Latest Why food Podcast Episodes
Abena Foli: POKS Spices
Why Food? - August 05, 2021 22:42 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Abena Foli, who is the founder and co-owner of POKS Spices. Abena was born and raised in Ghana, West Africa, where she lived until 2006 when she immigrated to the United States for her college education. Her passion for food comes from her farmer-father who taught...
Reem Assil: Arab Street Food, California Style
Why Food? - July 22, 2021 22:37 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with renowned chef and activist Reem Assil. Reem is a Palestinian-Syrian chef based in Oakland, CA, and owner of the nationally acclaimed Reem’s California in Oakland. The restaurant is Reem’s California Mission in San Francisco, inspired by Arab street corner bakerie...
Ariana Tolka: Balkan Bites
Why Food? - July 15, 2021 23:31 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Ariana Tolka, CEO and co-founder of Balkan Bites. They specialize in comfort foods such as burek, a flaky, stuffed phyllo pie that is a daily staple in the Balkans and the Middle East. After years of working for marketing and non-profit organizations, she found he...
Bobbie Garbutt: 4th Generation Nutmeg Farmer
Why Food? - July 08, 2021 21:56 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Bobbie Garbutt, live from Grenada! A 4th generation cocoa and spice farmer in Grenada, Bobbie didn't envision her career in agriculture. Kicking off working life as a production assistant for a fashion label in London, her curiosity about food systems led her to j...
Samah Dada: Dada Eats
Why Food? - July 02, 2021 02:35 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Samah Dada! Samah is a New York City-based recipe developer, food photographer, and blogger behind Dada Eats. Drawing from her Indian heritage and inspired by the foodscapes of London, California, and New York, she is the host of Cooking with Samah Dada on the Tod...
Margaret Nyamumbo: Kahawa 1893 Coffee
Why Food? - June 24, 2021 20:58 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Margaret Nyamumbo, founder of Kahawa 1893. Margaret is a third generation coffee farmer and grew up on a farm in Kenya before immigrating to the USA. After earning her MBA from Harvard, she went on to work on Wall Street when she rediscovered her passion for coffe...
Preeti Mistry: Activist Chef
Why Food? - June 17, 2021 20:04 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Preeti Mistry, acclaimed chef, author and speaker and two time-nominatee by the James Beard Foundation for Best Chef of the West. They were the Co-Founder & Executive Chef of Navi Kitchen and Juhu Beach Club (both closed) as well as the co-author (with Sarah Henry...
Ederique Goudia: Taste the Diaspora Detroit
Why Food? - June 10, 2021 22:12 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Ederique Goudia, the Detroit-based chef and entrepreneur. Ederique Goudia is the co-owner and Executive Chef of Gabriel Hall, a restaurant and music venue dedicated to celebrating the food, music, and culture of New Orleans, in the West Village community of Detroi...
Hetty McKinnon: To Asia with Love
Why Food? - June 03, 2021 21:53 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Hetty McKinnon, author of the new cookbook, To Asia with Love. Hetty is is a Chinese-Australian cook and food writer, based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of three other bestselling cookbooks: the best-selling Community, Neighbourhood, and the award-winn...
Larissa Zimberoff: Technically Food
Why Food? - May 28, 2021 04:35 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with journalist Larissa Zimberoff, author of the brand new book, Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley's Mission to Change What We Eat, from Abrams Press. Larissa covers the intersection of food, technology, and business, and her work has appeared in the New York Tim...
Yao Zhao: 50Hertz Sichuan Pepper
Why Food? - May 20, 2021 21:39 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Yao Zhao, founder of 50Hertz Sichuan Pepper. Born and raised in Chongqing, China, he is an economist and clean energy expert, and has worked in China, India, the Middle East, and currently in Washington DC. Yao started the company based on the belief that Sichuan ...
Peter Reinhart: Pizza Quest
Why Food? - May 13, 2021 19:25 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Peter Reinhart, Chef on Assignment at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, NC. In addition to his role as a chef instructor in the Baking & Pastry program, Peter teaches a course on food media, and he is also the founder and executive director of the Johnson &...
Rob Dunn: Delicious
Why Food? - May 12, 2021 14:19 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Rob Dunn, professor of applied ecology and author of the new book Delicious, about the ways that flavor has influenced human evolution. The book is a fascinating look at how humans have always thought about flavor, and how our search for delicious things to eat ha...
Ann Armbrecht: The Business of Botanicals
Why Food? - May 07, 2021 02:09 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Ann Armbrecht, director of the Sustainable Herbs Program of the American Botanical Council, and author of the new book The Business of Botanicals. She is a writer and anthropologist (PhD, Harvard 1995) whose work explores the relationships between humans and the e...
Alex Godin: Lemontree Foods
Why Food? - April 16, 2021 08:31 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Alex Godin, founder of Lemontree, a non-profit that helps hungry people find free food. He started his career when he was still in high school–dropping out to raise $1M in venture funding for his first startup. Since then he's organized a celebrity telethon with s...
Suresh Pillai & Carrie Dashow: Atina Foods
Why Food? - April 09, 2021 04:35 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Suresh Pillai and Carrie Dashow, the married co-founders of Atina Foods. They adapt traditional Ayurvedic recipes to incorporate global and locally available produce for their unusually delicious, fermented, and preserved condiments that help to balance your healt...
Sue Bette: Bluebird Barbecue
Why Food? - April 02, 2021 01:51 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Sue Bette, owner of Bluebird Barbecue in Burlington, Vermont. Sue is a James Beard Award-nominee and former educator who uses her restaurants to build a connection between food, health, and mental well-being. She is a member of the Leadership group of the Independ...
Andre Springer: Shaquanda Will Feed You
Why Food? - March 26, 2021 07:27 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Andre Springer, Founder of Shaquanda Will Feed You. Andre was born in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, and is of Barbadian descent. Andre began performing in the streets and bars of NYC at the age of 20, with much of his art being the creation ...
Nicole Januarie: Januarie 1st Inc
Why Food? - March 18, 2021 23:45 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsNicole Januarie is a Director/Producer of Vallery's new series, Vallery Bakes Your Questions, on Food Network. Nicole partners with brands and individuals to assess how to creatively communicate their message through strong and impactful content. After more than a decade of ideating, strategizin...
Nicole Januarie: Januarie 1st Productions
Why Food? - March 18, 2021 23:45 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsNicole Januarie is a Director/Producer of Vallery's new series, Vallery Bakes Your Questions, on Food Network. Nicole partners with brands and individuals to assess how to creatively communicate their message through strong and impactful content. After more than a decade of ideating, strategizin...
Manal Kahi: Eat Offbeat
Why Food? - March 12, 2021 02:36 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Manal Kahi, co-founder and CEO of Eat Offbeat, a refugee-driven food company that delivers authentic eats & treats made by refugees who now call New York City home. Manal moved to NYC to pursue a career in environmental affairs, but the Hummus she found in grocery...
Deb Perelman: Smitten Kitchen
Why Food? - March 06, 2021 04:50 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Deb Perelman, author of the legendary blog Smitten Kitchen. Deb is a self-taught home cook, photographer, and the creator of smittenkitchen.com, as well as the author of the New York Times bestselling cookbooks "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook" and "Smitten Kitchen E...
Heather Marold Thomason: Primal Supply Meats
Why Food? - March 02, 2021 03:08 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Heather Marold Thomason, butcher and owner of Primal Supply Meats. Primal Supply is a Philly-based butchery committed to whole animal practices and changing the local food system. Heather went from dance to graphic design to butchery, training in pasture-based liv...
David Benzaquen: Mission Plant
Why Food? - February 19, 2021 04:54 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with David Benzaquen, one of the world’s leading experts in the plant-based food industry and the founder of Mission: Plant, a holding company advancing the plant-based sector with strategic investments and consulting services. Prior to founding Mission: Plant, David s...
Paige Lipari: Archestratus Books + Foods
Why Food? - February 12, 2021 16:53 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Paige Lipari, local hero and owner/cook of Archestratus Books + Foods in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Lipari is a Sicilian-American poet, music maker, cartoonist, and cook. Her collection of poems, music, and illustrations, Family of Many Enzos, was published by Augury B...
Mark Bittman: Animal, Vegetable, Junk
Why Food? - February 05, 2021 04:18 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with legendary food writer Mark Bittman to discuss his brand new book Animal, Vegetable, Junk, a history of food and humanity. Mark has been a leading voice in global food culture and policy for more than three decades. Born in New York City in 1950, Bittman began writ...
Claire Schlemme & Caroline Cotto: Renewal Mill
Why Food? - January 30, 2021 04:37 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Claire Schlemme and Caroline Cotto, Cofounders of Renewal Mill. Committed to finding solutions at the intersection of food, sustainability, and accessible nutrition, Renewal Mill is an award-winning startup creating a new circular economy of food by upcycling the ...
Kiki Aranita: Poi Dog
Why Food? - January 22, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with chef and entrepreneur Kiki Aranita. Kiki is co-chef and owner of Poi Dog, a Hawaiian restaurant and catering company that closed its Rittenhouse, Philadelphia location in July 2020. For years, her goals involved celebrating the underrepresented cuisines of multicu...
Kate Sullivan: To Dine For
Why Food? - January 16, 2021 13:06 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin cohosts Vallery and Ethan for a conversation with Kate Sullivan. Kate is a four-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and creator/host of To Dine For on PBS. The show tells the story of creators and dreamers who have reached success through ingenuity and innovation. Their favorite restaurants ...
Anjali Bhargava: Drink Resilience
Why Food? - December 17, 2020 21:31 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoin us for a conversation with Anjali Bhargava, founder and CEO of Drink Resilience turmeric elixirs. A former portrait photographer, Anjali decided to launch her own turmeric power, sourcing fresh turmeric and dehydrating it with other fresh ingredients, and Resilience was born in 2015. Herit...
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