In this episode, we travel to Kansas City and St. Louis to learn about the impact of urban farming in the Midwest. We speak with Semra Fetahovic, a Program Manager at Cultivate KC, who helps train newly settled refugees to grow their own food…refugees like Ca Saw, a native of...

On today's episode, Zarela and Aarón are thrilled to welcome Chef Rodolfo Castallanos to talk about how traditional Mexican foodways are being reinterpreted in the contemporary Mexican culinary scene. Rodolfo starts by sharing his cooking philosophy - beginning with inspiration from the seasons and culminating in his return home to...

In the second episode of our mini-series on the state of labor, Sother Teague, host of The Speakeasy, talks to Maria Bastasch. Maria is a Partner at Disco Mary, a cocktail bar and collective of individuals passionate about plants, people, and partying like there IS a tomorrow. Sother and Maria...

On Tech Bites, the penultimate episode of the year is always a look back. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks about 2021 with returning guest Rachael Nemeth, co-founder, and CEO of Opus Training, a mobile-first learning platform that delivers chat-based micro-training to address the 80% of...

On this week's episode of Olfactory Issues, Dave, Nastassia and The Rest are joined by a supergroup of scientists. We have returning friends of the show Arielle Johnson Harold McGee, plus newcomer Sandeep Robert Datta. Dr. Datta has been researching the effects of COVID-19 on our sense of smell...

With restaurants working around constantly shifting COVID-19 regulations, it is more important than ever that all staff and stakeholders understand the current requirements. In this episode, guest host Jennifer Leuzzi talks to Rachael Nemeth, the CEO and co-founder of Opus Training. According to Rachael, nearly all training program technology is...

It's an honor to host Southern cuisine's true queen - Chef Mashama Bailey. Known for her soulful style in the kitchen of The Grey in Savannah, Georgia, Mashama was recently featured on Netflix's Chef's Table series. She talks her upbringing in The Bronx, her pathway to the South, and more...

We first chatted with Ben, Jason and Josh the team behind Giant in Chicago and now Chef's Special Cocktail Bar on January 14th in the midst of staff training. As you will soon hear one of the key reasons for opening Chef's Special was to provide new growth opportunities to...

This is a broadcast version of last month's Queer the Table Live event, in partnership with the Hetrick Martin House. Nico was joined by Vanessa Parish, Christopher Murray, Andre Springer and John DeBary to talk about the ways in which queer folks, and particularly QTPOC are nourishing their communities through...

On Friday March 13, 2020 the senior students of New York City’s Food and Finance High School got their senior sweaters. Part of the graduation traditions, they were scheduled to take their class photo on Monday. Before that could happen, NY announced all public schools closing on Monday, in response...