The last year and a half has, amongst a few other things, upended the way we eat. We’ve embraced eating at home, whether it be cooking for ourselves or feasting on a bevy of elevated takeout menus. Giant grocery stores still exist, but many of us are ordering our staples...

Chef Todd Richards is an award-winning chef known for his contemporary cooking style rooted in Soul & Southern cuisines. Todd is the founder of The Soulful Company Restaurant Group in Atlanta which includes Lake & Oak Neighborhood BBQ, Soul: Food & Culture, and the upcoming Kuro. He is also the...

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, now is a time to reflect on what we've endured. The audio I'm sharing today was collected in those first weeks of the pandemic, when restaurants, bars, and cafes sat dark and quiet across the nation. Owners were unsure if they...

Erika Council is a software engineer, writer/photographer, and biscuit-maker who runs the Bomb Biscuits pop-up in Atlanta and the Southern Soufflé website. I've known her for many years, and she actually provided the biscuit recipe for my book, Soul. I'm thrilled to have her on the show for our first...

Shaun Chavis is a cookbook editor and the CEO of LVNGbook - a customizable cookbook to help people feel more confident about making healthy lifestyle changes, especially people with chronic illnesses. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism, a culinary arts degree, and a master’s degree in gastronomy from Boston...

Lawrence Weeks dedicated his heart to cooking as a child growing up in a Southern Creole/Cajun household in Louisville, KY. His professional career has spanned 10 years. After culinary school, Weeks seized the opportunity to work with award-winning chef Todd Richards at The Pig and The Pearl in Atlanta, where...

On this episode, I am so happy to have another dear friend and culinary brother on the line. Chef David Rose started out at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary College, which brought him to Atlanta, and he's become a Food Network TV personality and brand ambassador for Nissan USA and Big...

In this episode, I welcome my dear friend and long time collaborator, Jerry Slater. From our years in Louisville together to our days at the Atlanta airport, we sure have some stories to tell! Listen in! Photo Courtesy of Jerry Slater Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast...

This week, Matthew is sharing his conversation with brontë velez, the creative director of Lead to Life, an Oakland-based collective dedicated to racial and environmental justice led by Black and queer artists, healers and ecologists. Matthew learned about the organization through this short film, which captures a public ceremony held...

Due to the increasing number of covid cases across the US, the CDC has recommended that people celebrate the holiday with people in their own households. This means, the best advice is to forgo both traveling and gathering extended families and friends. This is a tough call for a lot...