On this week's episode Aarón and Zarela are thrilled to welcome Rafael Mier, the Founder and Director of Fundación Tortilla, to guide us through a deep dive on Corn. Rafael's mission is to preserve and popularize the many, wonderful heirloom varietals of corn that can be found all over Mexico...

On this episode Aarón and Zarela welcome their first guest: Zack Wangeman of Sobre Masa. Zack was born and raised in Oaxaca and interned with Aarón when he was only a teenager! Together they discuss the ins-and-outs of Mexican heirloom corn, including how it’s been farmed and used throughout history...

Ever wonder how your two pound burrito could possibly fit all of those ingredients without exploding? Well, that’s all thanks to masa, the corn flour used to make tortillas, sopas, and pupusas. While solid masa dough is traditionally sold in Mexican grocery stores in the refrigerator aisle, Bob’s Red Mill...

Tune in to hear Dave and Nastassia discuss vacuum packing meat, myoglobin, and the perfect temperature for cooking steaks. Dave also explains the process of corn nixtamalization, the chemistry that distinguishes the taste of a tortilla from that of cornmeal, and how to make perfect tortilla chips.

[audio mp3="https://heritageradionetwork.org/sites/default/files/wp-uploads/2015/10/Culinary-Legitimize-Your-Taco-with-Real-Tortillas.mp3"][/audio] Founder and CEO of Hot Bread Kitchen, Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez, dishes on the real pleasure of corn tortillas on Episode 255 of The Food Seen, with host Michael Harlan Turkell. HBK’s traditional nixtamal corn tortillas, made from freshly ground masa, are a signature bread of this innovative multi-ethnic...

On today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Hot Bread Kitchen founderJessamyn Waldman’s work used to focus on human rights, immigration advocacy, and education, and once she started baking, those principles still held true. From being the first female baker at Daniel restaurant, to baking out of a small walkup apartment...

Dave Arnold is back from Mexico and he has tons on his mind. Tune in for a brand new episode of Cooking Issues and learn about everything from nixtamalization to squash blossoms. Darren Vengroff of Meld calls in and the crew drinks some Proescco to celebrate Dave's recent James Beard...

Dave might be home this week - but that's not stopping him from hosting another jam-packed episode of Cooking Issues. Vacuum infusions, smoke, botulism, selzter, you name it - he's on it. Tune in as Dave calls in from home to answer a plethora of listener questions - including making...

This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio welcomes guest Gustavo Arellano to discus the history of the taco. Gustavo is the author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, an editor at OC weekly, and a contributing editor to the LA Times. Linda and Gustavo discuss...

Most of us eat breakfast every day, but we rarely think of the the origins behind the meal. From etymology to cultural history - go deeper behind breakfast on this week's episode of A Taste of the Past as Linda Pelacchio is joined by author of "Breakfast, A History", Heather...