We ask Iron Chef Jose Garces about who makes the best pork on today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN. In his most recent cookbook, The Latin Road Home, Jose takes us on a trip through his culinary lineage. An Ecuadorian who grew up in Chicago, Garces was constantly exposed to the flavors of his heritage: crispy pork, mote (hominy), ceviche, and Llapingacho (potato patties with cheese), which made him hunger for more. Now with over 15 restaurants in Philadelphia ranging from Andalusian tapas (Amada), B...
Mar 19, 2013•38 min•Ep. 139
On today’s hour-long special edition of The Food Seen, we treat our time with Tom Colicchio (rhymes with “Radicchio”), not as an interview, but more so, as an apprenticeship to learn from his summers cooking in 1000-person weekend “churn and burn” establishments, to haute dining in Manhattan. He’s built an empire around the idea of culinary Craft. How does this Top Chef define success? How does he stay relevant? Two 3 star reviews by the NYTimes, 10 years apart, both cite the complex simplicity ...
Mar 12, 2013•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 138
On today’s The Food Seen, we meet Tara Norvell. A daughter of Spanish and Southern descent, worked her way through the Manhattan fashion scene, into a London cuisine diploma, and back to NYC into the BACK OF THE HOUSE of Roberta’s as a sous chef. What does her future hold? A possible venture into a ramen business? Setting up stagés in Spain? Wherever it leads her, she’s certainly worth following. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery . “My mom cooked every single night – we ne...
Mar 05, 2013•39 min•Ep. 137
Hear how a nasty cold in the early aughts became catalyst to a multimillion dollar raw foods company on today’s installment of THE FOOD SEEN. BluePrintCleanse’s founder Zoe Sakoutis and co-founder Erica Huss, join us in studio to raise a glass of what Food & Wine called the “cleanse for foodies”. When a friend’s suggested 7-day cleanse felt long and agonizing, it begot a green elixir with over 6lbs of roughage in every bottle. Broken down to an essential 3-days of delicious cold-pressed orga...
Feb 26, 2013•43 min•Ep. 136
Kristen Taylor, founder of Saucy Magazine, an independent food and story quarterly, recants pats issues, like her “Handbook of Food Poisoning”, and previews her newest, “Black Valentines”. From mundane to morose, Kristen’s ultimate goal has always been to bring people together to eat with joy – and examine relationships with food that take us farther than that, and those that remove us. Tune into this week’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN! This program has been sponsored by Whole Foods . “Every time w...
Feb 19, 2013•43 min•Ep. 135
We’re handed the “Keys to the Kitchen”, the first cookbook written by Aida Mollenkamp on today’s THE FOOD SEEN. It’s subtitle, “The Essential Reference for Becoming a More Accomplished, Adventurous Cook” allows Aida to guide you through all the steps, the how-to’s, recipes and riffs, that make cooking like a pro seem attainable. It’s like attending an eclectic west coast version of Paris’ Le Cordon Bleu (where Aida honed her skills). From her time at CHOW to hosting shows on the Food Network and...
Feb 12, 2013•39 min•Ep. 134
Andrew Friedman has offered us insight into the world of chefs for the past 15 years via Toqueland, and continues to work with some of the top professionals in the field. From co-authoring Gotham Bar and Grill’s first cookbook (and two more collaborations since) with Alfred Portale, spending time with former White House chef Walter Scheib, and following the US team at the Bocuse d’Or for his first solo book “Knives at Dawn”. What great chefs will he write about next? Find out on this week’s epis...
Feb 05, 2013•41 min•Ep. 133
Cleveland’s own Chef Jonathon Sawyer is a homegrown food rockstar, and he’s joining Michael Harlan Turkell on today’s THE FOOD SEEN. His restaurants and ventures, The Greenhouse Tavern, Noodlecat, Brick & Mortar Pop-ups, Sawyer’s Street Frites at Browns Stadium, Tavern Vinegar Co. have turned his city into more than just the location for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it’s now a budding destination for cuisine in the Cuyahoga County as well. Burn on, big river, burn on. Today’s program ha...
Jan 29, 2013•36 min•Ep. 132
The “Restaurateur” (denoted by his very own biopic), Danny Meyer is one of New York’s greatest culinary leaders. As CEO of Union Square Hospitality, a restaurant group that’s redefined dining in the city, along side President and Director of Culinary Development, Michael Romano. Their first collaboration, Union Square Cafe opened in 1984, Michael joining in ‘88 and six months later garnering a 3 star NYTimes review, has endured almost 30 years in one of the hardest industries around. On today’...
Jan 22, 2013•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 131
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we take a “day” trip with Togue Brown, the woman behind Maine Dayboat Scallops. Maine is often know for it’s lobster, but don’t discredit the bivalve. From the thousand pound catch days, to small boat fishermen now regulated at 20 gallons per, Togue’s hopes are to revive Maine’s coastal industry, and redefine seafood, in what we’ll call the “Maine Event”. This episode has been brought to you by The Greenhouse Tavern . “You need to control the harvest. You should be allo...
Jan 15, 2013•37 min•Ep. 130
And we’re back! Here’s to the 2013 season of THE FOOD SEEN! For the first episode of the year, The New Potato, launched by sisters Laura and Danielle Kosann, is a food and lifestyle site covering some of the culinary world’s top tastes and trends. Interviews with industry luminaries like top chef Tom Colicchio, Vanity Fair’s EIC and restaurateur Graydon Carter, and designer Nake Berkus, on their ideal food days, their aesthetic palates, and all the tasty teasers that will forever have you lookin...
Jan 08, 2013•31 min•Ep. 129
On the last THE FOOD SEEN of 2012, we welcome Todd Selby in our place. Best know for his blog, theselby.com, in which the photographer takes portraits in personal spaces, now has a tasty extension into the food world. His book, “Edible Selby” follows chefs like Chad Roberston of Tartine in SF, Susumu Kakinuma-San’s Neapolitan pizza in Tokyo, and Christophe Vasseur’s bakery Du Pain Et Des Idées in Paris, documenting their cooking lives. Found out how Todd learned to navigate the culinary scene, w...
Dec 18, 2012•37 min•Ep. 128
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we wake up and smell the coffee with connoisseur James Freeman and sweets specialist Caitlin Williams Freeman. They are the affogato better known as Blue Bottle Coffee. In their book, The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee , you learn how to grow, source, roast, brew, and drink the best (coffee) bean you’ll ever have. Recipes ranging from stout coffee cake to sesame-absinthe cigars, and of course, an affogato with smoky almond ice cream. Also, hear about Caitlin’s upcoming boo...
Dec 11, 2012•41 min•Ep. 127
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Scott Heimendinger, aka The Seattle Food Geek, brings the schools of science and cooking together via Modernist Cuisine at Home , a cookbook that will change the way you think about food. For Scott, a scientific background (IBM, Microsoft) combined with the chance encounter of a slow-poached sous-vide egg at Maria Hines’ Tilth restaurant, emulsified his past skill set with kitchen intrigue, guiding him to his latest job as, Director of Applied Research for Modernist Cui...
Dec 04, 2012•35 min•Ep. 126
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we’re charmed by soft spoken Basque ex-pat Aran Goyoaga, who’s talents as a food writer, photographer, and stylist, creatively coalesced on her wonderfully popular blog, Cannelle Et Vanille . Born to a family of farmers and pastry chefs, there were pinxtos, tortilla competitions, and txakoli abound, but during the birth of her first child, she was afflicted by a number of debilitating symptoms, later found out to be the effects of an extreme gluten intolerance. Aran’s p...
Nov 27, 2012•36 min•Ep. 125
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Chef Matthew Lightner of Atera, forges nature and science, foraging inspiration from the land, and applying modern techniques to recreate it’s simplicity. A 15 course tasting menu, on a 13 seat bar or walnut slab table 5 top, next to a vertical garden “living wall” full of herbs and foliage, Matthew’s thoughtful cuisine questions our perception of what “farm to table” really means. This episode has been brought to you by Susty Party . “Technique, if you know how to exec...
Nov 20, 2012•39 min•Ep. 124
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, wilderness man Steven Rinella, hunts to live. Raised in the woods of Northern Michigan, Steven began fishing at 3, shot hist first squirrel at 10, and started commercially trapping muskrats as a preteen. In his new book, Meat Eater , Steven explores people’s long history as predators, and how the modern hunter’s role is perceived in America. This episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch . “This whole way of life is fading. It’s getting harder and harder to go ban...
Nov 13, 2012•34 min•Ep. 123
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Jonathan Raduns of National Restaurant Consultants, and merchandisefood.com, tells us what he sees when he walks into your place of business. 80% of the information we receive is through our eyes. Hear how displays matter, what marketing strategies really work, and how to increase profitability via visual food merchandising. Or as they say in the biz, angle equals impact from the eye to thigh. This program has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch . “Some of these smaller...
Nov 06, 2012•37 min•Ep. 122
THE FOOD SEEN welcomes back Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine of The Perennial Plate , whom return to the states after the first leg of their Real World Food Tour, which will take them to the likes of Japan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, South Africa, Argentina … and if you already hunger for more like me, check out their facebook page for travel photos in Japan and China. They’ll be hosting a Season 3 release “Gaijinner” (“Western Guys Making Japanese Food”) dinner at Chef Brad McDonald’s Governor with guest Ch...
Oct 23, 2012•35 min•Ep. 121
Hey ladies! On today’s episode of The Food Seen, Michael Harlan Turkell is joined by food writer Charlotte Druckman, author of Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen. In a book, full of interviews and POVs, Charlotte looks to survey an industry once dominated by her gender counterparts. Has the perception of these roles changed, or just come to heel? Ponder that and more on an insightful and gender themed episode of The Food Seen. This program was sponsored by R...
Oct 16, 2012•44 min•Ep. 120
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, a titan of the NW, Seattle chef Tom Douglas, brings his repertoire of restaurants, and over three decades of restaurateur-ing to the studio, which have earned such accolades as James Beard Foundation Award Best Chef in 1994 and Outstanding Restauranteur in 2012. Over a dozen restaurants; Lola, Palace Kitchen, Dahlia Lounge, Dahlia Bakery, Etta’s, Serious Pie Downtown & Serious Pie Westlake, Seatown, Brave Horse Tavern, Cuoco, Serious Biscuit, Ting Momo … range from ...
Oct 09, 2012•39 min•Ep. 119
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Naomi Duguid has spent her life exhaustively traveling and documenting the greater part of Southeast Asia. Her cookbooks have introduced the true cuisines of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, greater China, and now Burma (aka Myanmar) Her latest tome, BURMA: Rivers of Flavor, explores SE Asia’s largest country, a rarely traversed region sitting at the crossroad of India and China. Waterways up and down the Irrawaddy river,...
Oct 02, 2012•30 min•Ep. 118
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, the man once known as “The Amateur Gourmet”, Adam Roberts, goes pro, learning “Secrets Of The Best Chefs”, and writes a cookbook therewith, sharing all the tips, techniques, and tricks of the trade. From chefs like Hugh Acheson, Alice Waters, Roy Choi, Nancy Silverton, Lidia Bastianich, Melissa Clark, Harold Dieterle, Anita Lo, Sara Moulton, Jose Andres, hear how Adam learned to properly dress a salad, bake a no-fail piecrust, make light and airy pasta, stir-fry in a wo...
Sep 25, 2012•38 min•Ep. 117
On today’s episode of The Food Seen, Jody Eddy traverses the earth for her new book, “Come In We’re Closed: An Invitation to Staff Meals at the World’s Best Restaurants”, including insight and recipes from restaurants like Ad Hoc, Mugaritz, The Fat Duck, McCrady’s, and Michel et Sebastian Bras. And oh yes, there’s fried chicken! From her wild (rice) upbringing in Minnesota, to her exploration of New Nordic Cuisine in Iceland, and now accustoming herself with foods of Senegal, where will Jody’s n...
Sep 18, 2012•34 min•Ep. 116
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, author Eugenia Bone shares her revelations from the weird world of mushrooms in her book, Mycophilia. You’ll learn how to start foraging fungi through groups like the NY Mycological Society (of which she’s President), and how to best understand and respect it’s omnipresence. At an estimated 1.5 million species, fungi is second only to incests in it’s number and diversity, yet only 5% have been identified. It outnumbers plants by a ratio of 6:1, makes up 25% of the Earth...
Sep 11, 2012•45 min•Ep. 115
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Heather Chontos sets a tableau way past the dinner table. A background in furniture design lead to prop styling and set design work for fashion magazines, her mise en scenes included walls of chairs 12 ft high, forks and spoons dipped in thick coats of paint, hanging torn lamp shades from trees in an airfield. Heather now curates a 120 acre plot of Big Sky Country aka Montana, which she calls “Milk Farm Road”. There she holds a monthly design event, featuring handmade a...
Sep 04, 2012•36 min•Ep. 114
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, all the way in from France, Claude Cabri aka “Miss Lunch”, comes to discuss Lunch in the Loft “Un déjeuner autrement á Paris – Another way of having lunch in Paris” . A worldly artist/cook, influenced by her Egyptian grandmother’s baklava and her South African grandfather’s biltong, Miss Lunch’s repertoire of culinary art ranges from leading market tours in Paris’ lively Marché d’Aligre and teaching cooking classes thereupon, to picking capers on the volcanic island of...
Aug 28, 2012•41 min•Ep. 113
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Charlie Baum, a generational lifer in the restaurant industry, and avid collector of museum-worthy vintage food & beverage memorabilia, recently co-founded Cool Culinaria as a place to display and disseminate such artworks. Fine prints and menus, spanning over the past 100 years, from Cafe Anglais in France (1890) to Steuben’s The Cave in Boston (50’s), The Oyster Loaf in SF (40’s), El Rancho in Las Vegas (’42), China Doll (’46), Rudy’s (’38), and Leon & Eddie’s...
Aug 21, 2012•34 min•Ep. 112
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Jeff Gordinier, New York Times Dining Section staff writer, waxes poetic about food, searching for sandwiches with Keanu Reeves, learning cooking techniques from Jacques Pepin, holding court with Adam Gopnik in a banquet at Le Grenouille lamenting the days of great French dining, and reviving the classic Tournedos Rossini at the hands of master chef Andre Soltner, and talks about the revamped menus changes at wd~50 and Eleven Madison Park. This program was sponsored by ...
Aug 07, 2012•42 min•Ep. 111
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, two photographers, Noah Fecks & Paul Wagtouicz, have taken it upon themselves to cook through 70 years and over 800 recipes of Gourmet magazine’s storied past, for their tasty blog, The Way We Ate. Hear Noah and Paul chronicle the times by cooking up meringues, sukiyaki, tostones, swedish coffee ring, spaghetti bolognese, strawberry chambord souffle, beer braised beef and onions, rosti swiss potato cake… Today’s program has been brought to you by White Oak Pastures ...
Jul 31, 2012•35 min•Ep. 110
