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Ep. 33: Reflections on Breaking Bread and Boundaries (A Recap of Sorts)

Hidden Apron Radio - July 22, 2020 23:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
After a year’s worth of writing, editing, reflecting, then editing some more, we’ve finally finished our 33rd episode, four years after we had first launched this podcast and a year after we had published our last episode.  This is a long overdue reflection of sorts tying every one of our last 3...

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Ep. 32: The New Filipino Kitchen Authors Pt. 3 - Alexa Alfaro and Dalena Benavente on Navigating “Half”-Lives with Full Faith

Hidden Apron Radio - December 19, 2018 20:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This is the third installment in a special series of conversations with fellow authors of the recently published cookbook and anthology, "The New Filipino Kitchen" (available on Amazon) that features Filipino cooks, writers, and thinkers all across the globe.  We take a peek into how they view t...

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Ep. 31: The New Filipino Kitchen Authors Pt. 2 - Katrina and Kristina Villavicencio and Alexa Alfaro on Expectations from Family to Food

Hidden Apron Radio - December 11, 2018 14:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This is the second installment in a special series of conversations with fellow authors of the recently published cookbook and anthology, "The New Filipino Kitchen" (available on Amazon) that features Filipino cooks, writers, and thinkers all across the globe.  We take a peek into how they view ...

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Ep. 30: The New Filipino Kitchen Authors Pt. 1 - Joanne Boston, Chef Robert Menor, Chef Rodelio Aglibot on Kollaboration, Konfidence, and Filipino Kuisine

Hidden Apron Radio - November 05, 2018 14:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This is a special episode that is the first in a series of conversations with fellow authors of the recently published cookbook and anthology, "The New Filipino Kitchen" (available on Amazon) that features Filipino cooks, writers, and thinkers all across the globe.  We take a peek into how they ...

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Ep. 29: Mary Cleaver - Local Food Pioneer on “Dirty” Food, Building Sustainable Businesses, and the Goddess of Smaller

Hidden Apron Radio - October 09, 2018 14:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Today’s guest - in our own backyard here in NYC - is Mary Cleaver, founder of the Cleaver Co. and proprietor of the just recently reincarnated Green Table Restaurant in Chelsea Market and Table Green in Battery Park.  Mary has been living and breathing Local Food since the 80s long before it was...

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Ep. 28: Isabel Moura - The Traveling Polyglot on Learning Languages, the Necessity of Mistakes, and Things Lost in Translation

Hidden Apron Radio - September 11, 2018 12:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Today, I talk with Isabel Moura (full disclosure: she is also my Portuguese professor), who, during my visit to Brazil, introduced me to foods beyond the stereotypical açai bowl and grilled meats.  She's a popular teacher on the Language Learning Community Platform iTalki where I met her and has...

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Ep. 27: Cynthia Glanzberg of One Tea - On Tea and Travel in the Time of Tribes

Hidden Apron Radio - July 19, 2018 09:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Today’s guest is Cynthia Glanzberg who I first met behind the counter of a tea house on a cold, snowy New York night. We chatted tea and travel for hours and I learned about how she left a solid marketing job to hop from country to country learning about the world of tea for more than a year. ...

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Ep. 26: RG Enriquez aka “Astig Vegan” - On Plant-based Creativity, Lessons from the Newsroom, and Keeping Filipino Food’s Soul

Hidden Apron Radio - February 01, 2018 01:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Today’s episode may seem like an oxymoron: Filipino Vegan Food. There’s no way around it, today’s topic can be a bit touchy to some. There’s a lot to unpack with the “V" word and I’ve seen conversations range from moralizing, purely economical, to downright bizarre. One things for sure though, t...

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Ep. 25: Allison Kopf of Agrilyst - The Inefficiency Killer on Focusing on the Right Things, Creating “Magical” Products, and Using Data to Feed the World

Hidden Apron Radio - January 18, 2018 15:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
I first met our guest Allison Kopf, founder of Agrilyst, years ago at a Food Tech event and I’m especially excited about our conversation because it’s a close melding of the two worlds I live in: my day job at an enterprise software company and my main hustle in the world of food.  Agrilyst is a...

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Ep. 24: Chef Lenny Russo - the Philosopher Chef on an Open Mind, Finding Common Ground, and Choosing to Evolve

Hidden Apron Radio - December 19, 2017 11:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Chef Lenny Russo is a forty year veteran of the food & beverage industry, a member of the U.S. Department of State American Chef Corps, participating chef at World Expo Milan 2015, author of "Heartland: Farm Forward Dishes of the Great Midwest", founder and owner of the seminal Heartland Restaur...

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Ep. 23: Lina Goh & John Ng of Zen Box Izakaya - An Accountant and an Architect on the Wisdom of Ramen, Being an Underdog, and Internet Romance

Hidden Apron Radio - December 12, 2017 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Lina Goh and John Ng, who run Zen Box Izakaya, the only Japanese-style pub of its kind in Minnesota, met many years ago in an online chat room long before Tinder was but a twinkle in many a lonely single’s eye.  A long-distance romance blossomed into a move from San Francisco to Minnesota where ...

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Ep. 22: AC Boral - Pop-up Chef on Finding Family, Identity, and Self-Care

Hidden Apron Radio - November 28, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Chef AC Boral (Long Beach, CA) is the creator of the RICE & SHINE Pop-up Brunch Series.  Previously a graphic designer, AC began hosting his popular brunches on the West Coast featuring Brunch classics with a Filipino-American flair as a way of introducing guests to the feelings and flavors he g...

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Ep. 21: Jabber Al-Bihani - “Activist” Engineer and Dinner Host on Healing Divisions, Refugee Stories, and Doing You

Hidden Apron Radio - July 27, 2017 03:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Our guest is Jabber Al-Bihani who started his journey as an engineer and during a trip to Barcelona, took part in a commonplace but nevertheless transformational experience of breaking bread with complete strangers. He’s sought to recreate that experience since then through Komeeda (based on the...

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Ep. 20: Seth Syberg - Coconut Jerky Maker, Programmer, and All-Around Dilettante On the Programmer's Brain, Launching New Products, Working in the Philippines, and Accidental Entrepreneurship

Hidden Apron Radio - July 06, 2017 19:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
OH SNAP!  We just hit our TWENTIETH episode!  Didn’t think we’d make it this far?  Well neither did we!  To the hundreds of you who have been downloading our episodes, thank you so much for tuning in.  We hope that these episodes are at the very least, educational, and hopefully, as inspirationa...

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Ep. 19: Doha Salem & James Anunciacion - Ramadan Special on Dietetics, Rituals, and Compassionate Eating

Hidden Apron Radio - June 22, 2017 14:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This episode is a very special, timely, and quite unique one as rather than talking about the consumption of food, we’ll do a full 180 and talk about the abstinence from it! Many of you might be aware that we are nearing the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and so we are joined ...

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Ep. 18: Aileen Suzara (Pt. 2) - Farmer, Collaborator, & Chef on Resistance, Decolonizing Food, & Dirty Socks

Hidden Apron Radio - May 16, 2017 02:29 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
If this is the first time you’re tuning in, you might want to check out the previous episode as this is part two of a two-part series with the ever-impressive Aileen Suzara, farmer, writer, collaborator, educator, and natural chef. Aileen has been recognized many times for her work not only in a...

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Ep. 17: Aileen Suzara (Pt. 1) - Eco-Educator, Writer, and Chef on A Tangential Life, the Microwave Generation, and Farming Nuns

Hidden Apron Radio - May 02, 2017 20:21 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Our guest for this two-part series is Aileen Suzara. Aileen is an eco-educator, writer, and natural chef who’s dabbled in everything from Pre-Med, to Environmental Work, to Food and founded Sariwa Kitchen (Sariwa = “fresh” in Tagalog), which gathers community and celebrates vibrant Filipino cuis...

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Ep. 16: Justin Garrido - Social Entrepreneur on Just Doing It, Giving Back, and Why Good Ideas Fail

Hidden Apron Radio - April 18, 2017 20:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Justin Garrido is the Co-Founder and CEO of Social Products, which sources organic food products from Philippine cooperative smallholder farmer partners that empower rural farmers, women, and indigenous peoples with a more sustainable way to eradicate poverty. Justin began his journey down the...

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Ep. 15: Isang Smith - Perpetual Runner, Recovery Expert, Self-Professed Coffee Addict

Hidden Apron Radio - April 05, 2017 22:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Isang Smith is a Licensed Massage Therapist, multi-sport athlete and coach from running (she’s won the Silver for the 800 m. and Gold for the 1500 m. during the Philippine National Open in 2015), Muay Thai, strength training, and all around badass.  She earned a BA in Psychology from Columbia Un...

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Ep. 14: Sharwin Tee - the Curious Chef on Exploration, Asking "Why", and the Murderer Known as Truth

Hidden Apron Radio - November 16, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Chef Sharwin Tee is the chef and host of Curiosity Got the Chef, The Philippines’ Lifestyle Network’s first locally-produced cooking show. The show features Sharwin traveling to international and domestic locations in order to find new ingredients, techniques and inspirations for new dishes. It’...

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Ep. 13: Arun Motilall - Chief Smile Maker and Caribbean Goods Purveyor on the Little Things and Why You Shouldn't "Grow" Your Business

Hidden Apron Radio - November 02, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Arun Motillal is an entrepreneur who helps run his family business, Galaxy Foods in Richfield, MN which has been operating for the last 28 years. They serve about 60,000 families a year and sell everything West Indian/Indo-Caribbean from actual food (jerk seasoning, ginger beer, fresh meats, etc...

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Ep. 12: Amy Besa - Culinary Philosopher and Restaurant Vet on Trying, Avoiding Jadedness, and the Right Way to Cook Filipino Food

Hidden Apron Radio - October 12, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Amy Besa is a writer, speaker, and veteran restaurateur. Together with her husband Romy, she has led her restaurants - Cendrillon in the mid-90s and Purple Yam today - into critical acclaim long before Filipino food became the latest "food trend". Her book, Memories of Philippine Kitchens, was...

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Ep. 11: The Hidden Apron Method - An (Un)original Approach to Cooking Like Your Life Depended On It

Hidden Apron Radio - September 28, 2016 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
It's been a minute since I've done a solo commentary (other people are more awesome!) so switching things up a bit this time around. I recently spoke at my day job about my work around food: why people should cook and how we can start cooking. I cover the things I've done to make cooking easier,...

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Ep. 10: Josh Reisner - Master Chef Junior and 13-Year Old Philosopher on Finding Opportunities and Why We Need to Stop Underestimating Kids

Hidden Apron Radio - August 16, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Most people know Josh as the long-haired wunderkind who captured hearts while competing as a finalist on Season 2 of Master Chef Junior. What most people are unaware of is Josh's near-obsessive love for food and wisdom that's beyond his years. Gracing us with his presence on our 10th episode, ...

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Ep. 9: Eric Sannerud - Young Hops Farmer, Speaker, Food Systems Designer on the Need for Young Farmers, Education, and Beer

Hidden Apron Radio - July 20, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Eric is a fourth-generation back-to-the-land farmer. Eric grows hops under his company Mighty Axe Hops and is selling to top breweries in Minnesota from Fulton Beer, Day Block Brewing, and more. Inspired by the ideas of educators/farmers Eduard Lindeman & Wendell Berry, he designed a first of ...

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Ep. 8: Hillary Reeves - Pro Blogger & Marketeer on Singing Cheeseburgers and Data-Driven Grocery Shopping

Hidden Apron Radio - June 17, 2016 02:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
We're back in business and sharing this conversation that's been years in the making! I first reached out to Hillary back when I was looking to start my own blog and we've just recently re-connected to talk about her experiences both in blogging and her current day hustle as Chicory's Marketing ...

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Ep. 7: Chelsey White, Accountant, Marathon Runner, Instagram Queen of Crazy Baking

Hidden Apron Radio - April 27, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
I met Chelsey during a happy hour full of us run-of-the-mill accountants but it was clear she was anything but ordinary. Starting out with little more than a blog, Instagram account, and her tiny New York kitchen, she now fields dozens of orders for her insane specialty cakes, has thousands of I...

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Ep. 6: Ayesha Vera-Yu - On Grocery Shopping, the Importance of Education, and Staying Sane (Pt. 2 of 2)

Hidden Apron Radio - April 18, 2016 22:25 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Ayesha Vera-Yu, social entrepreneur and nerd farmer. Check out our first episode that covers her forays into organic farming but if you don't mind jumping into the middle of the action, listen on! We talk about: - what to consider when buying "organic" - ...

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Ep. 5: Ayesha Vera-Yu - Investment Banker Turned Rogue Farmer & Social Entrepreneur on Rethinking Rural Farming, Eradicating Poverty, and Behavioral Modification (Pt. 1 of 2)

Hidden Apron Radio - March 23, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Hidden Apron, is a roving collective of day jobbers, side hustlers, and weekend warriors who are in love with all things gustatory. We weave stories and experiences through our pop-up dinners, turn flavors into words on our blog, and produce this podcast. In breaking bread, we set out to break th...

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Ep. 4: How to Save the World Through Food & Culture: Just Food Conference 2016 Recap

Hidden Apron Radio - March 16, 2016 03:13 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This the first of our Commentary Episodes which we'll alternate releases with our usual interviews. Our hope is that through these shorter, commute-friendly episodes, we can bring the latest news in the food world to you without you having to sift through the deluge out there. After all, informa...

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