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Coronavirus and the food system

Latest Episodes

Cooking Issues

Emulating the Ocean's Sound

On today's episode of Customer Service Issues Dave, Nastassia and The Rest  tell you everything you need to know about cephalopods*, pressure cookers, roto vaps, food-adjacent doom metal, the relative merits of Popeye's and FKC, raw fish safety, raw onion fingers, snail milking, and much much more. 
The Speakeasy

All Roads Lead to Rhum

Live from Haiti Rhum Barbancourt CEO Delphine Gardere joins the band to talk the history of rhum, making spirits as a woman and what the history of Barbancourt means for her home.

All in the Industry ®️

David Nayfeld, Che Fico, Che Fico Alimentari; The Main Ingredient podcast

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Bay Area native David Nayfeld, Executive Chef and Co-Owner of the award-winning restaurants Che Fico and Che Fico Alimentari in San Francisco, CA.

The Grape Nation

Victoria James, Beverage Director, Cote Korean Steakhouse talks about her new book "Wine Girl"

Victoria James is an award-winning Sommelier and Beverage Director at Michelin starred Cote Korean Steakhouse in NYC. Victoria’s road to success was not an easy one as documented in her new memoir “Wine Girl” The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America’s Youngest Sommelier”.

Queer The Table

Rest + Resilience With Ianne Fields Stewart

This week, Nico speaks to Ianne Fields Stewart.  Ianne is the founder of the Okra Project, an organization that hires Black trans chefs to go into the homes of other Black trans people to prepare a delicious home-cooked meal, building community along the way.  

Item 13: An African Food Podcast

Low Carb African Dining with Tayo Oredola

This week’s guest is Tayo Oredola, the food photographer, recipe developer, and writer at lowcarbafrica.com.

Originally from Nigeria, Tayo lives in Austin, TX with her husband and two kids. Her background is in software engineering but she is passionate about food and developing new recipes.
Cutting the Curd

Jessica Kesselman's visit!

Introducing friend of the podcast - and future guest host - Jessica Kesselman! She and Diane discuss her cheese experience thru the years, and tackle how COVID-19 has drastically effected the cheese world and us all.

What Doesn't Kill You

Weather and agriculture

Michigan Meteorologist and professor of Geography at MSU, Jeff Andreson, joins to talk about how changing weather patterns are affecting agricultural communities.

 

Japan Eats!

The Chef Is A Robot

Our guest is Tez Sawanobori who is the founder and CEO of the Connected Robotics based in Tokyo. 

We have already seen various applications of robots to our daily life. For example, a Japanese older couple lives with a robot as their close friend to ease their loneliness. 

The Big Food Question

How Were Iowa Farmers Impacted by the August Derecho?

Hear from folks who were on the ground in Central Iowa during the Derecho storm in August. Despite Iowa’s history of weather extremes, the state struggled to bring relief to those affected. This episode focuses on the 14 million acres of crops that were flattened and shares how Iowa farmers are grappling with the storm’s aftermath. 
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