On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Nathan Myhrvold has always been ambitious, cooking his family a full Thanksgiving dinner at the age of 9, graduating high school at 14, two Masters degrees and a PHD in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at 23 from Princeton, and postdoctoral cosmology work at the University of Cambridge with Stephen Hawking for more than a brief history of time. But there was something about that cooking process that stuck with him, even through his years at Microsoft as Chief Techno...
Dec 10, 2013•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 169
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, ever wonder what’s in another cook’s kitchen? Well, that’s exactly what Pantry Confidential finds out! Hana Choi and Christine Han explore what ingredients, equipment, and recipes are behind our favorite food lovers cooking repertoires. Listen in to hear a sneak preview of what’s in my pantry, as I’ll be profiled on their website in 2014. This program has been sponsored by Fairway Market . “Korean. Kimchi. Must.” [06:15] — Christine Han on The Food Seen “Living in New Y...
Dec 03, 2013•39 min•Ep. 168
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN- VJ (video journalist) Katie Quinn of NowThis News , the first mobile news company bringing the best videos, bites to an ever-changing audience of social media. From Katie’s start as a NBC page to interviewing chefs like Thomas Keller, Mario Batali, and Ina Garten backstage at The Today Show . Hear about her first foray in food writing as an intern for Serious Eats where she once wrote a piece about host Michael Harlan Turkell (he better get on those projectio...
Nov 26, 2013•39 min•Ep. 167
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Kerry Diamond & Claudia Wu, the ladies behind Cherry Bombe, a magazine about women and food, premier No. 2: “The Baked Issue”, with vegan bakery owner Erin McKenna of Babycakes. Their first issue’s cover girl, Victoria Secret’s model and Momofuku Milk Bar cookie maker, Karlie Kloss, bookend a bunch of powerful females working in all walks of culinary life. From artists (food stylists, photographers, ceramicists …) to bloggers, writers and musicians. And of course ch...
Nov 19, 2013•44 min•Ep. 166
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, friends and dinner party compatriots, Cleo Brock-Abraham and Julia Turshen began Weird & Ravenous as a way to “make fresh content about food and the relationships it inspires”. Through their backgrounds in entertainment and art production, they’ve traveled across Spain with Mario Batali, written cookbooks for Gwyneth Paltrow, made rhapsodical recipe videos for Food52 , contribute mealtime musings to Medium , all while trying to Make Monday Better , promoting the ide...
Oct 29, 2013•34 min•Ep. 165
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Diane Mott Davidson, the Agatha Christie of the food world, talks about her 17th book in her long-standing series of culinary mystery novels. The sleuthy protagonist, Goldy Schulz, a small town caterer, cooks her way through her friend’s murder investigation. Diane’s latest book The Whole Enchilada , proves to be another tasty thriller, which includes recipes for the titular Enchilada Suizas , Goldy’s Chef Salad , Spicy Brownies and more … but watch out, once you read o...
Oct 23, 2013•30 min•Ep. 164
The rousing bi-annual food magazine, Gather Journal , already has a resounding sense of style. Using such themes as FLOAT, TRACES, and ROUGH CUT in their first few issues, editor Fiorella Valdesolo and creative director Michele Outland, explore narrative ideas like a sense of weightlessness, familiar family memories, and summer movie spectaculars. No wonder they won the 2013 James Beard Foundation Award in Visual Storytelling and two Society of Publication Designers Gold Medals. And then there’s...
Oct 15, 2013•36 min•Ep. 163
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Michael Harlan Turkell welcomes the best in small-format publishing, Short Stack Editions . These handmade, single-subject cookbooks are written by top culinary talents such as Susan Spungen ( Strawberries ), Ian Knauer ( Eggs ), and Soa Davis ( Tomatoes ). The brainchild of Nick Fauchald, a Brooklyn-based writer, editor and now publisher, from his years of work in print and digital media. Short Stack’s editor, Kaitlyn Goalen, joins us in studio, after weeks of hand sti...
Sep 17, 2013•41 min•Ep. 162
Artist Tara Sellios takes hauntingly beautiful still life photographs of animals and their meat, seafood and their shells, ripe fruit and spilled wine. Raised in the North Shore of Massachusetts by a Greek family, she grew up with visions of a lamb roasting on a spit. She now sets up large format tableaus, grander than her family’s dinner table, deep-seated with emotion. Don’t miss this week’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN! This program has been brought to you by Whole Foods . Music provided by Cooki...
Sep 10, 2013•34 min•Ep. 161
Russian expat Olga Massov, left the world of finance to pursue the dream of becoming of a food writer. Her blog sassyradish.com , documents the Americana eats from her New England upbringing to her first collaborative cookbook all about Korean kimchi. Olga’s energy and enthusiam has her in the midst of many an exciting projects from celebrity chefs like Marc Forgione, Marc Murphy, and artisan ice cream makers Van Leeuwen. Tune into this week’s installment of THE FOOD SEEN! This program has been ...
Sep 03, 2013•41 min•Ep. 160
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we talk with Tara Oxley, Design Director of BR Guest Hospitality, which include such hits as Dos Caminos, Bill’s Bar & Burger, and Wildwood BBQ. Hear how she interprets her sense of smell and taste into the visual identity of a restaurant space, using many of her favorite certified green materials, reclaimed, recycled, and environmentally friendly. It’s not all stainless steel, you know… Thanks to our sponsor, BluePrint Cleanse . THE FOOD SEEN’s theme music is court...
Aug 20, 2013•37 min•Ep. 159
Deborah Jones, creates a sense of place that lets inspired food exist as it should. It’s her photography that grace the pages of Thomas Keller’s modern classic cookbooks (The French Laundry, Bouchon, Ad Hoc At Home). The most current of their collaborative collection, Bouchon Bakery, takes 300 brown round things (in Deborah’s own words), and makes them all look distinct and delicious. In the same vein of TK’s teachings, Deborah perfected her craft before making it into an art, and only then can ...
Aug 13, 2013•39 min•Ep. 158
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we’re excited to have Yossy Arefi of Apt. 2B Baking Co. Yossy has worked as a baker in numerous NYC kitchens, and in the same analog way, she shoots with film, though emulations for Adobe Lightroom are catching up. Hear the click of her Pentax camera as we reflect on her Pacific Northwest Seattle upbringing and Iranian ancestry, #unfiltered. Thanks to our sponsor, Consider Bardwell . “Those moments where everything isn’t quite perfect or straight are more interesting an...
Aug 06, 2013•31 min•Ep. 157
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Anne Valette and Tenaya Da Silva come to proliferate the states as ambassadors for REVOL porcelain, an 11-generation, family-owned business that has shaped the way we serve food since 1789. Handmade in Southeast France near Lyon, they’ve reinvented the traditional cocotte , and imagined new forms like their crumpled tumbler . What tablewares will they think of next? This episode has been brought to you by The International Culinary Center . Thanks to Cookies for THE FOO...
Jul 23, 2013•33 min•Ep. 156
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Alex Cruz, founder/partner/sales rep for Société-Orignal, specializes in Québécois provisions. Locally sourced, foraged as far as the Boreal forest, from seahorse honey to raw Laurentian honeydew , camelina oil to artic rose , it’s a partnership supporting the Canadian farmers and families whom provide for their supply chain. Oh, and their 70 brix maple syrup is pretty good… Thanks to our sponsor, Fairway Market . Thanks to Cookies for today’s music. “Gastron...
Jul 16, 2013•35 min•Ep. 155
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we learn that Chez Jose is much more than a pop-up restaurant- it’s a purpose. Jose Ramirez-Ruiz grew up on the small island of Puerto Rico. He became worldly through cooking. His food reflects a journey- from Michelin starred kitchens, to European gardens. An ideology borrowed from a mentor, Oriol Rovira of Els Casals in Spain, to 1. “Tencat Cercles” (close the circles) and 2. create and follow your own train of thought, brings Jose to the vegetable focused forefront, ...
Jul 09, 2013•35 min•Ep. 154
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Jen Pelka, aka tumblr’s “Food & Beverage Evangelist”, gives us an insider’s look at what’s hot in the world of food blogs, all while keeping a tab of her own adventures as she traverses the globe, champagneproblems.tumblr.com. She’s also a meme maker, nailsandnosh.tumblr.com, and celebrates the trendiest in roughage like a boss, omgkalesalad.tumblr.com. Jen lives the epicure’s life, as noted on her recent Grub Street Diet), and through the lens of Food & Wine ‘s...
Jul 02, 2013•30 min•Ep. 153
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, photographer Penny De Los Santos has been contributing insight into our world’s food traditions through her lens. Seen in National Geographic and Saveur magazines, her images speak for themselves (her powerful TEDx talk speaks volumes as well). Traveling to over 30 countries on assignment, from photographing a single meal in Beirut during Ramadan, to spending time with citrus vendors on the Tex-Mex border, Penny doesn’t blur the line where food and culture meet- she giv...
Jun 25, 2013•44 min•Ep. 152
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN- Gaby Dalkin of the profoundly popular blog, WhatsGabyCooking.com – takes us through her time working as a personal chef for Jessica Simpson, to her much-publicized Slutty Brownies (which made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno), and now, her first cookbook, Absolutely Avocados , a compendium of recipes past the traditional guacamole (NOTE: there are 8 awesome iterations of new guacs if you’re wondering). Avocado-coconut ice cream, anyone? Thanks to our spon...
Jun 18, 2013•37 min•Ep. 151
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Patricia Curtan is a printmaker, long associated with Alice Waters. If you’ve ever been to Chez Panisse in Berkley, CA, it’s Patrica’s letterpress, woodcut and linoleum block reliefs, which have graced the restaurant’s menus for over 40 years. Inspired by 16th century European herbals and Japanese ukiyo-e prints, Patricia’s art can also be seen in the book Menus for Chez Panisse – illustrating her influences, drawn from nature, documenting the tactile, temporal experien...
Jun 11, 2013•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 150
This week on THE FOOD SEEN, we’re lucky enough to be joined by Sarah Suzuki, curator of the Dieter Roth exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), “Wait, Later This Will Be Nothing: Editions by Dieter Roth”. From “Literaturwurst”(sausages made of books), passing cheese through a printing press, to Roth’s “P.O.TH.A.A.VFB” (Portrait of an Artist As A Bird Food Bust) chocolate sculptings … this show will have you hunger for more … book sausage. Hurry up as the show’s only up until JUNE 24th! Th...
Jun 04, 2013•34 min•Ep. 149
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Alice Gao is the queen of social media food photography. A legend on Flickr, and now a leader on Instagram, her half a million followers can’t wait to see what she eats next, and where she dines. Born in China, raised in NJ, she was lost in between the classic Szechuan dish, “Ants Climbing A Tree”, and the familiar “Ants on a Log” of most American’s childhood. It wasn’t until the collegiate publication Penn Appétit, that she combined her passion for photography, with th...
May 28, 2013•30 min•Ep. 148
Erin Jang spent years as a designer in the publishing world, working with Rachael Ray, Esquire , and Martha Stewart. For her apropos project, FOOD SKETCHES, she now illustrates her favorite dishes, seen as abstract shapes, lines, colors, forms, textures, though easily identified if you’ve ever had Flour Bakery’s Boston Cream Pie or the Kung Pao Pastrami at Mission Chinese Food. All this from the girl who wanted nothing more than Lunchables as a child, but instead, was sent to school with bulgogi...
May 21, 2013•32 min•Ep. 147
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we’re affected by the always -nspired Emilie Baltz, a multi-disciplinary French-American artist, who’s wild and widely ranging body of work examines how we interact with food on a cultural level. Recently her L.O.V.E. FOODBOOK , which explores our relationship between food and emotion, won the prestigious Best First Cookbook award at the Festival du Livre Culinaire in Paris. Now she readies herself for a summer in France teaching food design through SVA. You ask, “what ...
May 14, 2013•43 min•Ep. 146
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Michael Harlan Turkell hosts a special one-hour episode devoted to The Food Book Fair. Founder Elizabeth Thacker Jones will talk about all of the exciting additions to this year’s lineup, as we’re joined by a few of those guests in studio. Oliver Strand, a NYTimes coffee contributor, and Lars K. Huse of illustration and coffee , discuss their upcoming FBF Coffee Crawl . Melia Marden, chef/owner of The Smile, discusses her new cookbook, Modern Mediterranean . Christophe ...
Apr 30, 2013•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 145
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, brothers Chris and Nick Schonberger share a passion for nachos. For real, if not for their familiar nacho bond, they’re barely brothers. Luckily, their job begets nacho hunting. As editors of First We Feast, a website where food is delivered through pop culture, they aim to bring long lasting relevance to the fads we eat. Interviewing game-changing chefs on the “10 Dishes that Made Their Career”, to curating insider guides on what to eat where and when, this ain’t your ...
Apr 23, 2013•40 min•Ep. 144
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Diana Yen, of the multidisciplinary creative studio The Jewels of NY, reveals her approach to setting the mood around a menu. Built out of a home product design background, Diana’s vision of culinary arts draws from her collection of antique flatware (e.g. cornichon ejector forks), her love of fancying food with gold leaf and caviar, and setting desserts on fire! As she works towards completing her first cookbook, based around New York’s finest seasonal moments, like su...
Apr 16, 2013•37 min•Ep. 143
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we go Dutch with Yvette Van Boven, an artist/illustrator who owns the cafe and catering service, Aan De Amstel, in Amsterdam, and produces the playful Home Made cookbooks. Yvette’s here to dispel any idea that the Netherlands are nothing more than herring and Heineken. Get ready for some bitterballen and Beerenburg! Thanks to our sponsor, Fairway Market , and thanks to Cookies for THE FOOD SEEN theme music. “We keep a small menu (at Aan De Amstel) because we don’t want ...
Apr 09, 2013•43 min•Ep. 142
Michael Fusco’s love of food is not a facade, but often his work is (in the architectural sense). All signage points to his tasty restaurant and foodstuff logos from the likes of Wheelhouse Pickles, Ovenly, Rob Newton’s Smith Canteen and Nightingale 9 – just to name a few. He’s currently working on a cookbook with The Meat Hook, beefing up the fact that good graphics beget good food, and further cooking up design that make us want to eat with our eyes. This episode has been brought to you by Who...
Apr 02, 2013•42 min•Ep. 141
Chef Michael Solomonov takes his birthright to heart. Born in Israel, raised in Pittsburg, it wasn’t until his late teens that Michael returned to his homeland and his inner cuisine spoke to him. He didn’t speak Hebrew, so he learned to bake burekas (spinach pies) innately. Eventually making way to Philly, Michael opened Zahav restaurant, his ode to modern Israeli food. Plentiful of hummus, mezzes, and kebabs, all inclusive of the “Mesibah” (Party Time), which highlights a whole roast lamb shoul...
Mar 26, 2013•37 min•Ep. 140
