On the 200th episode of THE FOOD SEEN, the lovely Julia Bainbridge, food editor for Yahoo Food, uses an anthropological approach to decipher our trending foodways. A native of Maryland’s crab, lake trout, and pit beef cuisine, her journey into food media was one through forming her sense of style. It shows in the parties she throws, as Julia’s an impeccable hostess, who uses fashion and wit to seamlessly weave pop and past cultures together for an unforgettable scene. She also knows where all th...
Aug 05, 2014•40 min•Ep. 199
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, comedian Max Silvestri, brings his humorous perspective to the world of food. This summer, he’ll be co-hosting FYI Network’s “The Feed” with Top Chef and Food & Wine’s Gail Simmons, as well as chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson. Max is also releasing his first stand-up comedy album, King Piglet, which touches on the finer points of gastronomy, like what groceries to shop for during hurricane preparation. Tune in for a hilarious conversation about eve...
Jul 29, 2014•42 min•Ep. 198
On today’s episode of The Food Seen, “Big Bad Chef” John Currence, heads north from New Orleans, finding his home, and his calling, in Oxford, Mississippi. With him, he brought the culinary archaeology of his heritage, taking cues from the Gulf Coast, and inflecting his food with Southern traditions. As a member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, John’s penchant to preserve and proliferate regional cuisine in America’s South, from techniques like pickling, canning, brining, smoking, and slatheri...
Jul 22, 2014•38 min•Ep. 197
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Patrick Martins, founder of Heritage Foods USA, and our dear radio station HeritageRadioNetwork.org, has authored his first book (with the help of another host of HRN, Mike Edison of Art & Seizures), In “The Carnivore’s Manifesto”, Patrick explains how to eat well, responsibly, and eat meat. A collection of edifying essays, further reenforcing our need to play an active role in the sustainable food movement, to assure a better (and more delicious) world i...
Jul 15, 2014•41 min•Ep. 196
JJ Goode is a highly sought after cookbook writer. He used to be an intern at eGullet, then a fact checker at Saveur. Now, he collaborates with the likes of April Bloomfield (“A Girl and Her Pig”), Roberto Santibanez (“Truly Mexican” & “Tacos, Tortas, and Tamales”), Andy Ricker (“Pok Pok”), and Dale Talde. His essays, “One-Arm Mirepoix” appeared in Leite’s Culinariaand “Single Handed Cooking” in Gourmet, and since then, he’s had the upper hand. He’s this week’s guest on The Food Seen as he c...
Jul 02, 2014•41 min•Ep. 195
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Adam H. Weinert, a dancer and choreographer, takes the teachings of Ted Shawn, a pioneer of American modern dance, and inflects the agrarian ideals first conceptualized at Jacob’s Pillow, initially a farm property in the Berkshires, now home to America’s longest running dance festival. How does the physical labor of farming inform the movements of modern dance? Find out on The Food Seen! This program was brought to you by Rolling Press . “Space and time are v...
Jun 24, 2014•31 min•Ep. 194
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN , Christy Harrison, a nutritionist specializing in eating disorders and obesity explores the intersections of food and psychology through her podcast Food Psych . Christy also holds a Master’s degree in Public Health Nutrition, has worked at the NYC Department of Health, and been an editor and writer for the likes of Gourmet , Modernist Cuisine , and CHOW . Hear how eating disorders can affect anyone, and what nutritional tips may just help us to overcome them...
Jun 17, 2014•37 min•Ep. 193
On today’s episode of The Food Seen , Michael Harlan Turkel is joined by Anna Curran of Cookbook Create. Anna has produced a platform to personally publish cookbooks through the click of a button. How did this trained artist, printmaker, and dancer, bring her background in fine arts to the technology front? Anna curated the SXSW Interactive Cookbook, which includes CEOs of companies like Foursquare, Buzzfeed, and Craigslist, contributing such recipe (and prose) as Mama Crowley’s Mac & Cheese...
Jun 10, 2014•33 min•Ep. 192
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Brooklyn butcher Tom Mylan, runs The Meat Hook. It’s not just a supermarket for burgers and sausage, it’s an institution, a school for buying, butchering, and cooking better meat, which is almost verbatim the subtitle of his new cookbook, The Meat Hook Meat Book. I was lucky enough to be the photographer on this project, and aside from an 11 lb pinbone steak grilled on rooftop, and shooting 3D spreads of pigs in space, it was Tom’s prose on proteins that make...
Jun 03, 2014•48 min•Ep. 191
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, meet Jamie Bissonnette, who was a punk rock listening, straight edge vegan, rocking out to hardcore bands like Bad Brains and Gorilla Biscuits, before he found the culinary arts. Now he’s chef/partner tapas restaurants, Toro (Boston) and Toro (NYC), as well as Italian enoteca, Coppa, in Boston’s South End. How has his collaborations with Chef Ken Oringer, set new standards for Spanish cuisine in the USA, continued to manage their clientele’s high expectations...
May 27, 2014•38 min•Ep. 190
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Jody Williams has single-handedly revived a fading bistro culture with her West Village outpost of Buvette. But how did an American open a French gastrotheque and wine bar in NYC, only to be courted by the French and export said concept back to Paris, after years of cooking in small Italian restaurants? In her new cookbook, “Buvette: The Pleasure of Good Food”, Jody best explains her passion for sharing great meals, staying open all day, and making the very b...
May 20, 2014•35 min•Ep. 189
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we’re invited into the world of The Heath, the restaurant within The McKittrick Hotel, home of production company Punchdrunk’s “Sleep No More”, an avant-garde interactive play. To pair with such a performance, Chef R.L. King immerses himself in the scene; hazily lit, with jazz in the air, reminiscent of the dining room from The Shining, but instead of Lloyd (the bartender), there are elegantly dressed hosts elegantly dressed in white, there to serve you with glimmering ...
May 13, 2014•34 min•Ep. 188
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we’re all bubbly about Belinda Chang, the champagne educator for Moët Hennessy USA. We’ll be pouring over the 5 maisons, Krug, Dom Perignon, Moët & Chandon, Ruinart, and Veuve Clicquot, from doux to extra brut, talking grapes, vineyards, vintages, and all things pertaining to the champenoise method. We’ll even learn some etiquette, from how to open a bottle, pour, and what flutes to use, all while sharpening our sabering skills. This program was sponsored by Cain ...
Apr 29, 2014•38 min•Ep. 187
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, we’re talking floats, sundaes, egg creams, & more with Brooklyn Farmacy’s brother & sister team, Peter Freeman and Gia Giasullo. With the release of their new book, “The Soda Fountain”, they not only document their own efforts to open up what is now a neighborhood destination, but they also celebrate the history of a classic American establishment. From the days of Rx to the soda fountain’s recent revival, they channel a century worth of “soda jerks” ...
Apr 23, 2014•37 min•Ep. 186
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Adam Dulye is the chef behind San Francisco bars Monk’s Kettle and The Abbot’s Cellar. There he serves menus of food & beverage pairings, exalting beer as the drink of choice. Growing up in Kansas City, a place that celebrates burnt ends, Adam’s first beer was not a Budweiser, but instead a local Boulevard Wheat. From party balls in culinary school, Guinness for après-ski on the slopes of Aspen, to his hop exposure in Portland OR, beer had yet to have a place at th...
Apr 15, 2014•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 185
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, photographer Erin Gleeson left the concrete jungle of NYC for Northern California, finding herself surrounded by the wilderness she grew up in. What came out of this rediscovery, was a reflection of her connection with this natural setting, through the lens of her lovely blog, The Forest Feast. It was actually years prior, during a college semester in Bologna, that had peaked her interest in the simplicity of cuisine, her intrigue continued by the documenting the intric...
Apr 08, 2014•44 min•Ep. 184
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, we learn facts, not fiction about April Fools’ Day from the man of miscellany, Ben Schott. In Mr. Schott’s books, from annuals of Schott’s Almanacs to volumes of Schott’s Miscellanies, which include a Food & Drink edition, you’ll find all the needed trivia for your next dinner party. Lately, Mr. Schott’s exploration of the “Secret Languages” in bars and the restaurant world has appeared in the New York Times Op-Ed. This program was sponsored by The Wiscon...
Apr 01, 2014•39 min•Ep. 183
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, the UK invasion begins with Lorraine Pascale, a chef and cookbook author, was also the first black British model to grave the cover of American Elle. Now a professional pastry chef, how did Lorraine keep her figure for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit shoots? It’s simple actually, as she shares in her cookbooks such as, A Lighter Way To Bake. With perseverance, a sweet tooth, and a smile, Lorraine is here to teach us her kitchen rules … made easy. This program was sponsored ...
Mar 25, 2014•36 min•Ep. 182
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Lisa Gross, founder/CEO of The League of Kitchens, grew up in NYC, daughter of a Korean immigrant and a Jewish New Yorker, all the while eating soup, either doenjang-guk (soy bean paste soup) and matzo ball that is. Her work as an artist, educator, and social entrepreneur has always questioned the values and perceptions of social history, cross-cultural relations, domestic space, and national identity. Projects like The Boston Tree Party, an urban agricultural and polit...
Mar 18, 2014•38 min•Ep. 181
On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Rawia Bishara’s journey from Nazareth to New York, carries a soulful tradition through Middle Eastern cuisine, but she also introduces powerful new flavor profiles through her personal approach to cooking as experienced at Tanoreen in Brooklyn. In her first cookbook, “Olives, Lemons & Za’atar”, many of those restaurant dishes are put into an intimate context, from lunching under olive trees in Northern Israel, to mixing in Moroccan spices to stews during ...
Mar 11, 2014•39 min•Ep. 180
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Henry Hargreaves left his native New Zealand for “the big OE” (overseas experience) and found an unexpected job opportunity in Bangkok. A man with a camera asked him to pose, and there launched his modeling career, working on campaigns for the likes of Prada. But while on photo shoots, he realized that he actually wanted to be behind the lens. He started shooting food for restaurants, but there was a playfulness missing. He worked as a bartender at Schiller’s to support...
Mar 04, 2014•43 min•Ep. 179
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Jane Coxwell’s wanderlust landed her first job as a chef cooking on the world’s largest yacht. Now chef for Diane Von Furstenburg and Barry Diller, she sails the Eos through the world’s culinary ports, exploring cuisine through direct experiences with natives. Lucky for us, she turned her travel diary into a cookbook; Fresh Tasty Happy. On the menu: Bircher muesli for breakfast, DVF’s favorite lentil soup, Vietnamese beef salad with rice noodles and avocado, a pale ale ...
Feb 25, 2014•41 min•Ep. 178
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, curator Brett Littman, after a 37 course, 6+ hour meal at elBulli in Roses, Spain, took a chance and sent chef Ferran Adriá an email, inquiring whether or not he drew. A few weeks later, a response … and now after more than two years of sorting through decades of archives, The Drawing Center (NYC) is proud to present “Notes on Creativity”, a show about thought process and analytical evolution, raising the question, can a chef be an “artist”? Let’s see what 1846 origina...
Feb 18, 2014•45 min•Ep. 177
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN we visit Heath Ceramics new San Francisco factory/showroom, right in the heart of the Mission District. There, Robin Petravic (Co-owner/Managing Director) and Catherine Bailey (Co-owner/Creative Director), are transparent about the production of their tableware, as the company has been since it’s start in 1948 over the bridge in Marin County. Heath’s been defining the “complexity of simplicity” for decades, from their 1940’s Coupe line, to their 1960’s Rim, 1980’s Plaza,...
Feb 11, 2014•43 min•Ep. 176
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Nick Balla, co-chef of Bar Tartine in San Francisco, used to call everything pickles. Raised in Michigan, land of sour cherries and asparagus, Nick was draw to strong and sour flavors, even eating lemons as a child. But it was his Hungarian heritage and it’s distinctly different European cuisine that became a central inspiration in Nick’s life. Budapest is set right in the middle of spice trading routes, has been populated by nomads, and it’s food gave a new meaning to ...
Feb 04, 2014•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 175
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Samantha Rose takes an ordinary silicone spatula and “gets it right”. She was so adamant at applying intelligent design to everyday products, that she even named the company GIR “Get It Right”. But why the spatula? Well, it’s just a start. With a background marketing clients like Coca-Cola, GE, and Target, who knows what Samantha will reinvent next? This program has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery . Thanks to Four Lincolns . “The spatulas are my poetry for ...
Jan 28, 2014•37 min•Ep. 174
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Roberta Bendavid’s eye for beauty was cultivated through years in NYC as a fashion publicist. When she left Manhattan for Blooming Hill Organic Farm in the Hudson Valley, she began exploring her passion in floristry. Roberta would sell what she grew at the Union Square Greenmarket, meeting Danny Meyer in his pre-Gramercy Tavern days. When the restaurant was opened, Roberta was asked to display her work on the harvest table. Two decades later she still arranges her elabo...
Jan 21, 2014•37 min•Ep. 173
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Ben Jacobsen’s relationship with salt began in Denmark, not while growing up in Vermont baking fresh bread and watching his mother’s spinach soufflé rise. He was studying for an MBA, when his then girlfriend gave him the gift of finishing salt. From then on, Ben would splurge on small packets of Scandinavian salt that he’d never be without. Upon moving back to the states, Ben started an experiment in Portland, Oregon, one that took 2 1/2 years of trail and error until J...
Jan 14, 2014•34 min•Ep. 172
On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Per Anders & Lotta Jorgensen produce Fool Magazine, named “Best Food Magazine in the World” by the Gourmand Awards, as a way to display new perspectives in “food photography”, and bring light to the unseen stories of our global gastronomy. With the release of #4 The Italian Issue , they explore the purity of regional cooking on mainland Italy with Massimo Bottura in Modena, it’s affinity in Nordic cuisine at Copenhagen’s Relae with Christian Puglisi, and it’s geneal...
Jan 08, 2014•46 min•Ep. 171
On the last episode of THE FOOD SEEN in 2013, actor Kyle MacLachlan brings his bold character and sensible approach to the show, and we’re just talking about his wines. Pursued By Bear, deep ripe cabernets made with Dunham Cellars in Walla Walla, WA, shows similar “smooth and velvety” notes as Special Agent Dale Cooper fromTwin Peaks, “hints of sage of mint” alike The Mayor of Portlandia, and enough “acidity for freshness” as his roles in Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives … We’ll wrap with ...
Dec 17, 2013•35 min•Ep. 170
