This HRN Happy Hour gets artsy with guest, Peter Pioppo, a renowned food photographer with works featured in New York Magazine , Bon Appetit , Food Arts , and The New York Times . Through the magic of his lens, Peter’s art allows him to turn the most basic of foods into objects of desire. And his cooking videos on his website are not only beautiful, but also so whimsical and fun to watch! HRN Happy Hour is powered by Simplecast...
Nov 02, 2017•38 min•Ep. 28
In anticipation of next year's Charleston Wine & Food Festival, we welcome CHSWFF's Executive Director, Gillian Zettler to HRN Happy Hour . Gillian shares some of her favorite moments of the festival in years past and what new and exciting things we can look forward to in 2018! HRN will once again be broadcasting live from the Culinary Village during the first weekend in March. Join us in Charleston or listen live – from anywhere! HRN Happy Hour is powered by Simplecast...
Oct 26, 2017•47 min•Ep. 27
This week's Happy Hour is one of our best yet, thanks to our all-star roster of guests! We have HRN’s very own Patrick Martins with us, plus Ralph Bumbaca, the Senior Vice President at TD Bank. We also have Gregg Bishop, the Commissioner of the NYC Department of Small Business Services, Shana Lawson, the owner of P.O.P. Cake Shop, Steve Garibell, Vice President, Relationship Manager | Commercial Lending at TD Bank, and Matt Abdoo, Executive Chef and Owner of both Pig Beach and Pig Bleecker and a...
Oct 19, 2017•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 26
We are certainly in "high spirits" today on HRN Happy Hour with guests Kara Newman and Neal Hirtzel! Kara is the author of the newly published Road Soda: Recipes and Techniques for Making Great Cocktails on-the-go, Anywhere. This also happens to be the fifth HRN show she's appeared in – welcome to the "five-timers club," Kara! Neal is one of the guys behind California’s Native Son Alehouse, a craft beer pub that rotates 27 of the finest brews that west coast has to offer. Neal also happens to be...
Oct 12, 2017•38 min•Ep. 25
We're joined in studio by Mitchell Davis, Ashley Kosiak, and Karen Karp – all of whom happen to be former HRN hosts! Mitchell is the Executive Vice President of the James Beard Foundation and Ashley is organization’s Impact Programs Manager. Karen Karp is an enlightened entrepreneur and respected consultant with over 25 years of experience. Since founding Karen Karp & Partners in 1990, she has led the organization to become the nation’s leading problem-solver for food-related enterprises, pr...
Oct 05, 2017•40 min•Ep. 24
Priya Krishna is a freelance writer for publications such as Bon Appetit, New York Magazine and the New York Times. She formerly worked for Lucky Peach. She is also the author of cookbook Ultimate Dining Hall Hacks, which takes us through her four year exploration of dining halls across the country and how to make the most out of boring cafeteria cuisine. She's got a new cookbook in the works that's all about her elegant and talented and extremely-skilled-in-the-kitchen mom, and the hybridized I...
Sep 28, 2017•41 min•Ep. 23
Guest hosts Hannah Fordin and Jordan Werner are joined by chef and artist, Romi Gold. Romi tells us about her experience as growing up in a family of chefs in Northern Argentina and brings us inside her underground dining project, Artemis. Chef Romi creates imaginative conceptual dining experiences around the country, from Brooklyn to Austin. We also hear clips from the new fall shows on HRN and talk childhood bread memories.
Sep 14, 2017•43 min•Ep. 22
It's our fall season premiere! On an episode of GIANT proportions, we're joined by Jason Vincent, Ben Lustbader, and Josh Perlman of the rightfully named Chicago restaurant, Giant. Voted by Bon Appétit as America’s 6th Best New Restaurant of 2017, these guys are taking the concept of “slightly cheffy” comfort food to a whole new level. Kat is on the road this week, but checks in via phone from Atlanta. We also preview HRN's five new shows being added for the fall season, and then wrap it all up ...
Sep 07, 2017•51 min•Ep. 21
On this episode of HRN Happy Hour , former HRN host Helen Hollyman is back in the studio! Helen is the Editor-in-Chief of Vice's food channel, Munchies . After recapping our "Volumes & Vinegars" event and sharing some Tasty news, Kat catches up with Helen about her life since U Look Hungry , working with the legends of the food world, dealing truffles, and the intersection of food and pop culture. Helen Hollyman got her start at Food & Wine magazine and has worked under award-winning pas...
Aug 10, 2017•43 min•Ep. 20
This is a very special episode of HRN Happy Hour ! We’re thrilled to be joined in-studio by Caylin Sanders and Kash Barkeley from EscapeMaker.com, and Mary Kay Vrba with Dutchess Tourism. This episode is all about getting out of dodge (or Brooklyn) and enjoying the wild world of the Hudson Valley Region of New York! As always, we start the show with headlines and events around the HRN world, and then we get down to business with a round table discussion with Caylin, Kash, and Mary Kay. We are al...
Aug 03, 2017•40 min•Ep. 19
On this episode of HRN Happy Hour , Caity's dear friend and former classmate, Maggie Tauranac joins us in studio! Kat recaps her trip to Slow Food Nations in Denver (click here to see and hear all the coverage) and we share some other headlines from around HRN and the food world! After the break, we hear more from Maggie, who is now the Program Associate at GRACE Communications Foundation, which advocates for more sustainable alternatives to our current industrial food system. Maggie has an MA i...
Jul 27, 2017•50 min•Ep. 18
On this episode of HRN Happy Hour , Kat & Caity learn all about Australian café culture (and fairy bread) from Henry Roberts and Giles Russell, the Aussies behind Two Hands! Two Hands is an Australian cafe and restaurant created by expats Henry Roberts and Giles Russell, with the goal of building a tight-knit community and bringing a piece of home to New York City. From the elevated coffee selection to the warm space and fresh cuisine, the concept provides a welcoming, relaxed vibe amongst t...
Jul 20, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 17
Kat and Caity are back in action this week, with special guest co-host Matt Wang. Matt, who owns Metropolitan Plate & Flame, takes us deep into the world of restaurant consulting with guests Mitch Cynamon and William Shear. We've also got a quick preview of this weekend's Slow Food Nations festival in Denver (where we'll be interviewing everyone from a NASA engineer to a watermelon farmer). And, as usual, we'll wrap up with some hard-hitting trivia. The subject: restaurants, of course!...
Jul 13, 2017•1 hr•Ep. 16
This week on HRN Happy Hour , Liz Mistick, Jordan Werner, Sarah McKeen, and Hannah Fordin are filling in for Kat and Caity. We’ve got all the usual hits, including show highlights from around the network, important events (like the recent Good Food Mercantile at the Brooklyn Expo and Kat’s upcoming trip to Slow Food Nations in Denver, CO) and an update on our Summer Drive. After that, we talk Fourth of July. Even though it already happened, we’re still hung up on fireworks and BBQ. Jordan shares...
Jul 06, 2017•50 min•Ep. 15
Our guests today are Maury Rubin (City Bakery), Matt Wang (Plate & Flame), and John Spinks (a drama and English teacher turned visual artist). We're talking about everything from hot chocolate and cookies – to James Joyce's Ulysses and Bloomsday – to why Detroit is the next frontier for bakers and restaurateurs.
Jun 15, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 14
Jordan Salcito is the founder of RAMONA and Bellus Wines and is the Director of Wine Special Projects at Momofuku. Today, she's sharing cans of RAMONA (lightly sparkling organic Sicilian wine blended with natural ruby red grapefruit) while we talk about her background in wine service and what's next in her mission to "free wine drinkers from rules, dinner tables, and bottle openers." JoAnn "Flash" Fleming is HRN's Accountant and Board Member, but neither of those titles do her justice. She forme...
Jun 08, 2017•51 min•Ep. 13
This week on HRN Happy Hour , Kat and Caity are joined in-studio by two of our wonderful interns: Halley Crane and Hannah Fordin. They dish on what HRN is like behind-the-scenes and help us with HRN and food headlines. We also have Cynthia Cherish Malaran (aka DJ Cherish The Luv) in studio, who just returned from a "Music Missionary" trip to an orphanage in Ecuador. She tells us all about her trip and how she uses social media to raise awareness for causes and groups she feels passionate about. ...
Jun 01, 2017•49 min•Ep. 12
On this week's HRN Happy Hour , Kat and Caity are joined by Patrick Martins, founder of HRN; plus special guests: Paul Lebeau, Managing Director of Wolfgang Mock; and Rob Elliot and Nathan Littlewood from Urban Leaf. The show begins with rapid fire headlines from the past week across the network and a recap of Kat & Caity's trip to Charlotte, North Carolina that included the International Symposium on Bread at Johnson & Wales University. The group has a quick chat with Executive Director...
May 25, 2017•58 min•Ep. 11
This week on HRN Happy Hour , Caity and Kat are joined by Patrick Martins and two special guests: Daniel Holzman, co-founder and co-owner of The Meatball Shop; and Jamie McDonald, Co-Founder of The Brampton Lodge and Experience. As usual, they kick off the show with rapid fire headlines from the past week across the network and share some highlights from last weekend's Food Book Fair. Then, Kat and Caity look ahead to their trip to Charlotte, North Carolina to interview local chefs and attend th...
May 18, 2017•59 min•Ep. 10
This week on HRN Happy Hour, Kat & Caity are joined in-studio by Jordan Werner and Cynthia Malaran (AKA Reverend DJ Cherish the Luv). We recap a full week of season premieres here on the network, and then preview upcoming events including Food Book Fair , HRN On Tour in Charlotte, and the Bread Symposium . We speak to Peter Reinhart, renowned baker, author, two-time James Beard Award Winner, and Chef on Assignment at Johnson & Wales University about what we can expect and look forward to...
May 11, 2017•41 min•Ep. 9
HRN Happy Hour brings you a special interview with Basil Gooden, Ph.D., who is currently serving as the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Secretary Gooden is a native of Buckingham County, Virginia where he and his family own and operate a cattle farm, raising Black Angus beef. His family farm also participates in tree farming and land conversation efforts. He is deeply connected to the industries that he supports through his work as Secretary of Agriculture...
May 09, 2017•30 min•Ep. 8
On today's HRN Happy Hour, we're feeling bene! Caity and Kat are joined in the studio by Patrick Martins (as always) and our special guest, Mario LaPosta, Chef of Babbo Pizzeria in Boston. This is the final week of our winter season, so we recap the highlights of all the shows' season finales, plus a very special episode of The Front Burner in which Jimmy & Andrew interviewed Jeremiah Tower, Anthony Bourdain, and Lydia Tenaglia about the new documentary, The Last Magnificent. We share our fa...
Apr 20, 2017•52 min•Ep. 7
On today's show, Kat is joined by guest co-host Jordan Werner, our Julia Child Fellow, and Patrick Martins. Our in-studio guest is the Kate Brashares, Executive Director of Edible Schoolyard NYC, who kindly made time to pay us a visit in the midst of planning for ESYNYC's massive Spring Benefit. As always, we start with headlines and recent HRN news, and then we hear from Kate about ESY's mission and the upcoming benefit that features some of New York's most acclaimed chefs. We wrap up the episo...
Apr 13, 2017•41 min•Ep. 6
Today's show is ALL. ABOUT. CALIFORNIA. We're joined in studio by Mike Edison, host of Arts & Seizures , and Patrick Martins, HRN Founder and Heritage Foods USA Founder for a round up of recent food news including Caity's recap of the Good Food Mercantile that took place in Washington DC last weekend. Kat brings us some exclusive interviews from Monterey County, CA. First up, we hear from Tom Wright, Reporter from The Monterey Herald, about the insanely rainy winter season in Big Sur. Mudsli...
Apr 06, 2017•54 min•Ep. 5
On this week's HRN Happy Hour, we are joined in-studio by Patrick Martins (HRN and Heritage Foods USA Founder), Emily Pontecorvo (HRN Intern), and Abe Shaw (Founder of Eating Tools). We swap weekend stories – from Kat's trip to KCBC for chamber music and beer pairings to Patrick's run-in with the law. Next up, a recap what's going on around the network: March 22 was World Water Day, and two shows focused on issues affecting water this week. On What Doesn't Kill You Episode 217, Katy Kieffer take...
Mar 23, 2017•59 min•Ep. 4
We covered a lot of ground in this week's HRN Happy Hour . Kat and Caity are joined by Jordan Werner, a delightful third wheel if there ever was one. First, we talk about what's going on around Heritage Radio Network: A Taste of The Past takes a close look at the question, "What is authentic Irish Food?" with Irish-American cookbook author Margaret Johnson. Lauren Singer of The Simply Co. stops by Radio Cherry Bombe with her story about fitting on years' worth of waste into a 16 oz mason jar. Ph...
Mar 16, 2017•1 hr•Ep. 3
On the second episode of HRN Happy Hour, Caity and Kat are joined in-studio by guest host Patrick Martins and Chef Edgar Pendley from Urban Grub in Nashville. We catch up on the latest happenings on the HRN airwaves and decompress from our recent Charleston Wine + Food Festival trip! We hear from Ron Finley, the "Gangsta Gardener" about his mission to ignite a horticulture revolution in South Central LA. Currently, he is fighting to save his HQ – the very same location where Finley took back cit...
Mar 09, 2017•59 min•Ep. 2
On the premiere episode of HRN Happy Hour , hosts Caity Moseman Wadler and Kat Johnson are joined in the studio by Heritage Foods/Radio head honcho Patrick Martins to talk about what listeners can expect from our live coverage of the upcoming Charleston Wine + Food Festival . Also joining in the conversation is Amalia Scatena, the director of the culinary program for Easton Porter Group, where she creates unique dining experiences at Cannon Green as well as Zero Restaurant and Bar in Charleston,...
Feb 23, 2017•43 min•Ep. 1
