A 6,000 year old history that likely started with an accident!

What are ways that the pandemic is nudging us to work with delicious microbes?” During a time when antibacterial soaps and wipes are flying off shelves, why are people cultivating microbes at home? Melissa Metrick (NYU Urban Farm Lab/Nutrition and Food Studies Department) and Wythe Marschall talk about how the...

Buckle your seat belt, we're getting experimental over here. First up, Dave tells how Adam Leonti's bread changed Dave's whole perspective on what bread could be. Then Adam and the crew run through a variety of listener questions, all read by friends and frenemies of the show. Topics include milling...

Fuhmentaboudit! is back for the 2016 season! Hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett sit down with fellow Heritage Radio Network host, Harry Rosenblum of Feast Yr Ears, for a thorough discussion on vinegars. In the throws of writing his own book on vinegar, Harry explains that vinegar is a traditionally...

Beehive Oven was founded in 2013 by Treva Chadwell and her husband John and reflects a heritage that spans generations. Chef Treva Chadwell was classically trained at the Institute of Culinary Education, but learned how to make the best heritage meals with her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother as well as...

Cheers! This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme open up the show with a great recap of fermentastic events before introducing Louise Leonard to the program. Louise is a chef, food personality, stylist, and booze lover who was recently crowned the winner of Season 2 of ABC's...

This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett kick off their 101st episode with some festive brew announcements before playing an interview done earlier in the year with Jenni Lyons of Happy Leaf Kombucha in Denver, CO. The hosts talk to Jenni about how she got started fermenting...

Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are talking yeast and community supported beer with Anthony Accardi and Rob Kolb Transmitter Brewing! Transmitter is moving to Long Island City to provide farmhouse ales for New York City! Tune into this episode to learn how Rob and Anthony define farmhouse styles, and hear...

Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme continue to identify off-flavors on this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit! Once again, Mary and Chris are joined by BR Rolya, and also by newcomer and brewer extraordinaire, John Naegele. Hear about the importance of sanitation in homebrewing. How does clean equipment prevent against acetobacter? Tune...

If you want to make beer, you're going to need yeast. But what is yeast? This week on Fuhmentaboudit! Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme are joined in the studio by Chris Lovrich of Brooklyn Homebrew to demystify the fungus. Listen in to hear how Chris harvests yeasts from the air...