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Thanks for tuning and thanks to our guest Nick Leighton, a co-host of the podcast Were You Raised By Wolves? Some of the things discussed today: Where Do IPAs Come From? Is Plant Based Meat More Sustainable? Just a few more days to bid on the Nashville package, where you could win a VIP experience with Maggie Rose at the Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, dinner at Blue Aster, and 2 nights at the Russell Hotel. Bid today and help support these programs. Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks to Alex Ketchum for joining us to talk about the Queer Food Conference. A couple other links for the things mentioned: Culture + Flavor—Klancy Miller Beer Sessions—10 Years of Transmitter Brewing Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us today, and thanks to our guest Elizabeth Fisher. Among the topics discussed: Marine Stewardship Council + Earth Day The Fight for Dairy Diversity in Public Schools Coffee drinking hits record high Mitigate your exposure to “forever chemicals” in food Culture + Flavor—Klancy Miller Beer Sessions—10 Years of Transmitter Brewing Snacky Tunes—Jess Damuck (health nut) Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us for this special episode with two interviews, one with Capri Cafaro and one with Maggie Rose. Among the topics covered today: America the Bountiful from Capri Cafaro Maggie Rose and the special Nashville Charity Buzz auction package The Food Section—Bureau Chiefs Picks Good Food podcast on recipes from Gaza, berry pie, and more Why the all-night diner is dying Earth Month, Earth Day, Choose Blue Why does cannabis make you hungry? Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining! Some links below to stories we covered today. And thank you to Amanda Dell of Jewish Food Society, and here's the new book, The Jewish Holiday Table. What Makes Food Kosher? Decaf coffee takes off AND … BUT: Decaf coffee could potentially be unsafe for human consumption The rich, troubled history of New Orleans’s famous food culture PepsiCo Recalling this Popular Zero Sugar Drink Because It’s Actually Full of Sugar This is the last week of our 15th Anniversary Tour, so check out the special LA package (Gjelina / The Wiltern / Vitorrja) Maggie Rose Show + Dinner + Hotel in Nashville Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining! We have a news and podcast roundup today. Enjoy! Diaspora Chefs Shaping BBQ Code Switch on Bug Eating In the Sauce: Building Full Funnel on Amazon Meat + Three is coming back! The Speakeasy: No Laws When You’re Drinking Whiskey Culture + Flavor is coming back this Sunday! 228 Grilled Cheeses in 228 Days Dunkin’ Fans Still Waiting for Track Suits Mountain Dew Doritos Charity Buzz Auction with VIP Maggie Rose package Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining today. Help us spread the word by sharing this episode with your friends! Among the things covered: Small format grocery store Carding people for non alcoholic drinks Chili crunch controversy A Taste of the Past: Eating Peru Charity Buzz Maggie Rose Auction 100 Best NYC (including Blanca and Foul Witch) Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee, produced and distributed by Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today we're talking pizza. Links and topics covered below... -Pizza Quest—New episode featuring Peter Friedman, who runs All Purpose Pizza Shop -Snacky Tunes—Darin hits both coasts, with NYC Chef Dan Kluger of Greywind, and with Matt Costa at Dangerbird Studios in LA -Donate to our 15th Anniversary campaign and enter to win in Asheville! Lunch for 2 at Chai Pani, dinner for 2 at Botiwalla, 2 tickets to AVLFest Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for tuning in. Topics covered in this episode: Our new show, Feast + Harmony, hosted by Christine-Sykes Lowe, which explores the culinary crossroads of arts, entertainment, and tourism HRN's former intern Sasha DuBose's piece in Washington Square News Check out the work and content around the idea of "borders," and the art by Salu Binahtabor in our newsletter Consider donating to our 15th anniversary campaign and win dinner for 2 and 2 tickets to a concert in the city of your choice Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee. Original music by Amar Sastry. Produced and distributed by Heritage Radio Network.

Thanks for joining us! Among the topics covered: Here's the Jose Andres op-ed published in the New York Times California's fast food minimum wage Food misinformation piece in The Hill Eat Your Heartland Out and America the Bountiful HRN 15th Anniversary Tour—check out our offerings New episode of Meat + Three, mentioned by Taylor Early and H Conley Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee. Original music by Amar Sastry. Produced and distributed by Heritage Radio Network.

In this first episode, we discuss food news of the day, and bring you an episode with Chef Mike Lund (World Central Kitchen volunteer, The Inn At Little Washington). Among the things discussed in this episode: The tragic news that members of the World Central Kitchen team were killed in an airstrike while working to support humanitarian food delivery efforts in Gaza. Decoder Ring episode “Why Do So Many Coffee Shops Look The Same?" Meat + Three is coming back next week. Our 15th Anniversary Tour fundraising campaign. Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee. Original music by Amar Sastry. Produced and distributed by Heritage Radio Network.

To celebrate Mother’s Day, the founders of the storytelling website Eat, Darling, Eat present conversations with some of your favorite HRN hosts, this time talking personally about their own mother/daughter relationships and the ways that food helps to explore and define the family dynamics, history, and personalities. Whether Mom dedicated passion and energy to feeding her family, or made Sara Lee and Szechuan take-out her best friends, listen in on the stories of families, cultures, and kitchens from South Africa to Japan.

Join Caity and HRN's new Head of Growth, Frank Mentesana, as they welcome back Gillian Zettler, Executive Director of the Charleston Wine and Food Festival. Gillian has a sneak peak of how the 2022 festival (back in person after 2 years!) will be different, more inclusive, and filled with culinary, beverage, and musical delights! Tune in for insights that will inspire organizers of events large and small. Tickets for the festival go on sale 10/22/21!

After two years of fundraising and planning, HRN is thrilled to unveil a new visual identity and website. To share some behind-the-scenes insight into the redesign process HRN’s Executive Director Caity Moseman Wadler and Communications’s Director Kat Johnson sat down with the iconic Pentagram designers behind our new look.

From hurricanes and earthquakes to Covid-19, World Central Kitchen is always one of the first organizations on the ground anytime crisis strikes. Caity and Kat welcome Anna Bornstein, WCK's Relief Operations Lead to talk about their mission: using the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies through times of crisis and beyond.

Bob Lewis and Stephen Dima of Fulton Stall Market (located in New York City's South Street Seaport) join Kat and Hannah to kick off the season with a conversation on public markets, agritourism, CSAs, and the legend of Sloppy Louie's.

This episode was produced in partnership with Discover South Carolina and Charleston Wine + Food. This week on HRN Happy Hour, we’re learning about South Carolina’s culinary scene from the people who know it best: its Chef Ambassadors! Meet Kevin Mitchell and Jamie Daskalis, of Charleston and Myrtle Beach, respectively. They discuss the people, culture, ingredients, and relationships that make South Carolina’s food scene so dynamic. As restaurants and tourism begin to pick back up, they share insights on an industry in recovery and share some timely advice for people looking to plan their next trip to South Carolina’s coast. Chef Kevin Mitchell is one of those rare culinarians whose professional interests far exceed the confines of the kitchen. He truly is a “chef scholar,” with two degrees from the Culinary Institute of America. Mitchell is the first African American Chef Instructor at the Culinary Institute of Charleston, and his work prioritizes the preservation of Southern ingredients and supporting South Carolina’s community of chefs. Chef Jamie Daskalis grew up in restaurants – her father owned and operated four restaurants in New York. Today, she is the brainchild behind the wildly popular Johnny D’s Waffles and Bakery. Daskalis is also passionate about serving her community. As the mother of a child with autism, she routinely hosts events to advocate for others and spread awareness of the condition.

This episode was produced in partnership with Discover South Carolina and Charleston Wine + Food. This week on HRN Happy Hour, we’re learning about South Carolina’s culinary scene from the people who know it best: its Chef Ambassadors! Meet Raffaele Dall’Erta and Jason Tufts, of Sumter and Aiken, respectively. They discuss the people, culture, ingredients, and relationships that make South Carolina’s food scene so dynamic. Both Raffaele and Jason have used their talents as chefs to build fine dining destinations in small towns. Born in Milan, Raffaele Dall’Erta struck out on his career path at the tender age of 15, attending culinary school at Vallesana in Northern Lombardy. The rich traditions of family, food, and Italian culture are the foundation of his culinary ethos. He has worked in esteemed kitchens like The Far Duck in the UK and Per Se in New York. After an 11-year turn as sous chef at the Inn at Little Washington, he landed at Hamptons in Sumter in 2010. Chef Jason Tufts can thank his mama for his culinary career. As a high school student, he took a job washing dishes for a downtown Aiken restaurant, which gave him an inside look at the behind-the-scenes dynamics of a chef’s life. He honed his skills at the Doctors Hospital of Augusta, the Green Boundary Club, and the Woodside Plantation Country Club, both in Aiken. In 2017, he was named executive chef of Malia’s, one of the town’s most popular restaurant

The Executive Director of CHSWFF (Charleston Wine + Food Festival) joins us to talk about favorite memories from the 2020 festival, what the organization has planned for a virtual celebration in 2021, and how they're using this 'off' year to strategize on how to make future iterations of the festival more equitable, inclusive, and creative.

On this episode of HRN Happy Hour we're thrilled to present the first episode of one of HRN's newest shows: Fields. Fields brings you the stories of people who are working in urban agriculture—for money, for fun, to feed the hungry, and for entirely other reasons. In each episode, hosts Melissa Metrick and Wythe Marschall delve into different foods grown in cities. Moreover, we investigate the whys behind getting up in the morning and working as a farmer in the shadow of skyscrapers. You don’t need to be a farmer to enjoy this podcast, or even a foodie! With their expert guests, Melissa and Wythe break down the realities and possible futures of urban farming to their elements. So, how are seeds gender-defying time travelers? Subscribe to Fields and find out! In our first story, Melissa and Wythe talk to plant-focused artists Ellie Irons and Anne Percoco of the Next Epoch Seed Library and to Ken Greene, expert seed breeder and seed librarian. We explore how different seeds travel across time and space—sometimes becoming “invasive” “weeds,” and sometimes disappearing from human cultivation. Anne and Ellie are working to help all of us, especially those of us in big cities, rethink our relationships to the plants traveling all around us, to our neglected environments, to our politicized borders, and to the world’s rapidly changing climate. Ken is working with indigenous leaders to grow, save, and return—without keeping—sacred seeds. We talk about organic seeds, the ethics of growing, and farming while queer. We learned so much from our first guests, and we know you will, too!

The HRN Crew (Kat, Caity, Hannah, and Jess) welcome Jeff Gross of Midroll/Stitcher to talk about the wild and wonderful podcast industry. Jeff shares some insights on how 2020 has changed listener behavior, as commute times have decreased but new "quarantine hobbies" have emerged. The crew talks about some of our favorite podcasts and shares advice for folks looking to get involved in audio production. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support HRN Happy Hour by becoming a member! HRN Happy Hour is Powered by Simplecast.

This week, we're presenting the third episode of HRN's newest show: The Big Food Question. How can our food system rebuild and reimagine amid the unprecedented crisis of COVID-19 and a long overdue reckoning with generations of inequity? As every corner of the food world grapples with issues that will define its future, The Big Food Question will tackle practical and philosophical questions alike for eaters, operators, and workers across food business sectors and topics. From restaurants and bars, to processors and distributors, from farms to food banks, The Big Food Question will feature expert guests who help us understand how industries can move forward while prioritizing safety, equity, and economic stability. In this episode Sother Teague shares his detailed playbook for re-opening his East Village bar with indoor seating when the time comes. He expects he will only be allowed 8 guests at a time - less than half his normal capacity. Taking into consideration capital, staffing and safety he has laid out a reservation system that he believes will decrease points of contact, provide enough revenue to stay afloat, and establish high hygiene standards. The question remains however, when he will set the plan into motion. Sother also recommends viewing the resources available at www.barmagic.com/relief. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas. Keep HRN Happy Hour on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate.

Today we feature episode 1 of Eat Your Heartland Out. Eat Your Heartland Out is a series dedicated to highlighting the rich, yet often overlooked, culinary depth of the American Midwest. Food is the storyteller while host Capri S. Cafaro serves as your audio tour guide through this region spanning 12 states. Before we play the episode, the HRN crew talk to Capri about her show & her cookbook debut, United We Eat: 50 Great American Dishes to Bring Us Together, which launched this past weekend! Subscribe to Eat Your Heartland Out wherever you get your podcasts. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas. Keep HRN Happy Hour on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate.

Today we feature episode 1 of Agave Road Trip. Agave Road Trip provides gringo bartenders with firsthand knowledge about heritage agave spirits from Mexico, including mezcal, raicilla, bacanora, and destilado de agave. But before we the episode we sit down with hosts Lou Bank and Chava Periban, plus Salvador Chavez of La Luna Mezcal, to talk about the series and La Luna's range of agave spirits. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas. Keep HRN Happy Hour on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate.

Sari Kamin, Public Programs Manager at MOFAD, joins the team to talk about shifting an imminent exhibit to the virtual world, how she got her start at HRN, and the evolution of her HRN show, Food Without Borders, which highlights immigrant cuisines in the U.S.

There's no one better to speak on the current moment in history than our dear friend, Todd Richards. A restaurateur and chef based in Atlanta, Todd has been in the middle of simultaneous earth-shifting events. He talks to the HRN team about his harrowing personal experience with Covid-19, how his restaurants are planning to re-open and recover, and shares his thoughts on Georgia's 2020 primary election and swing state status.

Dear friend of HRN Happy Hour, John deBary, joins us to talk about his new book, Drink What You Want, the incredible work that Restaurant Workers Community Foundation is doing to support the restaurant and hospitality community during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the upcoming Queer the Table live event that he'll be participating in on June 8, 2020.

This week’s guest is totally ‘cool beans!’ Joe Yonan is the Food and Dining editor of The Washington Post, supervising food coverage in the features department. He is the author of the new cookbook Cool Beans that came out in February 2020. He joins the Happy Hour crew to talk about cooking beans, stretching your yeast supply by baking long-fermented breads, and how WaPo is working to serve home cooks amid a global pandemic.

The HRN Happy Hour crew welcomes Jake Cohen, Editorial and Test Kitchen Director of The FeedFeed – and host of The FeedFeed Podcast on HRN. They talk about his forthcoming cookbook, Jew-ish, what he's been cooking during quarantine (hint: lots of pasta), and how The FeedFeed has adapted its content to best serve an audience that is cooking at home way more than usual.

This week on HRN Happy Hour the gang welcomes back our co-host and Executive Director, Caity Moseman Wadler. They discuss highlights from maternity leave, quarantine cocktails, and go over some of the many amazing stories told across the network this week. Plus, they play an extra special edition of 20 questions featuring Caity's favorite fruit.

Kat, Hannah, Matt, and Dylan circle up for our third 100% remote HRN Happy Hour. They are joined by Zahra Tangorra, co-host of Processing and Life's a Banquet. They chat about coping strategies for self-isolation, Robert Redford, the Kennedys, and play a rousing round of 20 questions.

Kat, Hannah, Matt, and Dylan circle up for our second 100% remote HRN Happy Hour. They are joined by Eli Sussman, host of The Line and chef/owner of Samesa. They chat about what they’re drinking during the pandemic, Eli's work documenting the effects of COVID-19 on the restaurant community, and play a rousing round of 20 questions.

Kat, Hannah, Matt, and Dylan circle up for our first ever 100% remote HRN Happy Hour. They are joined by West Coaster, Neal Hirtzel. They chat about what they're drinking during the pandemic, how to keep a routine when working from home, and play a rousing round of 20 questions.

The HRN crew is joined by Brent Elliott, the Master Distiller of Four Roses Bourbon who was recently awarded the title of Master Distiller of the Year by Whiskey Magazine. Brent shares his unexpected journey, which put his chemistry degree to use in the world of spirits. He also talks about what avenues he has for innovation while working at a company that prides itself on a 100+ year history. While the team sips on two different expressions of Four Roses, they chat about aging, tasting, and their favorite whiskey cocktails.

The HRN Happy Hour crew sits down with Ben Simon of Ben to Table, a monthly food subscription service delivering a hand-selected rotation of heirloom pantry staples and unique delicacies. They talk about everything from increasing bio-diversity to the process of tracking down speciality ingredients like Mexican mole and Spanish conservas. Plus the HRN team chats about their plans for Charleston Wine + Food Festival and plays some bean-themed trivia.

The gang talks about bedtime snacks, fair trade, and midnight feminist rants while enjoying Ben Conard's genius 'snacking chocolates' and pink bubbly wine. Happy Valentine's Day!

This week on HRN Happy Hour, special co-hosts Hannah Fordin and Dylan Heuer welcomed Erica Johnson and Jason LaValla of Casamara Club to the studio. Casamara Club is a line of non-alcoholic amaro sodas that bring the complex botanicals of amaro to the sparkling water market. Dylan and Hannah taste their four different flavor offerings and hear how this Detroit-based company got its start.

Jimmy Carbone and Joan Gonzalez (and his daughter Amanda) join us to talk about the upcoming Cassoulet Cookoff, what makes a great cassoulet, and the history behind the dish.

The host of All in the Industry joins us to talk about the upcoming HOST Summit. It's also Hannah's birthday!!

Our guests for the final episode of the decade are Maggie Miller & Randy Miller, the father/daughter duo behind Scottish Kings Gin, and Sarah Gray Miller of Saveur.

On this episode Caity and Hannah, along with special guest host, HRN’s Lead Engineer Matt Patterson, sit down with HRN Hall of Fame honoree Steve Palmer. They spoke about Steve’s newly released Memoir, Say Grace: How the Restaurant Business Saved My Life. As well as his work to make the hospitality industry a healthier more sustainable career path. On this episode Caity and Hannah, along with special guest host, HRN’s Lead Engineer Matt Patterson, sit down with HRN Hall of Fame honoree Steve Palmer. They spoke about Steve’s newly released Memoir, Say Grace: How the Restaurant Business Saved My Life, as well as his work to make the hospitality industry a healthier more sustainable career path. Steve Palmer is the Managing Partner of Indigo Road, a restaurant group with twenty locations in the Southeast. He is also the founder of Ben’s Friends, a food and beverage industry support group offering hope, fellowship, and a path forward to professionals who struggle with substance abuse and addiction. The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no better time to show your support for food radio by becoming a member! Lend your voice and help HRN continue to spreading the message of equitable, sustainable, and delicious food – together, we can change minds and build a better food system. Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate today to become a crucial part of the HRN community.

Jackie Zykan is the Master Taster for Old Forester in Lousville, Kentucky. Originally from St. Louis, Jackie's background is full of unique experiences (science, business, and bartending) that led her to this one-of-a-kind role. She sits down to talk to us about the winding road that led her to Old Forester, what a day of tasting 30-90 barrels of bourbon looks like, and how being a super-taster affects her palate and food choices.

All the way from St. Louis, we welcome the couple behind Clementine's Naughty and Nice Creamery, Tamara Keefe and Frank Uible! Tamara is the CEO, founder, chief dishwasher and flavor temptress at Clementine’s. You can also hear her on Meat and Three Episode 40 (link: https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/ice-cream-scoops-secrets-and-stabilizers/) where we dished on ice cream: scoops, secrets, and stabilizers. Frank Uible is the co-founder of Pi Pizzeria (4 St. Louis locations and 1 in Washington, D.C.), co-founder of Knife & Flag Survival Union (maker of aprons for makers and creators, serving the barbering, tattooing and hospitality communities), and the COO of Clementine’s Naughty and Nice Creamery. Plus, we welecome Jacob Dean, food writer and psychologist to the show!

We're back in the studio for an episode to get you in the spirit of fall celebration! Allison Lacey (Emmi Roth), Dan Pucci (cider guy), and Sarah Flynn (Yellow Magnolia Café) join us to talk about our upcoming 10th Anniversary Gala and New York Cider Week. Plus, we do some on-air cheese and cider tasting and share some pointers on how to build your perfect cheese board and cider collection this fall and winter.

Brooklyn has long been an epicenter of restaurant and bar culture, and that reputation is only expanding. How does the borough's hospitality community push the conversation about good food forward while fulfilling diners' ever-rising expectations? For this special episode of HRN Happy Hour recorded at Industry City, we bring together Nate Adler of Gertie and Claire Sprouse of Hunky Dory to discuss the journeys of opening up their respective restaurants and their visions for the future of Brooklyn's food scene.

The HRN Happy Hour crew takes the show on the road to the brand new location of Sahadi's Industry City. We're joined by Christine and Pat Whelan, two of the co-owners of Sahadi's, to talk about the long-term success of their family business. With the grocery industry changing faster than ever before, Sahadi's has been keeping Brooklynites in steady supply of their favorite pantry staples and fresh foods.

There's a brand new cookbook out in the world today, and it's about the regional distinctions and new influences that make up the changing face of Southern cuisine. The author is our dear friend, Rob Newton, who grew up in Arkansas and is now the Executive Chef at Gray & Dudley in Nashville. Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation about the myriad cultures that are represented within Southern cuisine, Rob's travels around the globe, and quintessential Southern ingredients like scuppernogs. Make sure you pick up a copy of Rob's new book, Seeking the South, and visit his restaurant next time you're in Nashville.

This week is a celebration of the beginning of autumn – one of our favorite times of the year. We welcome Bob Lewis of Fulton Stall Market and Caylin Sanders of EscapeMaker to talk about the things that have us so excited for the season, including farmers markets, apple cider, fall foliage, and upstate getaways!

It's our 100th episode of HRN Happy Hour and we're celebrating this milestone the best way we know how: with wine! Jon Troutman, the co-founder of Empathy Wines joins to talk about the company's mission, what it's like to collaborate with his partners (Gary Vaynerchuk and Nate Scherotter), and their newest bottle that you can get your hands on. Plus, we share some tantilizing details about our upcoming 10th Anniversary Gala. Get your tickets now at early bird pricing! heritageradionetwork.org/gala.

Myriam Hendrickx (Master Distiller for Rutte Gin and Food Scientist) and Kevin Joseph (Founder of New York Oyster Week) join us for cocktails and cold smoked oysters! Their collaboration for New York Oyster Week is a “Rutte Celery Gin with Celery Leaf Spirited Pearl” which involves a process of reverse osmosis to create a delicate membrane around Rutte Celery Gin. Other conversation topics include merroir, women in distilling, and the environmental benefits of oyster farming.

We welcome Ethan Frisch and Amy Rothstein to talk about how to maximize flavor in your spice cabinet and in your beverage repitoire. Ethan is the co-host of Why Food? and co-founder of Burlap & Barrel, a Public Benefit Corporation building new international food supply chains that are equitable, transparent and traceable. Amy Rothstein is the founder of Dona, a craft spice-based tea concentrates and soda company. Ethan and Amy talk about the spices that first drew them into their respective businesses and how they began to collaborate.

In anticipation of Feast Portland coming up on September 12-15, we welcomed two New York-based chefs that are heading to the West Coast. Nick Perkins is the Chef/Co-Owner of the award-winning restaurants Hart’s and Cervo’s, as well as the recently opened wine bar, The Fly, in New York City. Aaron Crowder is Chef and Partner at Cervo’s in New York City where they specialize in cooking seafood inspired by Spain and Portugal. They join us to talk about their beloved neighborhood restaurants and their plans for Feast events (which includes sourcing a mobile rotisserie to pull off Fly-style chicken).

This week, we celebrate Oscar, who is wrapping up his summer internship at HRN. He's reported on space food, clean kitchens, and the science of ice cream for Meat + Three. He's helped us write some hilarious trivia questions on this show. And he's put his interviewing skills to the test at Good Food Mercantile. We're sad to see him go, but excited to see what he accomplishes next as he heads back to school in Colorado! He just has to make it through our trivia gauntlet as his final challenge as an HRN intern.

Katie Parla is a Rome-based food and beverage educator and journalist. Her latest book, Food of the Italian South, details the classic, lost, and disappearing dishes of Molise, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria, and Puglia.

Recorded live at Slow Food Nations 2019 in Denver! For a special on-the-road episode of HRN Happy Hour, we welcome Urvashi Rangan, the Chief Science Advisor to the Grace Communications Foundation where she works on a wide range of communication and messaging initiatives on sustainable food issues. We talk toxicology, regenerative ag, creative communications strategies (like FoodPrint), and what needs to be done to fix our Land Grant Universities. When this interview is over, you'll be as captivated with Urvashi as we are! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate

Today's show features beverage pros from Kent Falls Brewing (Barry Labendz), Neversink Spirits (Yoni Rabino and Noah Braunstein), and Guayaki (David Karr). Plus the show kicks off with a surprise guest and new friend of HRN – Blake from Austin, Texas! It's a wild and wonderful episode of HRN Happy Hour!

Special guests John deBary, Michael Remaley, and Lynnette Marrero! The team behind the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation are back on HRN Happy Hour to celebrate Negroni Week – A Drink for your Cause and observe the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Plus, it's a very special birthday celebration for Michael!

"Today we welcome two women in food who are big inspirations to us! Vallery Lomas won ABC’s “Great American Baking Show,"" but the season never aired due to unfortunate circumstances far beyond her control. She remains undettered, and has been growing her baking presence online and through TV appearances. She also recently penned a moving tribute to the late Leah Chase. Sarah Weiner is the ED of The Good Food Foundation. She has worked side by side with the sustainable food movement’s founders and visionaries across the globe. She joins us to talk abotu the latest with Good Food, like the upcoming Summit and Mercantile in Brooklyn."

We're joined by four chefs from the Peach State to talk about Georgia Grown produce! Holly Chute, Savannah Sasser, Julio Delgado, Greg Litman get cozy with the HRN Happy Hour team to discuss the Atlanta culinary scene and why locally grown produce and locally made products are are the forefront of the work they do.

Doug Caplan, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Office at Back Bay Roasters (Boston) joins us to celebrate the beginning of cold brew season! He brings us a trio of delicious beverages to taste: Beacon Black Cold Brew Coffee, The Commonwealth Cold Brew Vanilla Latte, and Harborside Half & Half Cold Brew Tea.

Our guests today come from near and far! Bobian Demce is the owner of Dua Kafe, an East Village cafe and restaurant serving Albanian cuisine. Plus, Caity's sister-in-law Carrie Nichols Williams and Scott Simonsen (who does a weekly segment on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, Texas) join in on the Happy Hour fun.

It should come as no surprise that the duo behind The Mockingbird know how to have a good time – their business partner is Maneet Chauhan, after all. We welcome Brian Riggenbach and Mikey Corona to HRN Happy Hour for one of our most fun episodes episodes in recent memory! The Mockingbird is a modern diner in Nashville serving up global fare and delicious fun. Inspired by the restaurant’s namesake, Brian has created The Mockingbird’s menu to mimic its surroundings, offering comfort food favorites influenced by the many global elements that make up American culture and cuisine. Both Brian and Mikey have backgrounds in food and art. Brian was born in Illinois, raised in Naples, Florida and has traveled the world entrenching himself in global cuisines and fine arts. Mikey, born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, was highly influenced by his Tex-Mexican family cooking, a staple in his home throughout his childhood. His background in graphic design as well as his flavorful upbringing is what adds such flare to The Mockingbird. They met in Chicago, where they began hosting pop-ups in their apartment. Mikey began signing Brian up for cooking competitions, which is how he ended up meeting Maneet Chauhan on Chopped. After establishing a friendship, Maneet convinced the couple to make the move to Nashville to team up on The Mockingbird.

What does it mean to be a "nimble cook?" Ronna Welsh joins us to talk about her beautiful and amazingly functional cookbook, The Nimble Cook, which encourages attentiveness, flexibility, and pragmatism in the home kitchen. With proper organization and outlook, you can learn to make food for any given moment, no matter what ingredients you have on hand, the number of people you aim to feed, and how little time you have to cook. Ronna's tips and techniques are refreshingly approachable and straight-forward, and have inspired many home cooks to feel confident in cooking delicious meals – no matter the obstacles. Ronna Welsh is the founder and chef of Purple Kale Kitchenworks, a vibrant culinary studio near the waterfront in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. She's also the author of The Nimble Cook.

Agave brought together three unlikely friends: Lou Bank, Jay Schroeder, and Salvador “Chava” Peribán. While they don't always see eye-to-eye, these three amigos are working together to help educate mezcal lovers on the world of artisanal agave spirits. We find out about how their friendships blossomed – stories that involve glass blowing, cold-call visits, and complicated feelings about feet. This is a boisterous episode of HRN Happy Hour that you won't want to miss! Lou Bank is the Founder and Executive Director of SACRED, or Saving Agave for Culture, Recreation, Education and Development. Sacred is an American nonprofit organization that promotes a better quality of life for people who make artisanal agave spirits in Mexico. James (Jay) Schroeder is the author of Understanding Mezcal, a guide to starting your journey with the Mexican agave-based spirit that has seen explosive growth in the U.S. in the past few years. Salvador “Chava” Peribán develops strategies and processes to achieve sustainable, fair, and beautiful products, including agave spirits, tumblers, and adobe bricks. He has worked as director of R&D at Xaquixe, a Oaxaca-based glass-blowing studio, and as head distiller at Sombra, where he also helped reduce the distillery’s ecological footprint. He’s currently immersed in a yet-to-be-revealed agave project in Mexico City.

Are spirits and cannabis a match made in heaven? Chris Joseph is the founder/CEO of Portland-based Wild Roots Spirits and WYLD Canna. He joins the HRN Happy Hour team – ahead of the 420 holiday – to talk about his fruit-forward vodkas, edibles, and forthcoming CBD sparkling beverages.

We welcome Priya Krishna back to HRN Happy Hour just five days before new cookbook, Indian-ish debuts! She talks about her parents' influence on her career and cookbook, and the time her dad's photo was featured in the New York Times. Make sure to buy Indian-ish and check out Priya's cookbook tour events at priyakrishna.me!

Keli Rivers is the Brand Ambassador for Sipsmith, a microdistillery in London known for its gins. This March, Sipsmith introduced Lemon Drizzle Gin, a limited-edition, wonderfully zingy, zesty and ginny delight. We talk to Keli about Sipsmith, G&Ts, and her extensive gin collection.

"Frank Mentesana is the Founding-Director of EcoSpaces Education, a program that brings Food Literacy Education to inner city children through cooking, gardening, healthy eating and exercise. The EcoSpaces vision is for every child to have access to learning environments that connect food with education. Frank joins us to talk about working toward a future where all schools and families prioritize food literacy by giving kids the tools to understand where food comes from, how it nourishes us, and how it shapes our relationships."

"Henry Glucroft opened his eponymous wine shop in Bushwick in 2014. His mission was to offer the neighborhood a wine shopping experience that didn't involve bullet-proof glass in and to support small winemakers around the globe. Since then, he's built a following for the wide varitey of natural wines and unique spirits he stocks. He's also opened an all-day cafe, Sunrise/Sunset, and a wine bar, Petra. We chat with Henry about his roots in Paris and New York, and how that's shaped his approach to food and wine. Plus, Jordan Werner Barry joins us to catch us up on what's new in the world of cider!"

Kate Cox and Joe Fassler join us to share the most recent food journalism produced by The New Food Economy, an award-winning non-profit newsroom using independent, deep, and unbiased reporting to investigate the forces shaping how and what we eat.

Andy and Karen Little are the married couple behind Josephine, a Nashville restaurant with Pennsylvania Dutch incfluence and a big helping of Southern Hospitality. Before they dove into the restuarnt industry, both Andy and Karen pursued careers in music – Andy was an aspiring tubist and Karen earned a Bachelor's Degree in Clarinet Performance. They're also joined by their "right hand woman" Ashley Dehnke. Tune in to hear what happens when three of Music City's finest join us in the shipping container for a rousing HRN Happy Hour!

"""It was November 2016 and I was freaking the fuck out. A lifetime of undiagnosed mental illness, and a few traumatic events culminated on election night, and I was broken."" This is the origin story of the Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation. As co-founder, John deBary writes, he was left stunned and with the ""recognition that those with privilege have a moral imperative to support marginalized people."" He decided to start with what he knew. He reached out to Alex Pemoulié, a former colleague at Momofuku, and they began brainstorming ways for the restaurant community to brace for the next four years. They hatched a plan to start a nonprofit to act as a hedge fund that would raise money, invest it, and use the returns fund progressive social change. deBary ran the idea by his husband Michael (who has spent his entire career in the philanthropic sector), who confirmed that their goals had much in common with the mission of many population-focused community foundations like Stonewall Community Foundation and New York Women’s Foundation. In late 2018, the Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation held an event to announce its launch as an advocacy and action nonprofit created by and for restaurant workers. By addressing quality-of-life issues that disproportionately affect restaurant workers – 40% of whom live on poverty-level wages – RSCF aims to strengthen the workforce and increase opportunities for advancement in the industry to more people. We're so honored to have John deBary (Co-Founder) and his husband Michael Remaley (Board Treasurer) on this episode of HRN Happy Hour. We also have a short call-in with Chef Paul Verica of The Stanley in Charlotte to talk about the upcoming Charleston Wine + Food Festival!"

Anna Mulé, the Interim Executive Director of Slow Food USA joins us to talk about Plant a Seed and Slow Food Nations! We also have a special call in from Chef Greg Collier of Charlotte's Uptown Yolk for a preview of Springer Mountain Farm's Campfire Confessionals at Charleston Wine + Food!

Our Valentine this year is Larissa Zimberoff, a food writer with bylines in The New York Times, Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek, NPR, and other outlets. Some of her recent work explores some of the science behind grocery store tech. Larissa got her MFA in creative nonfiction from The New School in 2013.

Art Pollard is Amano’s Founder and Head Chocolate Maker. Located high in Utah’s Wasatch Mountain range in the heart of the Rockies, Amano is dedicated to creating some of the world’s most exquisite chocolate through traditional techniques. Amano means “by hand” and “they love” in Italian, and that describes the care and perfection that Amano brings to chocolate and in turn to the people who savor it.

This week on Happy Hour, host Caity Moseman Wadler and guest host Hannah Fordin are joined by Lew Fidler. Lew is a practicing attorney and a veteran of the Brooklyn political landscape including representing Brooklyn's 46th district from 2002-2013 in City Council. On the show, we discuss the five year process that brought New York a city-wide ban on single-use styrofoam, Lew's history of environmental advocacy, and of course we play a special New York City themed round of trivia.

It's our first show of 2019! We welcome Emma Conroy (General Manager) and Nick Tamburo (Chef de Cuisine) of Momofuku Nishi to Happy Hour to talk about the third anniversary of the restuarant. A unique addition to the Momofuku family, Nishi focuses on Italian-inspired dishes, with a wine list to match!

Today's guests are Cat Neville and Eric Schulz. Cat is an Emmy award winning food journalist and producer. Lately she’s been working Tastemakers, an upcoming TV show about the people who are shaping the way we eat at the most fundamental level. They’re the makers of food that focuses on quality, sustainability, and authenticity. Tastemakers will premiere on WNYE on Wednesday January 9th. Eric Schulz is a co-founder of Sunday Beer Co. here in Brooklyn. Their specialty is an aptly named lager called “Sunday Beer,” which the company website describes as an approachable, high quality beer meant to be shared with friends and make people happy.

NASA Scientist and Pitmaster, Howard Conyers has had an epic year. He starred in the PBS Digital Series, NOURISH, in which he explored the people, culture, and science of food. Then, he accomplished one of his biggest goals: cooking a whole cow at the inagural Gumbo Jubilee. Recently, he was named one of Southern Living's Southerners of the Year alongside his fellow South Carolina pitmaster Rodney Scott. When he's not testing rocket engines at Stennis Space Center, Howard's passions are documenting the oral histories of Southern food experts.

This week Hannah and Kat talk to Battman himself. They talk about his upcoming book release and Monday's HRN Gala, where he'll be taking photos! Alan Battman has been a photographer for 30 years and his clients include USVI Tourism, NYC & Company, Macy's, The New York Times and more. After years of photographing the streets of NYC he turned his lens to food. He has self-published 8 cookbooks with 197 of the best chefs in New York. He's also the man behind the sexy Firefighters Calendar!

Aaron Bludorn and Tim Hollingsworth, two of the chef stars of Netflix's The Final Table, join us in studio to talk about the new global culinary competition show. The series features 12 teams of two chefs from around the world cooking the national dishes of Mexico, Spain, England, Brazil, France, Japan, the U.S., India and Italy. Each episode focuses on a different country and its cuisine, with celebrity ambassadors, food critics and the country’s greatest chef eliminating teams until the finale.

Chef Morgan Jarrett of Yellow Magnolia Café joins us on Happy Hour to talk about our second annual fundraising gala: Winter in the Garden II. Taking place on Monday, December 3rd, the event includes a lineup of our favorite chefs, bartenders, brewers, winemakers, and more. Morgan has an extra special dish in mind for this year's fête! Tickets are available now.

On this week’s Happy Hour we’re talking about all about cider. And today we’ve invited a few cider makers and and wine distributors to talk with us about what makes a good cider, what goes into it, and what it means to be an orchard-based cider. Our guests include Louisa Spencer from Farnum Hill Ciders, Ezra Sherman from Eve’s Cidery, and Max Working and Andrew Mulligan from Skurnik Wines.

We're making our October hang session with the ladies of Charleston Wine + Food an annual tradition! We welcome Gillian Zettler, Alyssa Maute Smith, and Nysa Hicks to HRN Happy Hour. Gillian shares some of her favorite moments of the festival in years past and what new and exciting things we can look forward to in 2019! We're especially excited about all of the programming that will surround the International Women's Day on Friday, March 8th, 2019. HRN will once again be broadcasting live from the Culinary Village... March can't arrive fast enough!

"Our very special guest host today is Shari Bayer of All In The Industry, who is also celebrating the 15th anniversary of her company, Bayer Public Relations! We also welcome Kevin Fink from Emmer & Rye in Austin, Texas and Henry Glucroft of Henry’s Wine and Spirits right here in Bushwick, Brooklyn."

"Isaac and Amanda Toups opened their restaurant, Toups’ Meatery, in the Spring of 2012 to share their deeply-rooted Louisana family traditions with the food-loving people of New Orleans. Isaac has now written a book is called Chasing the Gator. It’s full of recipes informed by his extensive knowledge and experience as a Cajun cook."

Kat Johnson, Hannah Fordin, and Jordan Werner Barry joined the Shacksbury Cider team for their annual Harvest Camp (also known as Shackscamp)! Hosted at Camp Betsey Cox in Pittsford, Vermont, Shackscamp was filled with three days of apple foraging, cider drinking, cheese tasting – to name a few of our favorite camp activities! We gathered the whole crew around a picnic table to record a special on-location episode of HRN Happy Hour with guests Luke Schmueker, Krista Scruggs, Neal Hirtzel, Cassidy Gardner, Matt Wolf, Jesse Galdston, and many more.

Elizabeth Tilton is the Head of Brand at W&P Design and its book imprint, Dovetail. She's had an incredible journey in the culinary world – from working as the Head Chocolatier at Sucré in New Orleans to Public Relations and Marketing Manager at Momofuku in New York. She is also on the Board of Advisors for Shacksbury Cider. She's one of our favorite women in food and we're thrilled to have her as the guest of the hour on HRN Happy Hour! HRN Happy Hour's theme song is Suns Out, Guns Out by Concord America.

The guests of the hour are Daniel Isengart and Francisco Migoya! Both men have combined a deep love of art with their culinary aspirations, and have truly unique perspectives on cooking, eating, and creating. Daniel Isengart is the author of The Art of Gay Cooking, a literary appropriation of The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook, that includes a foreword by Jeremiah Tower, the legendary Godfather of California Cuisine. Isengart was born in Munich, Germany and raised in France. Since his NYC stage debut in 1994 (in Tina Landau’s Stonewall – Night Variations), he has become a specialist in the intimate performance style of the cabaret genre. Francisco Migoya, head chef of Modernist Cuisine and co-author of Modernist Bread: The Art and Science, grew up in Mexico City surrounded by the cultures of his parents: Italian-American and Spanish. Chef Migoya’s first calling, however, was not culinary school but art school, where he planned on studying painting, drawing and sculpture. Encouraged by a friend, he acquired a staging position in a Mexico City hotel at age 16. Migoya quickly realized that the kitchen was where he belonged. Our theme song is “Suns Out Guns Out” by Concord America.

Caity’s awesome nephew joins the HRN crew for a special appearance on HRN Happy Hour to get us all in touch with our inner kid. Arran Gallagher is a fourth-grader at Jefferson Elementary School in Maplewood, NJ. His favorite band is Foo Fighters and he’s forgotten more about Metallica than you will ever know. He knows how to make toast a. Memorable food encounters include the time he shoved a raisin so far up his nose it had to be professionally removed (the raisin, not the nose).

Brad Farmerie is the executive chef at Saxon + Parole and PUBLIC in Manhattan. He joins the HRN Happy Hour crew to chat about Feast Portland, where he’ll be cooking at "80s vs. 90s," a team competition where half the chefs will represent the 80s and the other half the 90s in a throwback cook-off that’s guaranteed to knock your parachute pants off. We also get into Brad's personal culinary history – from cooking in a college town, to earning his “Grand Diplome” at Le Cordon Bleu, and then back stateside to New York City.

Rochelle Oliver is a food writer exploring the flavors that make island cuisine (and culture) so unique. She was recently a guest on A Taste of the Past, where she took host Linda Pelaccio all the way back to the 1500’s to learn about the origins of the favorite Jamaican food preparation – Jerk. We welcome Rochelle to talk about her upcoming projects and play some Caribbean-inspired celebrity and food trivia.

Jenny Goodman and Alex McCrery are the co-founders of Tilit. Alex is a chef turned designer, and Jenny worked in restaurant FOH and is now Tilit’s COO. They founded Tilit with two chef aprons designs, one pair of pants and a chef-shirt. The idea was that each garment would be made in the center of NYC's garment district by restaurant industry folks, and they still make over 90% of our garments there. They also have a retail store in the Lower East Side open every weekday.

Grace Weitz is a craft beer enthusiast and writer for Hop Culture Magazine. She recently completed the Food Studies Master Program at NYU, and she's one of the women behind Beers With(out) Beards, a celebration of women in the beer industry. The ticketed tasting festival will be held at The Well in Brooklyn, NY, on Saturday August 11th, and will feature 20+ women-owned breweries or breweries helmed by female brewers.

Somebody Feed Phil is back! Netflix is releasing new episodes of the globetrotting show on Friday, July 6th. We welcomed the star of the show, Phil Rosenthal to HRN Happy Hour to talk about his season two destinations: New York, Buenos Aires, Ireland, South Africa, Venice, and Copenhagen.

It's Thursday at 5:00 and though Kat is unable to join Caity in the studio this week, she is there in spirit, since our two guests are also Alabama natives. Brian Hart Hoffman is the creative force behind a media company that publishes magazines, including Bake from Scratch. Today, Brian brings his good pal and frequent collaborator Julie Tanous, a recipe developer and co-creator of Julie and Jessie, a blog created by her and Modern Family actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

Rodney Scott is the first African-American to win the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Southeast and only the second barbecue cook to win a chef award from the JBF. He joins the HRN Happy Hour crew to talk about his much-deserved recognition, how Rodney Scott BBQ in Charleston is doing one year in, and plans for expansion to Birmingham, Alabama.

Our guests today are Jared Brown, the Master Distiller at London's Sipsmith Microdistillery, and Will Hickox, the chef behind RifRaf ricotta cups. We talk all things gin and cheese, all while sipping on spritzes!

It's a California invasion! Brian Kenny of Hearst Ranch, and long time HRN supporter, shares the latest news from the ranch, including the fact that Hearst was awarded supplier of the year for the Southern Pacific Region for Whole Foods Market. We're also joined by Katherine Spiers, the podcaster behind Smart Mouth. You can catch Katherine alongside Cathy Erway and Sari Kamin at the Food Writers' Workshop How to Make a Food Podcast panel.