On episode 121 of The Line, Eli Sussman welcomed fellow HRN host (and HRN board member) Todd Richards for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of the restaurant industry. The episode was recorded in-person at the new Rockefeller Center location of Samesa (Eli's restaurant) while Todd was in New York...

Chef Todd Richards is an award-winning chef known for his contemporary cooking style rooted in Soul & Southern cuisines. Todd is the founder of The Soulful Company Restaurant Group in Atlanta which includes Lake & Oak Neighborhood BBQ, Soul: Food & Culture, and the upcoming Kuro. He is also the...

Erika Council is a software engineer, writer/photographer, and biscuit-maker who runs the Bomb Biscuits pop-up in Atlanta and the Southern Soufflé website. I've known her for many years, and she actually provided the biscuit recipe for my book, Soul. I'm thrilled to have her on the show for our first...

Lawrence Weeks dedicated his heart to cooking as a child growing up in a Southern Creole/Cajun household in Louisville, KY. His professional career has spanned 10 years. After culinary school, Weeks seized the opportunity to work with award-winning chef Todd Richards at The Pig and The Pearl in Atlanta, where...

My man behind the line, Chef Duane Nutter joins me on this episode as we throwback to our old - much younger - days in the kitchen together. We learned so much and have taught each other even more in the last 20 years. This is a fun one so...

To kick off the podcast, I welcome my business partner Chef Joshua Lee. A native of the Atlanta neighborhood in which we opened our first restaurant, Josh has Soul roots that go deep. All the way down the street to his childhood church, in fact. Tune in as we talk...

Soul by Chef Todd Richards is a new podcast from HRN that explores the roots of southern food throughout the country and why food itself is a religious experience. Join Todd Richards, cookbook author, chef, and your host. On Soul we'll take the understanding of Southern Food - and it's...

Fall’s arrival is accompanied by colorful leaves and cool weather, as well as a new season of food podcasts here at HRN. This episode of Meat and Three is jam-packed with sneak peeks into our newest series. We’ll journey across the U.S. and around the world with chefs, entrepreneurs, and...

What’s big, green, and loaded with essential nutrients? This episode of Time For Lunch is all about Collard Greens. Hannah and Harry learn some special uses of this delicious and nutritious member of the brassica family from our friend, farmer Germaine Jenkins, Chef Todd Richards waxes poetic about dinosaurs and...

Fundraising for a restaurant project is no walk in the park. One can prepare to be met with under delivered expectations from most of your list of potential investors, often times including friends and family. Ghosted calls, delays and loan denials are a natural part of the territory that comes...