One of Jimmy’s favorite guests, Julia Herz, is back to talk about the recent Learn to Homebrew Day Celebration! Julia Herz is the Executive Director of the American Homebrewers Association, and has been busy since she last spoke with Jimmy. Having started as a hobbyist before her lauded career in...

In The Build, we’re following one chef’s journey to open a brand new restaurant, from signing the lease until the doors actually open. If you haven't listened to the first episode, you should start there. In this episode, we hear some of our earliest recordings with Eric, where he fills...

As the incomparable bell hooks wrote in 2016, ‘To truly be free, we must choose beyond simply surviving adversity, we must dare to create lives of sustained optimal wellbeing and joy.’ From creating equitable opportunities in the dairy industry, to telling the quiet parts loudly about kitchen life during American...

One of the things you hear over and over is that pechuga – the mezcal made (often) by adding raw chicken (or turkey or venison or name-your-protein) – is a special spirit made for celebrations. But then you see novelty pechugas, made with bacon or al pastor. So what’s the...

This week we read a beautiful listener letter from Lori, who shares with us some complicated feelings regarding travel and celebration after the passing of her husband, Lou. Thank you, Lori, for sharing this letter with us ❤️ HRN is home to transformative exchanges about food. Our 35+ member-supported food...

Aarón Sánchez and Zarela Martínez detail every part of the tamal-making process!

Darryl McDaniels or “DMC” as most of the world knows him, one third of the groundbreaking rap group Run-DMC. He quickly became the most popular in terms of fans and it would be hard to very overstate his influence on popular culture. Simply put, he helped transform Rap and Hip...

CHWFF's Street Eats event was a celebration of Asian food and culture. Chefs Sam Fore, Lynn Hobart, and Ji Hye Kim taking join a roundtable discussion to talk about the event, fusion food, building bridges, and beyond. Sam Fore is a first-generation Sri Lankan-American chef from Lexington, Kentucky. She started...

The Executive Director of CHSWFF (Charleston Wine + Food Festival) joins us to talk about favorite memories from the 2020 festival, what the organization has planned for a virtual celebration in 2021, and how they're using this 'off' year to strategize on how to make future iterations of the festival...

Scenes of Victorian Christmas feasts conjure visions of roasting chestnuts on a lively fire, roast goose on the platter, and a flaming plum pudding with, of course some mince pie and fruitcake. British Food Historian Annie Gray discusses the history of the foods of Christmas past. Heritage Radio Network is...