talk
June 15, 2020 16:48 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBMillicent Souris is the rescue food coordinator at St. John's Bread and Life the largest emergency food supplier in New York City. New York accounts for 40% of the homeless in the whole country and St. John's is serving the hungry every day. Harry and Millicent cover a lot of ground about food and the broken systems we're working to change. HRN will be donating 10% of our membership drive proceeds from now until June 15 to the Philando Castile Relief Foundation. Visit heritageradionetwork....
Coronavirus in Brooklyn
May 27, 2020 11:51 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBEric Adams is the unstoppable Brooklyn Borough President. When the Coronavirus pandemic started he moved into Borough Hall and has been on the ground doing everything he can to educate and help the residents of Brooklyn through this. He is an example to all of us and tells a great story. Tune in! Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Farming in the age of Coronavirus
May 04, 2020 18:17 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBKim Coulter and her family operate Stoney Hill Cattle Co in Charlestown Rhode Island. The land has been a farm longer than there are records, and Kim's son Josh is the 4th generation of her family to work on the farm. Now more than ever small farms are an important part of our food supply chain. With large companies and facilities seeing Coronavirus outbreaks people are turning more and more to small farms for their food. We should all be supporting our small farms and local businesses, ther...
Big King from dine-in to take-out
April 27, 2020 16:24 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBJames Mark and his team at both Big King and North restaurants in Providence RI used to do Dine-in only, but now since mid March of 2020 they have done takeout only. Harry spoke with James about what it's like to make that switch, how restaurants like his might reopen after this pandemic, and why more people should be drinking and enjoying sake and shochu. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
The 24 hour soup kitchen. Now more than ever.
April 20, 2020 16:45 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBStephen Henderson is a journalist. While on assignment covering fashion in Delhi India he visited a Sikh soup kitchen where they serve 20,000 people a day. This led to his new book The 24 Hour Soup Kitchen explores how people feed the hungry all over the world. Now more than ever we need to help feed people who are hungry. As the world economy teeters on the brink of disaster we can learn a lot from this book. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Medicines and foods are all around us
April 06, 2020 15:51 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBMaureen Johnson started foraging with her grandparents and has been working with wild foods her whole life. There are medicines all around us, mushrooms and plants have been used especially in preventive medicine for millennia. Harry and Maureen cover a lot of ground in this episode, from wild medicine to western medicine to delicious foods. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Travel, new products and the world of Coronavirus
March 30, 2020 16:52 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBRizal Hamdallah is the chief global innovation officer at Ocean Spray. He grew up in Indonesia and is an avid traveller. Staying at home is not his normal pace, but he's cooking a lot and working on new ideas. Harry and Rizal cover travel, the third world and how the pandemic might affect it, as well as Tape, a fermented cassava and whether we're going to change more or the world is going to change. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
2 weeks is a long time
March 23, 2020 16:13 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB2 weeks ago the HRN team was at Charleston Wine and Food festival. We did a lot of interviews and talked about what might be coming with the Novel Coronavirus. It's been two weeks and I don't think any of us could have predicted where we are now. Harry sat down with knife maker Quintin Middleton at CHSWFF. Check it out! Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
First a Tornado and then Covid-19
March 16, 2020 18:33 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBBryan Lee Weaver is the chef of two restaurants in Nashville, Butcher & Bee and Red Headed Stranger. Early on the morning of March 3rd a tornado ripped through the East Nashville neighborhood destroying homes and businesses. They were relatively lucky at Butcher & Bee with limited damage. They were able to reopen about a week later, just in time for the United States to start enacting severe measures to combat the spread of COVID-19. Harry and Bryan talk about the restaurants, his path to N...
In the woods, on a mountain, sometimes alone
March 09, 2020 18:02 - 48 minutes - 43.9 MBBenjy Getraer lives on Mount Adams in the presidential range of New Hampshire. As a caretaker for the Randolph Mountain Club he's responsible for Gray Knob as well as a few other cabins and huts that hikers are able to use year round in a place that has some of the world's worst weather. It also has some of the best views. Harry and Benjy talk about hiking food, winter safety and more. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
50 ways to cook a carrot
February 17, 2020 16:59 - 40 minutes - 37 MBPeter Hertzmann has been writing about and cooking food for 5 decades. His extensive travel and teaching has led to his latest book, 50 Ways to Cook a Carrot, which uses the carrot as the humble center of a book on how to cook, not just how to cook carrots. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Briana Holt of Tandem Coffee and Bakery
February 10, 2020 16:27 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBBriana Holt joined the team at Tandem Coffee in 2014 to help open the Bakery in a former gas station and laundromat. From the kitchen there she and her team put out great pies, cookies, scones and all manner of baked goods. Stop in if you're on the way through Portland ME. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Diep Tran and the Bahn Chung Collective
February 03, 2020 21:32 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBDiep Tran is the research and development chef for Red Boat fish sauce. When Diep closed Good Girl Dinette in LA she started working with Red Boat. Growing up her grandparents lamented the lack of availability of good fish sauce, Red Boat was a natural fit for Diep. Harry and Diep talk Bahn Chung for the lunar new year. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Episode 169: Meg Paska on Farming, pets, beekeeping and more
January 27, 2020 17:12 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBMeg Paska wrote The Rooftop Beekeeper in 2014 when she lived, and kept bees, in Brooklyn. Since then she and her partner have run a CSA heavy farm on the Jersey shore, and finalyl settled onto their own land in Esperance NY. Tuen is as Harry and Meg discuss what that journey entailed and what the future of a local food economy looks like from their corner of Schoharie County. Image courtesy of Sarah Ryhanen. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Meg Paska on Farming, pets, beekeeping and more
January 27, 2020 17:12 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBMeg Paska wrote The Rooftop Beekeeper in 2014 when she lived, and kept bees, in Brooklyn. Since then she and her partner have run a CSA heavy farm on the Jersey shore, and finalyl settled onto their own land in Esperance NY. Tuen is as Harry and Meg discuss what that journey entailed and what the future of a local food economy looks like from their corner of Schoharie County. Image courtesy of Sarah Ryhanen. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Food Town USA with Mark Winne
January 20, 2020 17:06 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBMark Winne has been working in food policy since most of today's hot chefs were merely a twinkle in their mother's eye. In that time he's seen and worked on a lot of projects. In his most recent book, Food Town USA he profiles 7 US cities and towns that are doing great things in, around and for food businesses and access. Harry and Mark talk about the greta strides and the more to come. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Episode 168: Food Town USA with Mark Winne
January 20, 2020 17:06 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBMark Winne has been working in food policy since most of today's hot chefs were merely a twinkle in their mother's eye. In that time he's seen and worked on a lot of projects. In his most recent book, Food Town USA he profiles 7 US cities and towns that are doing great things in, around and for food businesses and access. Harry and Mark talk about the greta strides and the more to come. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Growing up Zabar
January 13, 2020 18:25 - 39 minutes - 36 MBOliver and Sasha Zabar grew up in their family's eponymous grocery businesses. Harry sits down to talk with them about NY food in the 80's and 90s and how growing up in one of the best NY food families influenced their work now. They own Devon on the lower east side in 2018 Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Episode 167: Growing up Zabar
January 13, 2020 18:25 - 39 minutes - 36 MBOliver and Sasha Zabar grew up in their family's eponymous grocery businesses. Harry sits down to talk with them about NY food in the 80's and 90s and how growing up in one of the best NY food families influenced their work now. They own Devon on the lower east side in 2018 Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast.
Episode 166: The Brother's Zaro
December 16, 2019 18:16 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBSince 1927 the Zaro family has been providing baked goods to New York City. Starting in the Bronx and then opening their first Grand Central Station outpost in 1977 they're a household name for New Yorkers and commuters. Now at the helm is Michael Zaro with help from his brothers Brian and Scott they're bringing Zaro's into the digital age with a new app and an incredible challah collaboration program. Tune in to hear more! The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no bett...
Episode 165: Mushroom Hunting in November
December 09, 2019 17:23 - 55 minutes - 51 MBRyan Bouchard and Emily Schmidt are the Mushroom Hunting Foundation. Based in Rhode Island they train people to hunt and cook wild mushrooms. Between the foraging and the cooking of edibles they are on a mission to bring their love of mushrooms to as many people as possible. Harry went out walking in the woods with them in November and then sat down for chat about mushrooms, and why we love them. The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no better time to show your support...