Our guest is Shuichi Kotani, a New York-based master soba chef with over 25 years of experience. After working at prestigious restaurants in Tokyo, including Gonpachi and the Michelin-starred Edo Soba Hosokawa, he came to New York in 2008 and successfully served as the executive chef at Soba Totto in...

How does grain cultivation relate to urban agriculture? How can growing food in cities function as art? As education? Why do so many people love flatbread? Amy Franceschini, founder of Futurefarmers, joins the Fields team to discuss these and other aspects of her work. We also talk about seed banking...

Kat Johnson and Liza Hamm sat down with participants of the Good Food Mercantile that took place at the Brooklyn Expo Center on Friday, June 29th. From Vermont cheese and New Orleans bitters to Italian capers and Afghan mulberries – there was a dazzling array of culinary delights on display...

The gluten intolerance of our stomachs has given rise to innumerable chemical replacements for commodity wheat. Can this demand also generate interest in heritage staple grains, like millet, teff and buckwheat? In Praise of Ancient Grains chats with panel Glenn Roberts, Chris Bianco, Chad Robertson, and Steve Jones to educate...

In the second episode of On the Road with Beer Sessions Radio, travel with host Jimmy Carbone to the edge of the wild. In the Catskills region of New York State, you will meet craft beverage producers who work independently to create unique products. This area used to have a...

In the second episode of On the Road with Beer Sessions Radio, travel with host Jimmy Carbone to the edge of the wild. In the Catskills region of New York State, you will meet craft beverage producers who work independently to create unique products. This area used to have a...

This week's featured guest is Sonoko Sakai. Soba noodle maker, advocate, cooking teacher, writer, film industry veteran-the diversely talented Sonoko Sakai has perhaps had an atypical career path, but it’s one that has provided multiple outlets for creativity, seeing the world, and having a voice. Born in New York but...

"Kampai!" or "Cheers!" This week on Japan Eats host Akiko Katayama welcomes Stephen Lyman to the studio talking all about the Japanese alcoholic beverage shochu. Founder and editor of Kampai!, Stephen explains his devotion to shochu, of which he is an expert and shares his travels to Kyushu (where 90%+...

This week on The Farm Report, host Erin Fairbanks welcomes back Rodney Dow to the show talking more on honey and honey bees! Jumping right in, Erin asks how exactly a beekeeper procures flavored honey such as buckwheat, acacia, alfalfa, and orange blossom. As it turns out, terroir is not...

What makes good quality malting barley? Where is grain for beer sourced from? What do gluten free beers look like? How do you malt millet and other gluten-free grains? Tune into a grainy episode of Fuhmentaboudit, as Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett chat with Andrea Staley of Valley Malt and...