In this episode, host David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks with Shruthi Baskaran from Urban Farmie about ideas for the vegetables in the final CSA pickup of the 2022 season. They also discuss how Shruthi's background and travel influence her cooking. How Shruthi's study of the intersection of energy and agriculture led to her interest in food waste. Shruthi's interest in food systems topics. Starting to cook up a storm living on her own after college. How to store Brussels sprouts, and good way...
Oct 23, 2022•34 min•Ep. 17
In this episode, David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks to Greg Woodworth and Kelly Coughlin, co-founders of Stony Brook Wholehearted Foods ,about their business producing pumpkin seeds and butternut squash seed oils. In this episode, we cover: How Stony Brook evolved from a company making cookies to one that produces culinary oils and seed snacks. The fact that the vast majority of pepitas consumed in the US are imported from China and other countries. How their collaboration with local farmers ...
Oct 14, 2022•37 min•Ep. 16
Host David Crowley of Cooking Chat talks with Frances from Cooking with Our CSA about how to make the most of a community supported agriculture (CSA) share. She breaks down ways to use the lemongrass that we got in our latest share, along with some of her strategies for putting all her CSA veggies to good use. In this episode, we cover: 3 different ways you can prepare lemongrass. Different things you can make with fresh lemongrass. How Frances builds her weekly meal plan around what she gets in...
Oct 06, 2022•29 min•Ep. 15
Host David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks with Kristin Weeks from Dirt and Dough about ideas for eating local seafood as local of your local eating plans. She brings us ideas for harvesting and catching your own fish, as well other ideas for sourcing local seafood. Kristin also gives us some tasty ideas for cooking some delicious local seafood! This episode covers: How Kristin's upbringing led her to be interested in catching and cooking local fish. The inspiration behind the Dirt and Dough sit...
Sep 30, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Host David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks to Uma Raghupathi from Simple Sumptuous Cooking . She shared ideas about how Indian flavors and recipes could be used to create tasty dishes featuring this week's CSA farm share vegetable. We cover recipe ideas for broccoli, tomatoes, corn and more. This episode covers: How Uma's cooking is rooted in growing up in a village in India. Differences between produce available in India versus Southern California farmers markets. Recipes ideas for broccoli, to...
Sep 23, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Host David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks with Erin Baumgartner, Co-Founder and CEO of Family Dinner , about how this farmers' market delivery service brings great local food to customer's homes. Erin describes how this company seeks to reimagine America's food system, creating efficiencies that reduce food waste while bringing high quality products from local farms and food purveyors to customers. In this episode, we cover: The vision behind Family Dinner. Why the current food system generates...
Sep 16, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Host David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks with Amy Angelli from The Copper Table about ideas for what to make with the latest CSA vegetable share pickup of the season. Amy shares recipes and tips for yellow zucchini and rainbow chard, as well as bringing us some knowledge about scapes based on her experience on a local organic farm. This episode covers: How growing up around a lot of farms in the Pacific Northwest helped Amy develop an early appreciation for local food. Recipes and tips for yel...
Aug 26, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In Episode 10, host David Crowley from Cooking Chat and Social Capital Inc . talks with Tamika R. Francis about the interplay of food, culture and identify. She also shares about her plans to support local food entrepreneurs with DutchPot.app . The intersection of food, culture and identify. How Food & Folklore explores belonging, identify and the immigrant experiences and highlights underrepresented food traditions. A special meal at Tamika's grandfather's farm that planted a seed for her f...
Aug 18, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode, host David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks about recipe ideas for his latest CSA vegetable share of the season with Camilla Mann, along with wine pairing ideas. Camilla talks about how she encourages people to use the local ingredients they have along with how she developed an interest in wine pairing. She also shares about the upcoming Wine Pairing Weekend event. In this episode we cover: How Camilla got interested in cooking while living in Rome. Her focus on teaching processe...
Aug 12, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In Episode 8, host David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks about CSA shares with Lacey Arnold from Warner Farm . Lacy provides great background on the benefits of CSAs for farms and consumers alike. She breaks down the specifics of how the Warner Farm CSA works, as well as providing a lot of good general information about how CSAs operate. David has been participating in Warner Farm's CSA for several years, so this was a perfect way to provide more background about CSAs. This episode covers: What ...
Aug 04, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode, host David Crowley from Cooking Chat talks with Eric Samuelson from Eat Like No One Else about eating local food while traveling. Eric has a lot of experience on the topic, as has has spent two years criss-crossing the United States in a camper with his family! He shares tips on visiting local farmers markets and finding local food in grocery stores. Additional topics covered include: Tapping into Eric's vast knowledge of different varieties of apples. How a picky eater can get ...
Jul 28, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In Episode 6, host David Crowley from Cooking Chat brainstorms about his 4th CSA share pickup with Marwin Brown from Food Fidelity . Marwin also shared his take on "Modern Soul Food", and many great tips for efficiently putting healthy food on the table with locally sourced ingredients. In this episode we cover: The concept that "soul food is the original fusion food". The plant based foundation of traditional cuisine from across the African diaspora. Flavorful recipes for green beans. A delicio...
Jul 21, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In Episode 5, we chat about our third CSA pickup of the season with Ashley Elizabeth from Sweetpea Lifestyle . Ashley shares her recipe ideas for broccoli and kale , and how cooking with local food comes naturally to her based on her upbringing in Asheville, North Carolina. We also made sure to get some great hosting tips from her! In this episode we cover: How to make broccoli steaks Cooking kale as you would collard greens Enjoying gem lettuce this time of year Learning that kale is a very com...
Jul 14, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In Episode 4, host David Crowley digs into the second CSA pickup of the season with Amy Katz from Veggies Save the Day . Amy shares ideas for sugar snap peas and rainbow chard recipes. We also had a chance to chat about ways to use fennel and how Amy bases much of her cooking on a vegan Mediterranean diet. Amy begins by sharing how making food and shopping for produce with her mother got her interested in cooking, along with her love of vegetables. Some good ideas here for parents looking to enc...
Jul 07, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In episode 3, host David Crowley chats with Molly Madigan Pisula about enjoying local food for July 4th weekend, exploring a possible menu that leans into ingredients she finds near her home in Maryland. We also talk about the seasonal recipe focus of Molly's website, Vanilla Bean Cuisine. Molly also has some great pointers for making the most of your visit to the farmer's market. And be sure to listen to her tips for preparing corn on the cob!
Jun 30, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Is local food more sustainable? In Cook Local, Eat Local podcast Episode 2, host David Crowley talks with Marley Goldin from Marley's Menu about how eating local food contributes to sustainability. Check out the episode for simple sustainability tips and resources. Marley also shares some recipes for seasonal produce and provides tips for visiting a local farmer's market. The show notes have some helpful links to resources and recipes Marley mentioned.
Jun 23, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In Episode 1, host David Crowley explores what to make with the produce in the first CSA farm share pickup of the season. Guest Liz Thomson from I Heart Vegetables shares recipe ideas for what to make with Tuscan kale, asparagus and scallions, along with other tips for preparing seasonal vegetbles. Find out what is fresh from local farms and how to prepare it for some tasty, nutritious meals.
Jun 23, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This episode introduces the Cook Local, Eat Local podcast. Host David Crowley explains how this podcast will help people interested in eating more local food, and describesl the format of this weekly show. David also describes his motivation for starting the show, including his background as the founder of a nonprofit organization called Social Capital Inc. and his long interest in enjoying good, healthy food.
Jun 23, 2022•6 min
