A Taste of the Past
LIVE 12 - 12:30pm EST
First Aired - 04/03/2011 03:00PM
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This week's focus on We Dig Plants is the indigo plant. Learn more about the plant (and color) and what an important role it's played in our horticultural history. Find out how a young English girl became responsible for the cultivation of indigo and learn what's entailed in the plants trip from field to factory. This episode was sponsored by Tabard Inn.
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We Dig Plants: Indigo (12:42)
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We Dig Plants, Carmen DeVito, Alice Marcus Kreig, Heritage Radio Network, indigo, Himalayan blue poppy, true blue, the true color blue is very elusive in the plant kingdom, blue jeans were given their color from indigo, slavery on the indigo plantation, state flags, state flowers, Eliza Lucas Pinckney, responsible for the cultivation of indigo, the story of indigo,Indigo: A Color and a Plant (17:59)
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organic, indigo dye plant, grows as a shrub or an herb, Avatar, natural indigo, Indigofera tinctoria, tropical locations, indigo is a color and a plant, indigo has to be produced in a factory, field to factory, fermentation, oxidation, labor disputes, blue dye, indigo as a new crop for new markets, organic movement, ',To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/17/2010 03:00PM
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This week on The Food Seen Michael sits down with the brilliant and multi-talented Natalie Jeremijenko, whose work blurs the lines between environmental activism, visual art, performance, and education. Learn about Natalie's work exploring the inexorable link between humans and our food; what we consume enters our food, and what our food consumes enters us. Don't miss this incredible chance to find out how our fish got hooked on anti-depressants, how Natalie learned to speak 'goose' with robotic avatars, and Natalie's inventions to rid fish of mercury with a fishing lure and to cure frogs of deadly fungus with a kiss. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch: purveyors of grass-fed beef from the California coast.
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The Food Seen: A Converstaion with Natalie Jeremijenko (21:21)
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Michael Harlan Turkel, The Food Seen, Hearst Ranch, Suicide Box, Natalie Jeremijenko, Environmental Health Clinic, NYU, The Paradox Tree, Bureau of Inverse Technology, growth response, Amphibious Architecture, floating interactive tubes, water quality is very complicated, mercury levels, fish are a major source of mercury, unintentional symbiosis, pharmaceuticals dumped into the water, fish amphibians and birds are on anti-depressants by way of polluted water, food additives, preservation, agriculture, image of the first lady with a pitchfork and garden is not productive, we are agents in this system, suicide environmentalism, what can people actually do to eliminate their carbon footprint?, Environmental Health Clinic is set up to address these issues, www.enviornmentalhealthclinic.net, lifestyle experiments, Zooz, goose avatar, bridging the gap between human and animal behaviors,More with Natalie Jeremijenko (16:15)
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do not feed the animals, why shouldn't we feed the animals, taking out PCBs and mercury from the fish, feedback cycle, promoting biodiversity and environmental health, it takes bells and whistles to draw attention to these issues, we need institutional reframing, cross species food, we share nutritional resources, it's hard for people to digest the idea that we eat what fishes and vice versa, cross species supper club, we eat what the goose eats, ethnic cleansing, Cross Species Aventure Club, regeneration, eating salamander tail, exploring wetlands, if you rolled them all into a ball invertebrates would be four times bigger than vertebrates, starfish, it's more like milking a cow, producing a meat that vegetarians would eat, salamander tail cocktail, plating the dish, cooking with oil, ecological effects, wetlands are a critical ecosystem, marine ecosystems, exploring wetlands as a new cultural resource, wetlands will help us digest oil, there are a zillion ecosystems we don't understand very well but we need them, most major wetlands have been degraded by flight, the FAA has created a new class of aircraft that don't harm wetlands, wetland landing strips, Wet Kisses, frogs and amphibians are disappearing at an unprecedented rate, using frogs as pregnancy tests, chytrid fungus, purple anti-fungal agent,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 02/14/2010 12:00PM
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Colin Alevras is the guest on a special Valentine's Day Edition of The Main Course. Patrick, Katy & Colin taste some of the beers on tap at Roberta's and talk about pairings and brewing techniques.
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The Main Course Introduction: The Story of Valentine's Day (11:22)
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The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Katy Keifer, Hearst Ranch, DBGBs, Momofuko, beer, Roberta's beer selection, sound FX, the original story of Valentine's Day, Roman Catholic, The Ides of March, vinegar valentines,Beer Tasting & Cocktail Talk With Colin Alevras (15:59)
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Colin Alevras, DBGB's, Hearst Ranch, grass fed beef, Chambers Hotel, amber lager, Fisherman's Brew, all lagers need to age and mature for a while, many craft brewers dont do lagers, once an ale is done fermenting it's ready to go, corn is not really supposed to be in beer, unless you want to make it cheaper, rice and corn thin down the texture, drinkability, bitters, bitter, old fashioned whiskey cocktail, Brandy, cognac, rye whiskey, bitters turns the sling into an old fashioned, negroni, vermouth, a good bartender should remember you,Barley & The Color Effect On Beer (8:10)
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craft beers on tap at Roberta's, dark chocolate, black as a visual cue, if a beer is dark that doesn't mean it's heavy, coffee, dark roasted barley, barley, stained beer, grain bill, there are different ways to dry out your barley, over low temperature for a long time, produces a certain flavor profile, high heat quickly, lots of humidity, roast it to burnt,More On Beers With Colin (11:31)
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lambic beer, deliberately soured, complex flavored beers, fruit flavored beers, Georgia peaches, Johnny Appleseed, Avatar, without fungus you'd never get rid of dead trees, cheese, John Madden, Erica Wides, Why We Cook, Peter Kump, James Beard Foundation, caviar, sustainable farms, before Kitchen Confidential chefs were obscure and anonymous, seafood, oysters, vodka, gin, Budweiser, beer rating websites, sessionability, the ability to continue drinking the same thing throughout the night, Modello, Abraham Lincoln,Farming, Brewing & Hops Disease (18:00)
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Cooperstown New York, dolchetto, bright and fruity, red wine and cheese, we are programmed to think that red wine and cheese are made to be consumed together, sour beer, acidity, hops is very closely related to cannabis, India Pale Ale, smells like weed, IPA, Carlo Petrini, beer doesn't have to be terroir specific, how much do farmers play into brewing?, hop disease, there is no commercial hop production on the eastern seaboard, Hearst Ranch,The Final Beer, Plagiarism & Sustainable Meats (35:49)
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new sound effects, Defiant, Nyack, English Style, Little Thumper, cherry, plum, coffee, American Heritage collector, it was published as a hard bound copy, book sale, library sale, plagiarizing, cheating, cliff notes, Jimmy's 43, Columbia, medical students, cheating is institutionalized, Katie Couric, Brian Kenny, trade blogs, meat industry, antibiotics, FDA approved, TV dinners, lamb rack, sustainable meat, Heritage Foods USA, Tasting Room, Lower East Side,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
