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First Aired - 06/29/2009 05:00PM
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Marla Camp of Edibles Austin interviews Robert Kenner, director of Food, Inc., to pluck stories from the movie set. Also featured, three stars from Tales of the Cocktail: Paula Angerstein, David Alan, and Allen Katz.
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Show Intro with Marla Camp (1:40)
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Edible Communities, Edible Austin, Robert Kenner, Food, Inc.,Interview with Food, Inc. Director Robert Kenner (20:47)
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Robert Kenner, Food Inc., the making of Food Inc., agribusiness reluctant to take part in film, corporate food, factory farms, slaughter houses, peeling back layers of food industry, midnight raid scene, focused on worker abuse as much as animal abuse, large food corporations dependant on illegal immigrant labor, fewer and fewer farmers have all the power, Monsanto, monopoly, America's shrinking farmland, organic fastest growing segment of our foodsystems, consumers can change corporations, shop at farmers' markets, support markets that buy direct from farmers, school lunch programs, getting students healthful meals, www.foodincmovie.com, email Marla at marla@edibleaustin.com for Food, Inc. book giveaway,Tales of the Cocktail Stars: Paula Angerstein (7:47)
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mixology, Paula Angerstein, TOTC-five-day international festival of cocktails and spirits, Paula's Texas Orange, Paula's Texas Lemon, Paula learned about limoncello and slow food artisanal production while visiting Italy, artisanal food movement missing in Austin in mid-90's, paulastexasspirits.com,The Garden to Glass Movement with David Alan (11:08)
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garden to glass movement, diversity of spirits in Texas, slow spirits, mixology, The Essential Cocktail, The Joy of Mixology, The 21 Club NYC, gin, fresh squeezed lemon juice, mint, mojito family, mint in bottom of mixing glass, half ounce simple syrup, three quarters lemon juice, muddle together, ounce and a half of gin, crush ice with muddler, shake cocktail, strain onto crushed ice,Cocktail Guru Allen Katz (13:49)
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Allen Katz, rejuvenation of cocktail culture, taste rules, authentic ingredients taste the best, interest in historical records of cocktails, Chairman of the Board of Slow Foods USA, cocktail making trending back towards authenticity and historical relevance, Director of Mixology and Spirits Education for Southern Wine and Spirits of New York, The Cocktail Hour on Martha Stewart Radio Network, next step for mixology movement: reaching a mass audience,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/01/2010 05:00PM
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On the inaugural episode of Tap Roots, Marla Camp talks Texas BBQ with a diverse panel of guests.
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Tap Roots Introduction (3:53)
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Tap Roots, Marla Camp, Heritage Radio Network, Fairway Market, exploring America's local food movement, connecting farmers chefs and foodies, Tap Roots airs every first Monday of the month, email Marla at marla@edibleaustin.com, Texas BBQ,Elizabeth Engelhardt & The Recipe of BBQ (19:55)
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Elizabeth Engelhardt, Republic of Barbecue, having a class make a difference in the world, Central Texas BBQ Association, Luke Zimmermann, BBQ traditions, Grandmother's BBQ, barbacoa, sausage is a big part of BBQ in Texas, brisket, religious diversity in BBQ, women participating in BBQ, throwback to the caveman around the fire, the feminine mesquite, family tradition, pot luck book, there are 12 people on the title page, a book like this coul dbe done in any community, www.republicofbarbecue.com, essays, Smokey Denmark, wireless probes, BBQ in Texas is connected to the past and the future,Jonathan Pace of Smokey Denmark Sausage Co. (12:55)
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Jonathan Pace, Smokey Denmark Sausage Co., Austin, Central Texas markets, leveraging new technology, making consistent product, restaurants, sausage, mass markets, traditional methods, hickory smoked, hickory sawdust, liquid smoke, food safety, wireless probe, original recipes, Jason's Deli, clean labeled product, demand for more naturally preserved meats, meat science, naturally cured, celery powder, naturally occurring nitrates,Pat Mares of Ruby's BBQ (12:42)
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Pat Mares, Pat comes from a farming background, Patricia Mares, BBQ, opened in the fall of 1988, Antone's Blues Club, Chicago blues, Louisiana, Clifford Antone, Kim Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Maceo Parker, natural meats, briskets, the late 80's in Austin was not a good time economically, brisket shortage, the healthiest meat you can get, more people are aware of all natural beef lately, sustainably processing and distributing meat, BBQ is thought of as a male dominated business, salads and cajun food, pit bulls, rotisserie pits,Ronnie Vinikoff on Sustainable Wood Purveying (10:29)
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Ronnie Vinikoff, Sustainable Wood Purveying, supply and demand, economy, how much wood does it take to run all the BBQ businesses in Texas?, Ronnie at one point controlled 85% share of the market, educating and bringing awareness, irrigation, without trees we're doomed, wood is not an unlimited resource, post oak, sustainability, harvest rate does not exceed the growth rate,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/05/2010 05:00PM
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Marla Camp is in studio for the first time! She's joined by Anna Lappe & Louisa Shafia who talk about ways to improve our food system and how eating responsibly can change the world.
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Tap Roots Introduction (3:12)
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Marla Camp, Edible Austin, Tap Roots, Heritage Radio Network, marla@edibleaustin.com,Louisa Shafia of Lucid Food (16:40)
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Louisa Shafia, Lucid Food, cookbooks, food photography, http://www.lucidfood.com/, shoping to support local farmers, transparency, purity in food, traceability, from farm to table, no chemicals, garlic ramps, fiddle head ferns, seasonality, shopping locally, sensuality of food, making food with bright colors and bold tastes, using technology to connect, technology has distracted us from community, share meals with people, pot luck dinners, farmers markets, rhubarb and pistachios over thick yogurt, local honey, beekeeping is now legal in New York City, urban beekeeping group, rose water extract, short story about making pizza, Roberta's, potatoes on pizza, watercress, book giveaways after the show, email marla@edibleaustin.com and give some eco tips to receive a free book,Anna Lappe, Author of "Diet for a Hot Planet" (18:56)
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Heritage Radio Network, Anna Lappe, Diet For A Hot Planet, connection between conventional food production and global warming, move over hummer say hello to hamburger, emissions, artificial soil fertility, addiction to fossil fuels through synthetic fertilizer, feedlots, drug diet, short sighted idea on food production, hurting the economy, ruined rural communities, health care costs, short sighted in terms of the climate, Myth Informed: Answering The Critics, emphasis on bio-technology solutions, can sustainable agriculture feed the world, Diet For A Small Planet, Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle, Frances Moore Lappe, hunger scare, the industrial food system is the root of so much hunger in the world, support small scale farmers, we need more resilient farms, sustainable farming methods are creating healthy soils, healthy soils produce more varied and resilient crops, this movement is not elitist, fast food industrial diets, 1 in 3 kids born in this country will develop diabetes at some point in their lifetime, palm oil, one of the most widely traded vegetable oils in the world, most of the worlds palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia, mass plantations on former carbon rich lands, these two countries are among the worlds leading emitters of greenhouse gasses, it's not a doom and gloom book, the next wave of food documentaries will be about soil, the fundamental base of a healthy farm is healthy soil, how do you feed your soil?, Rodale Institute, organic farms, food sovereignty, our ability to have power over our own food, La Via Campesina, 600 people from 90 different countries,What We Can Do? A Conversation with Louisa and Anna (21:07)
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Hearst Ranch, what can we do?, practical tips and guidelines, eco friendly food shopping, shop local, support small farmers, traceability, some small farmers cannot afford organic certification, USDA is under pressure from lobbyists, what do these standards mean?, USDA Organic Certification, you have to go beyond your plate, be active, speak up, organic certification is not written in stone, pay attention to the organic label, look at it closely, wait for appropriate seasons, bananas, the industry has a bad history in terms of labor and pesticide practices, cooked squash, baby alternative to bananas, baked sweet potatoes, serve seasonal produce, it's more fun to shop with the seasons, sorrel, pear crisp with lavender cream, be flexible while shopping, recipes are not biblical, choose eco friendly fish, fish farming, aqua culture setups, Monterey Bay Aquarium, mercury, safe seafood list, www.montereybayaquarium.org, ask questions at restaurants, know your source, eat less meat, when you do eat meat buy responsibly, grass fed beef, no hormones or additives, we eat more meat than we need to in the US, use less meat in your diet, choose good quality meats, animal welfare concerns, Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, lowering your carbon food print, ask the story behind the food, Crop to Cup, imported coffee, support local roasters, urban farms in Austin, national lobby groups, improving policy, Small Planet Fund, www.smallplanetfund.org, http://www.takeabite.cc/,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
