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 13: Jewish Christmas Cookies
December 09, 2015 18:53 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBHarry’s Aunt Barb is on the line talking about her childhood in NJ and one Jewish family’s Christmas tradition. While the Chanukah lights were burning the Berkowitz family made thousands of cookies every year. For 4 generations they’ve made cookies every year, initially to sell for extra money, and later as gifts for family and friends. Barb’s new venture is Barb’s Bars – Fuel your Badass. Tune in for a great show! “I think that when you get to learn the dough and get the feel for it some...
Episode 12: Voracious: Books, Butchering and Brooklyn
December 02, 2015 18:49 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBThis week on _ Feast Yr Ears _, Harry welcomes Cara Nicoletti to the show talking about her book, Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books. As a young bookworm reading in her grandfather’s butcher shop, Cara shares how she saw books and food bring people to life. Now a butcher, cook, and talented writer, she serves up stories and recipes inspired by beloved books and the food that gives their characters depth and personality. From the breakfast sausage in Laura Ingalls...
Episode 11: 7 Continents in One Year & Thanksgiving off Antarctica
November 25, 2015 18:45 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBRoy Marasigan is a modern adventurer and travels more than he’s “home” He’s been to all 50 states, more countries than we can count, and visited all 7 continents in 2014. He thinks everyone should go to Burning Man at least once and tells a great story this week on Feast Yr Ears. “There’s nothing I love more than being in the middle of nowhere… and meeting the people that hang out in the middle of nowhere.” [31:00] –Roy Marasigan on Feast Yr Ears
Episode 10: On the Road with Fiona Bohane
November 18, 2015 18:54 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBWhen the kitchen is always on the movie, how do you feed one of the biggest bands in the world? Today on _ Feast Yr Ears _, host Harry Rosenblum is on the line with Fiona Bohane, touring chef for the Dave Matthews Band. She relays that feeding the band members, riggers, drivers, stagehands, sound technicians and guests with restaurant quality food can be challenging and executing the food that is befitting the demands of a rigorous tour schedule is a feat all its own. Fold in the desire to...
Episode 9: Franco Lania
November 11, 2015 18:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week’s Feast Yr Ears features the incredible story of Franco Lania. As a troubled teenager trying to find his way, Master Chef Franco Lania says, “food saved my life”. Freshly out of high school, Franco’s father took him kicking and screaming to Kings Supermarket in Short Hills, New Jersey for a job. By the second week, Franco was enjoying his training where he discovered flavors and tastes that he never in his wildest dreams knew existed. Franco started to come alive. Through that job...
Episode 8: The Civil War and More with Matt Dellinger
November 04, 2015 18:50 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MB_ Feast Yr Ears _ is taking a trip through time talking to Matt Dellinger, journalist and Civil War reenactor, about what life was like for the Brooklyn 14th regiment. The Brooklyn 14th received its nickname, as Matt explains, the “Red Legged Devils,” during the First Battle of Bull Run. Referring to the regiment’s colorful red trousers as the regiment repeatedly charged up Henry House Hill, Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson yelled to his men, “Hold On Boys! Here come those ...
Episode 7: Food in Prison
October 28, 2015 18:40 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBThis week on Feast Yr Ears , host Harry Rosenblum is in studio with Alysia Santo of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization covering America’s criminal justice system. Talking about her writing and research on the prison food system, there is little consistency in regulations for feeding inmates and much of the quality and frequency of meals is dependent on budget. Inmates are entitled to three meals a day that are nutritious, unfortunately this is not always adhered...
Episode 6: Bill Scanga of The City Reliquary
October 21, 2015 17:55 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBThis week on _ Feast Yr Ears _, Harry Rosenblum is in studio with Bill Scanga, President of The City Reliquary. The City Reliquary is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Through permanent display of New York City artifacts, rotating exhibits of community collections, and annual cultural events, The City Reliquary connects visitors to both the past and present of New York. Talking to Harry all things museum related and what sets the sp...
Episode 5: Sound, Light, and Touring
October 14, 2015 18:13 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBCraig Colorusso is a musician, artist and builder currently living in Arkansas with his wife and daughter. He’s pushing the world of music and art together in ways that we should all be lucky to experience. Harry and Craig talk about touring in a beat up van, making music in tunnels and eating every day. “The world just makes more sense with a guitar in my hand, so I decided to make art that made sound.” “When it comes to live performance, you play guitar everyday, you play guitar everyday...
Episode 4: Puma Ghostwalker
October 07, 2015 17:44 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBForager. Wild Child. Survival Expert. Meet today’s guest Puma Ghostwalker, who joins Harry Rosenblum in the studio for this week’s episode of Feast Yr Ears. Talking a plethora of topics from living off the grid in New York City to evolving from naturalist to educator, Puma and Harry chat about their fondness for wild mushrooms as well as the edible weeds lurking in your backyard. Puma also shares ways he is striving to make a difference in the world of conservation. “There are so many weed...
Episode 3: Bees, On the Job and Off
September 30, 2015 17:41 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBAnthony Plainakis AKA Tony Bees, served in the US Army, and went on to a 20 year career in the NYPD as a detective. a beekeeper since he was a teenager, Tony was the bee expert for the department and now retired from the force he farms his yard in Queens and tends to his hives as well as dozens of bee rescues every year. “I don’t care if you have 100 hives on top of a building in Midtown, Manhattan – it’s not going to happen. What’s going to happen is those bees are going to suffer.” [28:00...
Episode 2: Bread and Life
September 23, 2015 17:42 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBAnthony Butler Executive Director of St. John’s Bread and Life joins Harry to talk about feeding the underserved of NY. People need to eat 365 days a year, and Tony and his team are there to help. More than just a handout, Bread and Life teaches people to cook, how to shop, helps them learn to read, do their taxes and a whole lot more. They’re addressing many issues that are all interconnected and doing amazing things in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. Stay tuned for a talk about the papal visit to NY as...
Episode 1: Vietnam War & More with Henry P. Bergson
September 16, 2015 17:18 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBOn the debut episode of Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is in studio with guest Henry P. Bergson talking the Vietnam War and more. Henry was stationed in Vietnam from Valentine’s day 1969 – 1970. Discussing what food was like while on patrol (C-rations) as well as the available food to a G.I. stationed in-country at that time, Henry recalls intriguing details from this era of his life. Tune in for a great show and hear Hank’s thoughts on finding the perfect stateside spring roll. This pr...