In this episode, James Edward Malin talks with Gastronomica’s Jessica Carbone about the history of seltzer in New York City. Drawing together histories of migration with histories of public health, engineering, and urban infrastructure, James sheds light on how soda water eventually came to be Jewish food icon. In discussing...

An engineer by day, Rich Shih moonlights as Jean Dough, Koji Extraordinaire, by night. We’ll be talking about his hugely popular blog, Our Cook Quest, his crazy ferment projects — can you really umeboshi anything and everything?! — why he’s here in NYC this weekend, and the exciting projects he...

Robert Olivier, founder of GrubTubs, Inc. invents and develops all aspects of insect based technologies, from conceptual design work to prototyping and final fabrication. Currently he is engineering a bioconversion facility in Austin, TX, to transform food waste into animal feed. Olivier holds a bachelor's degree in environmental sciences and...

Today on We Dig Plants, hosts Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen DeVito do their part to contribute to the "robots will take our jobs" story! Our guest: Rory Aronson, the creator of the FarmBot. This robot is installed above a planter box, before Raspberry Pi, a rudimentary (and cheap) computer...

Published September 2nd, 2014 Running time: 18 Minutes Trained in biochemistry, education and public policy, Imran Khan is not your typical foodie but his recent work could change the future of how we farm, eat and govern.

Sandi Skerk produces about 24,000 bottles annually, about 420 cases of each wine. All of his vineyards are farmed organically. Many of them are located directly in front of his house though he has a few that are a bit further away. His main plantings are of Vitovska, Malvasia and...

It's the douchiest episode of Nothing Urgent ever! This week, Derek Evers and Christopher Robbins sit down with Irene Plagianos, writer for DNA Info. Recently the oldest douche in New York was uncovered in City Hall, and we aren't talking politicians. Learn about Chrysalis Archeologist Consultants, and some of the...

On today's episode of the business of The Business, host Phil Colicchio continues his conversation from last week with guest Dr. Martin O'Neil, director of the hospitality program at Auburn University. This week, Martin tells us all about what makes the Auburn Hospitality Management program unique. After the break, Martin...

This week on Chef's Story, Charles Phan, owner and executive chef of The Slanted Door in San Francisco, joins host Dorothy Cann Hamilton for part two of a conversation about Charles' special memories, beliefs, inspirations, and passions of his craft. Part two explores deeper into Charles' life, and further explains...

On this HRN Community Session, Leah Eden sits down with Matt Spolar, reporter for Retro Report. Retro Report is a media outlet that revisits new stories of the past to make sense of the present. Leah and Matt talk about Matt's recent story on the "Flavr Savr", a genetically modified...