After a year’s worth of writing, editing, reflecting, then editing some more, we’ve finally finished our 33rd episode, four years after we had first l...
Ep. 32: The New Filipino Kitchen Authors Pt. 3 - Alexa Alfaro and Dalena Benavente on Navigating “Half”-Lives with Full Faith
This is the third installment in a special series of conversations with fellow authors of the recently published cookbook and anthology, "The New Fili...
Ep. 31: The New Filipino Kitchen Authors Pt. 2 - Katrina and Kristina Villavicencio and Alexa Alfaro on Expectations from Family to Food
This is the second installment in a special series of conversations with fellow authors of the recently published cookbook and anthology, "The New Fil...
Ep. 30: The New Filipino Kitchen Authors Pt. 1 - Joanne Boston, Chef Robert Menor, Chef Rodelio Aglibot on Kollaboration, Konfidence, and Filipino Kuisine
This is a special episode that is the first in a series of conversations with fellow authors of the recently published cookbook and anthology, "The Ne...
Ep. 29: Mary Cleaver - Local Food Pioneer on “Dirty” Food, Building Sustainable Businesses, and the Goddess of Smaller
Today’s guest - in our own backyard here in NYC - is Mary Cleaver, founder of the Cleaver Co. and proprietor of the just recently reincarnated Green T...
Ep. 28: Isabel Moura - The Traveling Polyglot on Learning Languages, the Necessity of Mistakes, and Things Lost in Translation
Today, I talk with Isabel Moura (full disclosure: she is also my Portuguese professor), who, during my visit to Brazil, introduced me to foods beyond ...
Ep. 27: Cynthia Glanzberg of One Tea - On Tea and Travel in the Time of Tribes
Today’s guest is Cynthia Glanzberg who I first met behind the counter of a tea house on a cold, snowy New York night. We chatted tea and travel for h...
Ep. 26: RG Enriquez aka “Astig Vegan” - On Plant-based Creativity, Lessons from the Newsroom, and Keeping Filipino Food’s Soul
Today’s episode may seem like an oxymoron: Filipino Vegan Food. There’s no way around it, today’s topic can be a bit touchy to some. There’s a lot to ...
Ep. 25: Allison Kopf of Agrilyst - The Inefficiency Killer on Focusing on the Right Things, Creating “Magical” Products, and Using Data to Feed the World
I first met our guest Allison Kopf, founder of Agrilyst, years ago at a Food Tech event and I’m especially excited about our conversation because it’s...
Ep. 24: Chef Lenny Russo - the Philosopher Chef on an Open Mind, Finding Common Ground, and Choosing to Evolve
Chef Lenny Russo is a forty year veteran of the food & beverage industry, a member of the U.S. Department of State American Chef Corps, participating ...