What does it mean to “eat healthy”? Gastronomica Co-Chair Dan Bender hosts Jason Edward Pagaduan in a conversation about the moral underpinnings of food. Drawing on his newly published story in Gastronomica, Jason shares his experience in a suburban mall walkers club, where he encountered unexpected ways to care for...

Cathy calls up Dr. Marcia Chatelain, scholar, speaker and Professor at Georgetown University whose latest book, Franchise, examines the intersection of the post-1968 civil rights struggle and the rise of fast food industry. Marcia talks about how the fast food industry targeted Black communities, leading to a troubling success story...

Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald’s have long symbolised capitalism’s villainous effects on our nation’s most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighbourhoods in the first place? Historian Marcia Chatelain whose new...

Co-hosts Emily Pearson, Patrick Martins and Brandon Hoy are in the studio with chef friend Trigg Brown of WinSon and WinSon Bakery talking all things fast food, Thanksgiving, favorite cuts of meat, bread, sauces and more! The Main Course is powered by Simplecast.

ILSI is a secretive lobbying group that is deployed by major food companies to push their agenda in legislative matters. Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio. Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite...

Plant-based burgers and beef have dominated the recent headlines. Everyone from McDonald’s to Costco, Trader Joe’s and Nestlé, announced new plant-based burger offerings. Simultaneously, news outlets are debating whether or not beef is good for the planet and good for people. On this episode of Tech Bites, Shack Shack's VP...

This fall, HRN is heading west to take in the sights, sounds, and tastes of Feast Portland. To gear up for our coverage of the festival, we're bringing you a look into some of the weekend's most anticipated events. Thursday, September 13th, 6-9pm Click here for more info tickets...

It's BurgerTime! Not the Nintendo game. Harry's talking with Chris Kronner today about Kronnerburger and his new book A Burger to Believe In. It's July, grills are going, and that means burgers. It's a quintessentially American food, and it's served all over the place from fast food to slow food...

Today’s guest is Daniel Patterson, chef, food writer and restaurateur behind some of California’s best restaurants. Daniel started Daniel Patterson Group in 2006 with Coi, a small, quirky fine dining restaurant that helped to change how people cook in Northern California. Over the last ten years he and his team...

Mike is back with a vengeance and has taken the co-anchor seat while Patrick is away, and he and Erica bring the stories about the regulation of tuna fishing, celebrity fast-food endorsements that make people eat garbage, and the literal garbage that fish are eating to their doom. Mike also...