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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Episode 64: Is Butchering Still Cool?
February 22, 2017 18:49 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears, Harry is joined in the studio by Bryan Mayer, Director of Butchery Education at Fleisher's Craft Butchery, which recently opened its first Manhattan location. Bryan is also a contributing writer for Food Republic. Tune in to hear them discuss Godzilla, paleontology, being a dad in the food world, and what's so cool about being a professional butcher.
Episode 63: Football and Food with DeVier Posey
February 15, 2017 18:47 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBDeVier Posey was a star wide receiver at Ohio State before moving up to the NFL in 2012. He's played for the Houston Texans, the NY Jets and the Denver Broncos and now plies his trade in the Canadian Football league where he's a member of the Toronto Argonauts. An arduous schedule and one of the most demanding physical jobs on earth make his relationship to food an interesting one. Tune in to hear all about it.
Episode 62: Giving It All Away by Essay! Win This Restaurant in 200 Words.
February 08, 2017 18:47 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBDavid and Dawn Bain opened The Outside Inn in Sierra Vista AZ in 1993. Since then they've been the best restaurant in the area working with top ingredients and serving French inspired food to local acclaim. When it came time to plan for the next steps in their lives, rather than sell the building or the business they're having an essay contest. 200 words and $125 gets you a chance to own the whole thing. By lowering the barrier to entry they're hoping to pass along the chance of a lifetime t...
Episode 61: Olympia Provisions at the Good Food Mercantile
February 01, 2017 18:37 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBElias and Michelle Cairo are the brother and sister masterminds behind Portland's Olympia Provisions. With a fast growing meat business, a 40,000sf meat plant, restaurants and a BMW motorcycle hotdog cart, they're working hard to bring you the best European style charcuterie and changing the face of farming in Oregon.
Episode 60: LIVE from the Good Food Mercantile
January 25, 2017 18:48 - 28 minutes - 26 MBRichard Tarlov and his wife Janet run Canyon Market in the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco. For the last 10 years they hve provided stellar food, wine, and grocery to their community. With a fresh bakery, butcher, produce and more theirs is one of the best grocery stores in the country. Tune in to hear more about it, as well as Harry and Richard's first takes on the Good Food Mercantile. This episode was recorded live January 21st in San Francisco.
Episode 59: On Being...a Chef, a Cook and a Cat Owner
January 18, 2017 18:47 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBMatt Marchese cooks great food everyday for people who love his food. He cooks once a year for the public at Montana's Trailhouse in Bushwick. He's been foraging mushrooms in NY for years and if you're lucky you might learn about a few secret spots.
Episode 58: Food and Surfing and The Power of Food
January 11, 2017 18:44 - 33 minutes - 31 MBOn the season premiere of Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined in the studio by Dan Churchill, a Chef with a Masters in Exercise Science (Strength & Conditioning) born on the beaches of Sydney, Australia but now living in New York. Tune in to hear a discussion about making people happier with food, and a live workout session from Harry!
Episode 57: Rum Runners
December 14, 2016 18:39 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBAustin Hartman of Montana's Trailhouse joins Harry to talk Rum, among other things. Austin is a Rum lover and Harry's grandfather was a bootlegger so it seems inly fitting to discuss rum, and talk punch, 'tis the season!
Episode 56: Covert Cocktails and NY Secrets
December 07, 2016 18:50 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBMatt Levy of Levy's Unique New York (try saying that 10 times fast) grew up in NY's first family of tour guides. He's led thousands of people all over NYC to visit and learn about history and his favorite places. Matt will give us some tips on where to take that out of town guest who isn't impressed with NY and he'll share his best recipes from his recently launched Covert Cocktail Club.
Episode 55: Ice Cream and Aprons for All!
November 30, 2016 18:45 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBJeni Britton Bauer and Ellen Bennett are two of the hardest working women in our food world. Jeni is at the helm of the acclaimed Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream and won a James Beard award for her book Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. Ellen Bennett has grown her apron and chef wear company from 400sf to 14000sf in less than 4 years and is creating some of the most beautiful, functional and sought after aprons, all handmade in Los Angeles. The two just completed a 9 day tour of 5 cities to shar...
Episode 54: Munch Munch Munchies
November 16, 2016 18:45 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBHelen Hollyman is at the head of a food media powerhouse. The Munchies arm of the VICE juggernaut is all about food, and people, and food, and tech, and food, and munchies. Helen and Harry talk about the test kitchen at Munchies and what it was like to make truffles at age 5. maybe they'll try some snacks too.
Episode 53: Hardware and Gardens and Art for Generations in Williamsburg. Oh also Trump won this little election, so we'll talk about that....
November 09, 2016 18:48 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBJoseph Franquinha of the famous Crest Hardware on Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn joins Harry to talk about what it was like to grow up in a small business and see the changes in Brooklyn's fastest growing neighborhood firsthand. Donald J. Trump was elected early this morning to be the 45th president (hopefully not the last) of this great nation and we'll talk about what our bubble in NY can do now.
Episode 52: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Indonesian Food (and Ice Cream too)
November 02, 2016 17:48 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBLaura O'Neill is a founder of Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, Selamat Pagi restaurant and one half of the musical duo Laura and Greg. In her spare time... we'll find out in this interview if she even has any spare time!
Episode 51: On Stoves, Heat and Knives
October 26, 2016 17:17 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBPeter Hertzmann is a culinary instructor and author living in San Francisco. He has travelled, cooked and written about many foods and recently returned from Japan where he photographed a lot of stoves. His writings and explorations of the history of Umami in western cooking will open your eyes to how much longer Umami has been a "thing" than you thought.
Episode 50: Power Vegetables with Lucky Peach
October 19, 2016 17:45 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears, Harry is joined in the studio by Peter Meehan, the editorial director of Lucky Peach magazine. Peter and the editors of Lucky Peach have just released a vegetable-focused cookbook called Power Vegetables, which is "designed to bring big-league flavor to your weeknight cooking" and "muscle meat out of the spotlight."
Episode 49: Lunch at PS132: 2nd Graders Tell All!
October 12, 2016 17:45 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBHarry is joined by three 2nd graders from PS132 in Brooklyn. Discussing the merits of bringing your lunch vs. lunch from the cafeteria, you'll get the inside scoop on what it's like in the lunch room of a NY elementary school.
Episode 48: The State of Food and the Farmer's Market in Flint
October 05, 2016 17:35 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBSean Gartland from Flint Food Works at the Flint Farmer's market joins Harry to talk about the incubator there and the state of small food producers in Flint in the wake of the nation's worst urban water crisis in more than a century.
Episode 47: Coffee for All: Ace Coffee and Cold brew rises in LI
September 28, 2016 16:55 - 32 minutes - 30 MBMichael Troast is a packaging designer, surfer, dad, and coffee snob. Ace Coffee Co, his 18 month old old coffee company, is bringing good coffee to the people.
Episode 46: 18 Reasons, Dandelion and Quince
September 21, 2016 17:36 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBMichelle McKenzie is the director of 18 reasons in San Francisco. Progressive cooking school and food event space which is part of the Bi-Rite Market family. Michelle's book Dandelion and Quince is about vegetables you may never have eaten, or didn't event know you could eat. Harry and Michelle cover these topics and more!
Episode 45: Organic Apples, Cider and Vinegar on the Coast of Maine
September 14, 2016 18:24 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBOn the season premiere of Feast Yr Ears, Bob Sewall of Sewall Orchards speaks with Harry about Maine Organic farming, cider, the FDA and vinegar making!
Episode 44: Misfits, Juice from the Waste Stream
August 17, 2016 17:11 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBOn the season finale of Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined in the studio by Phil Wong and Ann Yang of Misfit Juicery. Misfit reimagines the way we engage with food by finding flavor, purpose, and personality in the misfits. Over 20 billion pounds of fresh produce goes unharvested or unsold every year because it is the wrong size, shape or color to be sold at retail. Misfit makes their cold-pressed juices with 70-80% recovered fruits and veggies.
Episode 43: Have You Ever Eaten Placenta? and Other Musings on Pregnancy, Motherhood and Food
August 10, 2016 17:15 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined in the studio by Adele Loux-Turner, a yoga instructor and doula, and Adriane Stare, owner of Wild Was Mama, North Brooklyn's source for baby carriers, cloth diapers, birth education and other natural parenting needs. Tune in to hear them discuss eating habits before and after giving birth, the merits of eating placenta, and more.
Episode 42: Philly Represent
August 03, 2016 16:43 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBBill Reed has been on the restaurant scene in Brooklyn for more than 10 years. He's been a fixer, opener, closer, and done all the jobs you could imagine. Humboldt and Jackson is his American tasting room in Williamsburg. Harry and Bill discuss the finer points of drinking American beer, wine and spirits, and what's it like for a Philly boy to be making it in Brooklyn.
Episode 41: The Ins and Outs of Styling
July 27, 2016 17:07 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined in the studio by Sarah Jampel, a senior staff writer and stylist at Food52. Tune in to hear them discuss what exactly food styling is, interpreting recipes in your own way, making scoby, food memories, and more.
Episode 40: Hook Line and Dr. Klaw
July 20, 2016 17:34 - 34 minutes - 32 MBBen Sargent has been plying seafood to Brooklynites for more than a decade. With his show Hook Line and Dinner he hit the road on a motorbike to show us the best seafood. He and his good friend Dr. Klaw created an empire out of underground lobster rolls long before it was cool. He's now on the hunt for Dr. Klaw who's gone even deeper underground. Great stories and some fun times await.
Episode 39: Koji Koji Everywhere
July 13, 2016 17:54 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears – Jeremy Umansky loves fermenting, foraging and the freedom that comes from wrangling tiny bacteria and yeast to transform food into things we can only dream of. His soon to open deli, Larder: A Curated Delicatessen & Bakery will be taking Cleveland by storm.
Episode 38: Alice in Oysterland: Walrus and Carpenter Oysters raising bivalves and kelp in Rhode Island
July 06, 2016 17:46 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined by Jules Opton-Himmel, owner of the Walrus and Carpenter oyster farm. Located in Charlestown, Rhode Island, Walrus and Carpenter sits on a six-acre lease in the pristine waters of Ninigret Pond. Since launching in 2009, it has grown from a small passion project to one of the most recognized brands in the state. The goal from the beginning has been to work with the best chefs and thought leaders within the culinary world, mixing hard ...
Episode 37: Modeling and Food: How Vanessa Lee is Documenting Cooking with Friends While Working as an International Model
June 29, 2016 17:05 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined in the studio by Vanessa Lee, a British Taiwanese model based in New York. She also hosts a bi-weekly foodie series on YouTube, revolving around her "ridiculously good-looking friends and the food [they] love to make." Tune in to hear them discuss modeling, making food, and how the two can coexist.
Episode 36: Why would the co-founder of one of the top restaurants in the world move to NYC?
June 22, 2016 19:43 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBClaus Meyer opened Noma in Copenhagen along with a bakery and a vinegar company. Sounds like a rad life, so why leave it all and move to the hot dirty city? I know we all love it here, but I sometimes dream of living in a progressive European city...Harry talks with Claus about why he came to NY, What he's up to over at Agern in Grand Central.
Episode 35: Lazarus Lynch: Son of a Southern Chef
June 15, 2016 17:15 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBJoining us in the studio is the one and only Lazarus Lynch, also known as Son of a Southern Chef. Lynch grew up living and breathing the food industry, and now works as a chef with a super active online presence (making YouTube videos to teach you how to cook miso honey ribs, gouda macaroni, and fried okra.
Episode 34: Scallops, from Fishing to Selling, the Twins Behind Sullivan Seafood Have Done It All
June 08, 2016 17:56 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBOn this week's episode of Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined in the studio by Jesse and Kirk Sullivan, the twin brothers behind Sullivan Seafood. They believe seafood distribution can be improved with technology to be more efficient, providing higher quality fish. Tune in to hear how this unique distribution method ensures that only the best fish is delivered to your favorite restaurants.
Episode 33: Building NY's Specialty Grocers
May 25, 2016 17:06 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBDavid Vergona has been a contractor in New York City for more than 15 years. He's built some of the best specialty food shops and restaurants in the city including The Brooklyn Kitchen, The Meat Hook, Foster Sundry, and many more. Harry and David discuss growing up in Minnesota, life as a contractor, clogged pipes and broken refrigeration.
Episode 32: The Good Food Awards
May 18, 2016 17:07 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears, Sarah Weiner joins Harry to talk about the Good Food Awards and why makers and sellers of food are so closely connected in the goals of Seedling Projects, the Good Food Awards, and the future of real food. Sarah has worked side by side with the sustainable food movement’s founders and visionaries across the globe. As the Director of Communication for the Slow Food International Office in Italy, she was immersed in the roots of the food movement before heading to ...
Episode 31: Razors Knives Cannabis Oh My
May 11, 2016 17:06 - 34 minutes - 32 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined in the studio by Michael Cirino of A Razor, A Shiny Knife – an internationally-acclaimed entertainment company specializing in event design, multimedia production, and cuisine. According to Cirino, it is "a culinary performance arts group that hosts social, educational, and theatrical events around the world. These events take many shapes and forms, but they are all designed to create a unique environment around the preparation, serv...
Episode 30: Baldor's Sustainibility Initiative
May 04, 2016 19:18 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined in the studio by Thomas McQuillan of Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc. McQuillan is spearheading Baldor’s sustainability initiatives, with the mission of eliminating 100 percent of its organic food waste — no small task for a company that processes more than a quarter million pounds of produce each week. To do so, he created SparCs ("scraps" spelled backwards), which offers tops, bottoms, and peelings to chefs and manufacturers. What was...
Episode 29: On Wild Yeasts and Wild Times!
April 27, 2016 17:07 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBOn the season premiere of Feast Yr Ears, Harry is joined in the studio by Dailey Crafton, a graphic designer living in Brooklyn, whose works aspire to replenish society and cultivate value in our communities, in order to promote cultural health and well-being. He also runs Lockstep Studio, which offers branding and identity design experts for craft breweries and local community businesses.
Episode 28: Brent Bartley, Punch Drunk NYC
April 06, 2016 17:46 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBOn this week's episode of Feast Yr Ears, Harry welcomes Muay Thai coach Brent Bartley into the studio. In addition to this practice, Brent is also an avid photographer, whose work can be viewed on Instagram as @punchdrunknyc. Tune in to hear them discuss his path to becoming a coach, biking and photography in the city, travel and getting lost on purpose, and why tourists in New York really aren't so bad.
Episode 27: Popping up in NY - How to make a 40 seat restaurant in less than two weeks.
March 30, 2016 17:57 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBOn this week's episode of Feast Yr Ears, show producer Kristen Bahler takes over hosting duties for Harry Rosenblum, who is currently abroad. Joining her in the studio are James Sharman and Kevin McCrae of One Star House Party, a one-week-long pop up restaurant operating out of an Airbnb. Chefs will serve the tables themselves, telling the story of each course from the 7-course sharing tasting menu. The pop up is located at 436 W. 20th Street, and runs from April 5th through April 10th. A ...
Episode 26: On Fitness and Cooking
March 23, 2016 17:40 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBOn this week's episode of Feast Yr Ears, Harry is joined in the studio by Holly Davidson, an English actress, model, and personal trainer. Holly is the co-author of Nourish: Mind, Body & Soul, a holistic guide covering good eating, well-being, and fitness and exercise. Her "Fit-Woman" section of the book includes tips on the importance of fitness, making time to exercise and avoiding excuses, as well as helpful information on appropriate exercises through the years.
Episode 25: Lori Lieberman
March 16, 2016 19:27 - 30 minutes - 28 MBOn this week's episode of Feast Yr Ears, Harry's guest is nutritionist and cookbook author Lori Lieberman. Lori is the co-author of the books Food to Eat: Guided, Hopeful and Trusted Recipes for Eating Disorder Recovery, and Drop the Diet: Guided Recipes for Overcoming Your Food Rules. She provides medical nutrition therapy for conditions including eating disorders, diabetes (including gestational diabetes), weight management, hypercholesterolemia, pregnancy and Parkinson’s Disease. Lori and...
Episode 24: Kendra Dushac
March 09, 2016 18:48 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBOn this week’s episode of Feast Yr Ears, Harry is joined in the studio by Kendra Dushac, a professional dancer and holistic health counselor. Kendra is certified in Pilates Matwork, Integrative Nutrition and Tahya Technique. Kendra is also a health and lifestyle coach and founder of The Balanced Palate. “That idea of eating well-balanced, three course meals [every] day is a really nice concept, but it doesn’t work with very busy lifestyles, which most of us New Yorkers have.” [4:00] – Kend...
Episode 23: On Being a Brewery Chef
March 02, 2016 18:50 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBOn this week’s episode of Feast Yr Ears, Andrew Gerson joins us in the studio to talk about being the Head of Culinary Programming for the Brooklyn Brewery. Chef Andrew is a graduate of the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy where he studied for two years after spending a year cooking in Rome. After graduation, he returned to his native Philadelphia and co-founded the Philadelphia Mobile Food Truck Association. Eventually, he moved to Brooklyn to launch Antica Pesa William...
Episode 22: Chef Frank Lee of Southern Maverick Kitchens
February 24, 2016 18:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBOn this week’s edition of Feast Yr Ears, Harry welcomes Chef Frank Lee of Southern Maverick Kitchens in Charleston, South Carolina. Known as a guiding force in the Lowcountry’s culinary renaissance, Lee has mentored dozens of young chefs. Lee has appeared in Food Arts, Food & Wine, The New York Times, Southern Living and The Washington Post. He has appeared on “ABC’s Good Morning America,” and has served three times as chef at the James Beard House.
Episode 21: Lap Band Surgery and Obesity with Matthew Diaz
February 17, 2016 18:53 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBMatthew Diaz had lap band surgery at age 23. Harry and Matthew discuss the surgery and obesity and how this treatment has affected his eating, and his life. “The biggest thing I ever needed to do to make myself eat healthy was to enjoy it.” [17:50] – Matthew Diaz
Episode 20: Salmon & Wine, From Alaska to Red Hook with Christopher Nicolson
February 10, 2016 18:49 - 35 minutes - 33 MBChristopher Nicolson has been the resident winemaker at Brooklyn’s Red Hook Winery since 2008 but you might not guess he’s also a successful salmon fisherman. Born and raised in Montana, Christopher’s family has been fishing salmon in Alaska’s Bristol Bay for more than 200 years. When the salmon farming industry blew up in the late 1990s and devastated prices for wild salmon, Christopher and his cousin launched the Iliamna Fish Co. to help sell their family’s yearly bounty directly to chefs...
Episode 19: Paleolithic Man v. the Paleo Diet
February 03, 2016 18:48 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBEver heard of the Paleo Diet? Tune in to a brand new episode of _ Feast Yr Ears _ as host Harry Rosenblum is in studio with Samir Patel, science journalist, photographer, and editor based in Brooklyn. In addition to his full-time work as Deputy Editor at Archaeology his work has appeared in numerous publications, though today he and Harry are talking all things early man and diet. Is the popular Paleo Diet actually the same as what cavemen ate? Is this purely conjecture?
Episode 18: Rooftop Farming with Annie Novak
January 27, 2016 18:41 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears , host Harry Rosenblum is on the line with Annie Novak, the head farmer and cofounder of the nation’s first commercial green roof vegetable farm, the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm atop Broadway Stages in Brooklyn, as well as the manager of the Edible Academy at the New York Botanical Garden, and founder and director of Growing Chefs, a field-to-fork food education program. Her new book “The Rooftop Growing Guide” is a stylish, easy-to-use book for urban gardeners inter...
Episode 17: Korean-American Expereince and the Kimchi Connection
January 20, 2016 19:52 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBKimchi lovers unite! This week on Feast Yr Ears **, ** Harry Rosenblum discusses the path to Kimchi nirvana with Kheedim Oh, founder and head fermenter at Mama O’s Kimchi. “People are becoming more and more aware of the health benefits of kimchi and lacto fermented foods.” [18:00]
Episode 16: From Camouflage to Chef Whites
January 13, 2016 19:14 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBThis week on _ Feast Yr Ears _, Harry is in studio with Chef Tom Jones, Pastry Lead Instructor at the International Culinary Center. Before becoming a pastry chef, Tom served in the military for 14 years—by his estimation, an “oddly suitable background for working in the culinary world.” After trading in his camouflage for chef whites, Chef Tom landed premium positions at New York’s Lutéce, Daniel, and ultimately, pastry chef at the exclusive Sony Club. His advice to students is always the ...
Episode 14: Hector Marcel
December 16, 2015 19:05 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBOn the last episode of the season, Feast Yr Ears wraps up with guest Hector Marcel. A passionate organizational change management professional who focuses on cultural transformations in the public and private sectors, he is also a teacher of eastern philosophy, linking ancient Asian ideas to modern western problems for individuals and teams. Talking his life and times living in Argentina, Australia, to New York City and back, Hector relays the importance of food throughout his life as well...