The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 1 - Quentin Bacon, Francesco Tonelli & Andrew Scrivani

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:55:55 -0000

This week on The Food Seen, Michael spoke to a trio of food photographers: Quentin Bacon, Francesco Tonelli, and Andrew Scrivani. The guys spoke about the world of food photography in its current state.

Photo by Francesca Tonelli

The Food Seen - Episode 2 - Gabriele Stabile & Marcus Nilsson

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:49:49 -0000

Gabriele Stabile & Marcus Nilsson come by to talk about the life of a food photographer, how they got to where they are now, and what plans they have for the future.

The Food Seen - Episode 3 - Melissa Clark

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:36:57 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael spoke to Melissa Clark, author of eighteen cookbooks including "Chef Interrupted". Tune in to hear Melissa on the "slow and low mentality", and to learn what dishes are defining Brooklyn.

The Food Seen - Episode 4 - Cyd Raftus McDowell & Victoria Granof

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:22:22 -0000

Michael, Cyd Raftus McDowell & Victoria Granof talk about the art of food styling. Learn how these veterans of the food world work with chefs and photographers to get some of the city's best food looking as good as it does.

The Food Seen - Episode 5 - Charlotte Druckman

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:33:23 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael spoke to Charlotte Druckman, freelance journalist and contributor to the NYTimes's T Magazine. The duo spoke on everything from art history to boutique NYC ice cream, and talked about the relationship between nationalism

The Food Seen - Episode 6 - Jessica Romm Perez & Fredrika Stjarne

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:56:04 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sat down with Jessica Romm Perez (Style Editor at Food & Wine) & Fredrika Stjarne (Director of Photography at Food & Wine). The ladies spoke about the multi-faceted world of organzing, arranging, designing, styling, and framing food; the general process of making food beautiful and representing deliciousness visually. Tune in to get the inside scoop on the industry from two veteran stylists. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish: a mainstay in New Yorkâ€™s culinary landscape for over 55 years. <

The Food Seen - Episode 7 - Jason Wright & Emilie Baltz

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:23:58 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sat down with Jason Wright and Emilie Baltz of Fork and Design, a NYC design firm specializing in complete graphic design and visual solutions for restaurants and boutique eateries. The duo spoke about what it means to design for food and market brands that are food-specific, and why the hospitality industry requires a different set of skills than just any potential client for a graphic design firm. This episode was sponsored by Fairway Market: like no other market.

The Food Seen - Episode 8 - Julia Ickes

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:08:24 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael spoke to Julia Ickes of Design and Construction Resources LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in the design and construction of high-end eating spaces in New York City. Julia described her now seminal work on Momofuku Ssam and Noodle Bars, and elaborated on how efficiency was underlying element behind the design of both spaces. She also discusses how she designed a cashier system from the ground up for Blue Bottle, while specifically avoiding the traditional POS model. This episode was sponsored by Fairway: like no other market.

Photo #1: Momofuku Ssam Bar. Photo #2: Blue Bottle

The Food Seen - Episode 9 - applewood

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:53:38 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael spoke to restaurateurs Laura Shea and David Shea of applewood restaurant in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Michael spoke to them about the familial roots of applewood, and how the Sheys began work on raising a restaurant and a child at essentially the same time. They also discussed how a menu that changes daily makes being a cook (and a client) more interesting. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

The Food Seen - Episode 10 - Nathalie Smith & Eugenia Bone

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:25:39 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael spoke to Nathalie Smith of Global Table and Eugenia Bone of the Denver Post's Well Preserved Blog. Nathalie explained how she turned a career in fashion (and a hunch that French ceramics were going to be all the rage) into a career in boutique housewares, and how the objects you surround yourself with define your personal style. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish: a mainstay in NYC's culinary landscape for over 50 years.

The Food Seen - Episode 11 - Michael Laiskonis & Francis Lam

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:54:14 -0000

Today on The Food Seen, Michael sits down with Michael Laiskonis, executive pastry chef at Le Bernardin. The two talk about the art of dessert and the various artistic approaches to discussing it. Then, Salon.com's Francis Lam calls in to discuss the challenges of making dessert with a message and to say what he thought of dessert at Le Bernadin. This week's episode brought to you by Tekserve. For more information visit tekserve.com

Photos: Dessert creations from Michael Laiskonis

The Food Seen - Episode 12 - Cat Kramer & Zack Denfeld

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:11:33 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sat down with Catherine Kramer & Zack Denfeld to talk about biohacking, Monsanto and GMOs, using glow-in-the-dark fish to make sushi, plus Zack's experiences in India and Cat's social experiment distributing free food. Tune in for an extremely insightful look at the way we currently source food and the way we may some day source it, sci-fi style. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch: grass-fed beef from California.

Photo's 1&2: Glo Fish Sushi, Photo 3: Pictoral Brinjal Chart

The Food Seen - Episode 13 - Natalie Jeremijenko

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:21:31 -0000

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.

The Food Seen - Episode 14 - Adam & Brad Farmerie

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:08:38 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sits down with Adam & Brad Farmerie of AvroKO design. Adam and Brad (the chef at Public and Double Crown) turned design firm consultants have helped some of the best restaurants in New York and beyond create a style from the ground up, focusing on everything from materials to their theory of a collective consciousness spanning both the food and the visuals. This episode was sponsored by White Oak Pastures.

Photo: Public NYC

The Food Seen - Episode 15 - Corin Hewitt

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:23:20 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sits down with sculptor, photographer and artist Corin Hewitt. Hewitt has had his art featured in the Whitney and in various galleries all over the world, and incorporates everything from heat casting to eating in his work. Hear Hewitt talk about the "kitchen/laboratory/art space" where he works, why still life has informed his work so heavily, and how he has used food as the product, medium, and end product in a lot of his art. This episode was sponsored by Tekserve.

Photo: Corin Hewitt's Seed Stage

The Food Seen - Episode 16 - Cut Brooklyn

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:17:55 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Joel Bukiewicz & Harry Rosenblum of Cut Brooklyn stop by the studio to discuss the art and science of making high performance knives. With over an 18-month wait per blade, Cut Bk Knives are in high demand, and listening to Joel describe the incredible attention to detail he puts into each exacting step of hand forging these beauties, it is not hard to see why. Tune in to hear Cut's plans for growth in the future, how they got into the biz in the first place, and the various hair raising steps involved in making pieces of metal really really (really) sharp. This episode was sponsored by White Oak Pastures.

Photo: Knife by Cut Brooklyn

The Food Seen - Episode 17 - King Phojanakong

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 23:14:05 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael speaks to King Phojanakong of Kuma Inn and Umi Nom. King came to HRN studios with his wife, his parents, and (via telephone) his brother. With multiple generations and food cultures in one place, King explained about how growing up eating a mix of Thai and Filipino foods affected him growing up, and how it came to inform his cooking. The Phojanakong clan compare and contrast Thai and Filipino foods and eating traditions, and venture to name their favorite meals at Kuma Inn. Don't miss this intimate, multi-generational look at one of NYC's favorite ethnic-food masters. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

New York Cityâ€™s Craft Beer Week is just around the corner, beginning Friday, September 24th and running through Sunday, October 3rd. To kickoff the annual series, Whole Foods Market Bowery is hosting a beer and food pairing event in their Beer Room. Oskar Blues is on tap and Chef Jacques Gautier of Park Slopeâ€™s Palo Santo is cooking up one of his South American delights to accompany. Food tasting goes from 5 to 7 and beer will continue til 9. With a Craft Beer Week passport get $3 off a 64 ounce growler fill. Meet Chef Gautier Friday, September 24th and enjoy some special tastes, on tap and from the kitchen.

Photo: Chef King Phojanakong

The Food Seen - Episode 18 - Starchefs International Culinary Congress

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:18:10 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael goes on the road to Star Chef's International Chef's Congress, a meeting of the minds for culinary masters to show off their most creative and innovative techniques and ideas. Michael speaks to Jordan Kahn about cooking with colors, playing on our preconceptions about what food should look like and exploring how the visual affects our taste. Michael also speaks to Gabriel Bremer about cooking basics versus new school technology and how art affects both. Alex Stupak also talks about using PVC pipe to make pastries, and Kristen Murray talks about inspiration. This episode was sponsored by Heritage Foods USA.

Photo: The 5th annual Starchefs International Culinary Congress

The Food Seen - Episode 19 - Glass Blowing with Chef Michael Ayoub of Fornino & Anders Rydstedt

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:42:03 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sits down with expert glass-blower Anders Rydstedt and Chef Michael Ayoub of Fornino. The gang discuss glass blowing, sugar blowing, using super-hot glass-blowing technology for cooking, and bringing kitchenwear into the world of blowing glass. They also drop a bevy of mind-blowing glass-related facts on the listening audience (remember: glass is a liquid frozen in time by one thousand degrees of heat). This episode was sponsored by Fairway: like no other market.

The Food Seen - Episode 20 - Graphic Design with Matteo Bologna, Douglas Riccardi & Louise Fili

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:23:09 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sits down with "the Mt. Rushmore of NYC Food Graphic Designers": Matteo Bologna, Douglas Riccardi & Louise Fili. The trio discusses projects past and present, and what it means to brand or simply create a logo for food-oriented companies, plus their own graphic design pet peeves. The discussion also dips into nerdy realms, with the designers admitting to their own nerd-ed out moments of design (multiple character 'fake script' fonts and complete graphic packages composed entirely by hand). This episode was sponsored by Fairway: like no other market.

Photo 1: Louise Fili, Photo 2: Matteo Bologna, Photo 3: Douglas Riccardi

The Food Seen - Episode 21 - Palo Santo with Jacques Gautier & Maximilian Gautier

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:27:43 -0000

This week on The Food Seen, Michael Harlan Turkell is joined by Jacques Gautier, chef and owner of Palo Santo, and his father Maximilian Gautier. The three discuss Palo Santo's "eclectic Latin" menu and design, and Jacques' emphasis on local ingredients. This episode is brought to you by Hearst Ranch, the nation's largest single-source supplier of free-range, all-natural, grass-fed beef.

Photo: Palo Santo Restaurant - 652 Union St Brooklyn, NY - 11215-1103 (718) 636-6311

The Food Seen - Episode 22 - Sara Jenkins & Alex Raij

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:49:47 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sits down with Sara Jenkins of Txikito and Alex Raij of Porchetta to discuss what it means to be an immigrant who cooks, the past and present of Italo-American cuisine, the truth or myth of our culinary ignorance in the 60s, and how cooking can be an act of love. They also recount their respective culinary histories, and what makes them want to live and work in the culinary world. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish: a culinary mainstay in NYC for over 55 years.

The Food Seen - Episode 23 - The New Brooklyn Cookbook

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:43:43 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sits down with the people responsible for The New Brooklyn Cookbook: a compendium of Brooklyn's hottest restaurants offering up some of their favorite masterpieces best suited for you to recreate in your kitchen. Husband and wife authorship team Melissa and Brandon Vaughan join Cassie Jones & Jessica Deputato of Harper Collins to take questions from Michael Harlen Turkel--the book's principle photographer. The gang talk about their process for choosing from the amazing new wave of culinary talent coming out of every corner of Brooklyn, and how they made sure the original dishes--often highly stylized and always creative--could be created at home. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish: a culinary mainstay in NYC for over 55 years.

The Food Seen - Episode 24 - Ian Knauer

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:19:58 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael talks to chef Ian Knauer. Ian talks about how he got started in life as a "Boiler Room"-style financial guy, a life he describes as "very bad". Before he knew it he was working directly under Ruth Reichl at Gourmet, test cooking recipes and eventually catering the magazine's Christmas party. Learn why his PA family farm is so important to his view on food and family, and why killing animals lends a certain gravitas to his line of work. This episode also features Alan Systma of Grub Street calling in with some anecdotes about driving in the country with Ian. This episode was sponsored by 360 Cookware.

The Food Seen - Episode 25 - Brooks Headley & Sam McPheeters

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:56:27 -0000

This week on The Food Seen Michael sits down with perhaps the first combination pastry chef/hardcore band member to grace the show. Brooks Headley, pastry chef at Del Posto and former drummer of seminal hardcore band Born Against, joins the band's singer Sam McPheeters for a discussion about eating, touring, and balancing creativity between food and music. This episode was sponsored by Fairway: like no other market.

* photo by Glen E. Friedman

The Food Seen - Episode 26 - Brooklyn Bilt & Brooklyn Slate

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:18:32 -0000

This week on the Food Seen Michael speaks to Sean Tice, Andy Ring, and Kristy Hadeka, for a discussion about Brooklyn Bilt and Brooklyn Slate. Learn the possibilities of Richlite as a material, what woodworkers talk about online, and why the French love fancy cutlery more than we do, plus the possibilities of re-imagining what we use in the kitchen (and why). This episode was sponsored by Cabot Cheese of Vermont, Dairy Farm Family owned since 1919.

The Food Seen - Episode 27 - The Canal House

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:33:13 -0000

This week on Cooking Issues Michael sits down with Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, founders of The Canal House. They gang speaks about creating Canal House Cooking, a cooking magazine the times describes as "both old-fashioned and totally new". Hamilton and Hirsheimer describe their process for collaborating on photo shoots, creating and re-working recipes, and what its like to have a quiet place away from the city. This episode was sponsored by Cabot Cheese of Vermont, Dairy Farm Family owned since 1919.

The Food Seen - Episode 28 - Culintro

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:04:49 -0000

Stephanie Kornblum and Alina Munoz saw an opening in the culinary job market, and rather than filling themselves, they facilitated. By forming CULINTRO, they created a network for industry professionals to “develop career contacts, knowledge, and skills” through “panel discussions, internship programs, monthly articles from industry executives, and of course, a job board”. If you’re looking to begin and/or further your career in/around food, look no further than Culintro.

The Food Seen - Episode 29 - Carl Warner

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:35:32 -0000

Born in England, inspired to draw as a young boy by Salvador Dali’s surrealism, and the fantastical illustrations of Patrick Woodroffe (Judas Priest album covers), and record sleeve artists such as Roger Dean and the work of Storm Thorgerson’s Hipgnosis studio (Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of The Moon”, Led Zeppelin, and books like Douglas Adam’s “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”), Carl went to drawing school, only to find photography more his style, and in 2008, became an international hit while creating his own genre of (food) art. We’ll discuss how Carl builds his own sets out of edible ingredients, conceptualizes what foods belong in the photo, how long it all sits out, and why he lost his sense of smell.

The Food Seen - Episode 30 - ArtBites.net

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:36:54 -0000

On this episode of The Food Seen, listen to Michael “cook art history”, as Maite Gomez-Rejón of ArtBites.net, takes THE FOOD SEEN on a tour through The MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art), to discuss America’s first “foodie”, Thomas Jefferson. During his time as minister to France, he learned to love French cuisine, brought it’s customs back to the US, introducing many staple ingredients, as well as bringing American crops back to Europe. After our time in the museum, we headed back to the kitchen to recreate “A Jeffersonian Feast”! This episode was sponsored by Tekserve & The Lower East Side Ecology Center's "E-Waste Events". Find out everything you need to know about recycling your old electronics by clicking here! >

The Food Seen - Episode 31 - J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:39:45 -0000

On the last episode of The Food Seen for 2010, we have J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, ex-chef, now author of The Food Lab series on SeriousEats.com, “dedicated to unraveling the science of cooking”, as we explores the techniques behind making the best pizza from Neapolitan to New York style, why you’d rather put your hand in a 200 degree oven than a pot of boiling water, and a few other tips included in his upcoming book, “The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science” (W.W. Norton, 2012). This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market. For more information visit www.wholefoodsmarket.com

The Food Seen - Episode 32 - The (last shipping) Night Before Christmas with Mo Frechette of Zingerman's

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:43:27 -0000

During the holiday season, Michael was lucky enough to tour the Zingerman’s mail order facility with managing partner Mo Frechette on “The (last shipping) Night Before Christmas”. If you don’t know Zingerman’s, you should, it may be one of the best deli’s in the country. Aside from their sandwiches, bakehouse breads, extensive fromagerie (cheese selection), and endless shelves of artisan foods from around the world, their business plan is in a true cooperative spirit. Listen in to hear a first hand account from the belly of the beast after shipping out 10,000 boxes on their busiest day of the year and how Toyota’s car factory influences their efficiency (and sanity). This episode was sponsored by 360 Cookware. Visit www.360cookware.com to learn more about their vapor technology!

The Food Seen - Episode 33 - Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito of Baked

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:09:09 -0000

Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, the fabulous baker boys of BAKED, stop by the studio to sate THE FOOD SEEN’s sweet teeth, bearing their best brownies (which are some of Oprah’s Favorite Things)! They tell the tale that you can positively have one’s cake and eat it too, leaving former lives in the ad world to working nights in cafes and take pastry classes, starting from scratch with the notion to get grandma out of the kitchen, and bring the cool back into baking. Matt and Renato have also authored two toothsome cookbooks that are must haves for anyone craving classic American desserts made alive and anew (Baked: New Frontiers in Baking and Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented). This episode was sponsored by 360 Cookware. For more information on their green product line and vapor technology visit www.360cookware.com.

The Food Seen - Episode 34 - Jono Pandolfi Designs (plateware) with Will Guidara, GM of Eleven Madison Park

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:19:55 -0000

On today’s wintery mix episode of THE FOOD SEEN, we chat with Jono Pandolfi, whose whimsical tablewares grace the tables of NYC’s hottest restaurants. Joined by Will Guidara, GM of Eleven Madison Park, hear how Jono navigated his potter’s world, and ended up “throwing” together a signature line for elite chef’s amuse bouches. This episode was sponsored by Cochon 555. For more information visit www.cochon55.com.

The Food Seen - Episode 35 - Francine Matalon-Degni’s “Trends in Food Photography”

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:50:42 -0000

Prop stylist Francine Matalon-Degni’s “Trends in Food Photography” piece in Gastronomica Summer 2010 V10 N3 spans the last few decades, touching on the political climate and how it effects the societal aesthetic. We’ll be joined in the studio by Francine herself, as well as food stylist Rick Ellis and food photographer Beth Galton. This episode was sponsored by Tabard Inn / Route 11. For more information visit www.tabardinn.com

The Food Seen - Episode 36 - Dede Lahman and Neil Kleinberg of Clinton St Baking Company

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:07:01 -0000

In honor of February, or what I know as “Pancake Month”, THE FOOD SEEN invites Dede Lahman and Neil Kleinberg of Clinton Street Baking Co. to the show. Amongst dishing out the best brunch in New York City, they’ve also recently released The Clinton Street Baking Company Cookbook, which boosts recipes from their coveted blueberry pancakes with maple butter, to crave-worthy biscuits and baked goods, not to mention their fanatical fried chicken. Food aside, this is also a love story … of butter.

The Food Seen - Episode 37 - Joshua David Stein, Senior Editor of Eater National

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:19:34 -0000

This week on The Food Seen, Michael Harlan Turkel has a conversation with the prolific Joshua David Stein, Senior Editor of Eater National. Tune in to hear a recap of the latest Bocuse d'Or and what makes Team USA so unique. Also hear about some of the more interesting experiences Joshua has had with some of the biggest names in food including Mimi Sheridan, Rene Redzepi & Nigella Lawson. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market. For more information visit www.wholefoodsmarket.com

The Food Seen - Episode 38 - Design Sponge

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:07:02 -0000

Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge (and her husband Aaron Coles) stopped by THE FOOD SEEN for some design saavy conversation (and post-taping pizza at Roberta’s). From quitting her day job to building her brand, Grace’s journey through Brooklyn’s design boom has led her allowed her to curate design*sponge full-time. She virtually takes us “in the kitchen with” some of her favorite designers, and salivate over their aesthetic recipe offerings, but also hear how she learned from her mistakes, taking in her honest and cool to approaching to practicing business. Wonder what’s on Grace’s covet list? Well, you’ll have to listen in.

The Food Seen - Episode 39 - Cookbook Designers Laura Palese and Amy Sly

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:09:22 -0000

This week on The Food Seen, Michael Harlan Turkell is joined by cookbook designers Laura Palese and Amy Sly for a cover to cover report on how they assemble our favorite tomes. From how they design approaches to their workflow skills, listen in and hear how cookbooks come to life! This episode was sponsored by Tabard Inn. For more information visit www.TabardInn.com

The Food Seen - Episode 40 - Gastronomista founders Jennifer Pelka and Emily Arden Wells

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:39:27 -0000

Why not start March off right with a fresh new episode of THE FOOD SEEN at 3PM. Gastronomista founders Jennifer Pelka and Emily Arden Wells, run an art and design blog that focuses on the culture of food and drink, and explain what it’s like to eat like a girl. They’re “the kind of girls who know how to butcher a whole pig, take our bourbon straight-up, build chicken coops in our backyards, and throw an occasional ladylike tea party”. Fellas? This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. For more information visit www.SurryFarms.com

The Food Seen - Episode 41 - mixologists, nay, bartenders Ari Form and Matt DeVriendt

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:01:00 -0000

Sazerac, Screwdriver, Sex on the Beach … ever wonder how cocktails got their names? Mixologists, nay, bartenders Ari Form and Matt DeVriendt educate THE FOOD SEEN on the etymology of libations (from serious to sports themed), and how to construct a drink list itself. Also, the legend of Pete LaCock demystified, what came first, the man or the drink. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch - the nations largest single source grassfed and grass finished beef supplier. For more information visit www.HearstRanch.com.

The Food Seen - Episode 42 - Mara Trachtenberg’s “A Decadent World”, sculpted sugar photographs

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:54:35 -0000

Mara Trachtenberg, a fine art photographer, constructed a series of fantastical 4×5 photos images for “A Decadent World” with sugar as her sculptural medium. Feeding off an early fascination with food, from her Nana’s eastern-European Jewish kitchen (blintzes, latkes, kasha and kugel), to her father’s garden, Mara’s documented slaughterhouses to explore the connection between animal and human, life and death, and in the same vein, been rapt with Food Network’s Ace of Cakes, the plasticity of sugar, and our societal relationship between the culture of food and the nature of food.

The Food Seen - Episode 43 - Umami Food and Art Festival

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:22:37 -0000

On THE FOOD SEEN today, Yael Raviv, director of the Umami Food and Art Festival, is joined by the event’s curator, Ame Gilbert, and participating artist Terri Hanlon, as they ready themselves for Edible Architecture: Umami 2011 Gala Event on Monday, March 28th, a fundraiser to support future Umami projects.

“The Umami Food and Art Festival, was created in 2008 as a non-profit biennale event. It offers a meeting ground to people who use food as a medium and who present their audience with a multi-sensory experience in the dining room, or gallery space. The festival’s objective is to open avenues of collaboration between these artists and culinary professionals and expose them to new audiences from both the art and the culinary worlds. Choosing food as a common thread allows Umami to present new ways to look at art and to integrate art into daily life. Umami offers an environment for non-commercial, time-based art and encourages artists who work with non-traditional mediums and forms.”

The Food Seen - Episode 44 - “food visionaire” Alison Attenborough with food photographer John Kernick

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:37:14 -0000

This week on The Food Seen, Michael Harlan Turkell is joined by two true food visionaires, Alison Attenborough, a master stylist, and John Kernick a photography maven. Hear about their worldly works, creative collaborations, and how their aesthetic ideals relate to their eating habits. This episode was sponsored by WholeFoodsMarket

photo by Tina Rupp

The Food Seen - Episode 45 - Restaurateurs Gabriel and Gina Stulman

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:46:14 -0000

Restaurateurs Gabriel and Gina Stulman, of their West Village trifecta: Joseph Leonard, Jeffery’s Grocery, and Fedora, come on today’s THE FOOD SEEN to talk on how heritage, family, and friends, play an utmost role in creating each establishment. Could they be the next Keith McNally? Sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. For more information visit www.SurryFarms.com

The Food Seen - Episode 46 - Noah Bernamoff and Rae Cohen of Mile End Delicatessen with Chef Aaron Israel

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:32:24 -0000

Did you know there was a Canadian dining scene in NYC? Do you know of the Mile End section of Montreal? Find out more on today’s episode of The Food Seen about these two phenomenons and how they’ve amalgamated to bring back Jewish cuisine to the haute forefront, not to mention some of the best smoked meat in the city! Mile End Delicatessen owners Noah Bernamoff and Rae Cohen, plus Chef Aaron Israel, talk bagels to borscht, their upcoming Passover Sedar menu, and all served with a side of schmaltz and gribenes. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods market celebrates Earth Month with the “Do Something Reel” Film Festival, a collection of six provocative, character-driven films focused on food, environmental issues and everyday people with a greater vision. Come see one of the six features at City Cinemas Village East from Saturday, April 16th through Thursday April 21st, every night at 6pm. Learn more about the films and special events at www.DoSomethingReel.com

The Food Seen - Episode 47 - Baking with Shuna Lydon of Peels and Jeremy Shapiro

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:42:44 -0000

Oh the joy of baking, not the book, but the prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by convection (according to Wikipedia). The roles of bakers and pastry chefs have been blurred over the years, so on today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we have Shuna Lydon, the pastry chef at Peels, and Jeremy Shapiro, bread baker extraordinaire, to help us redefine the roles of bakers and chew over the current state of baked goods and grains. p.s. read both Shuna’s and Jeremy’s blogs for wonderfully inspiring writing and recipes! This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch-the nations largest single source supplier of grassfed and grass-finished beef.

* photo by Erin Gleeson

The Food Seen - Episode 48 - Tattfoo Tan, Michael Pribich, Jorge Rojas, “Matter of Food” at Project Row Houses

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:02:53 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we have Tattfoo Tan, Michael Pribich and Jorge Rojas, contributing artists to Project Row Houses’ “Matter of Food” exhibition. From Tattfoo’s “S.O.S. + Greenhouse Collective” which serves as a incubator of ideas through community collaboration, to Michael’s “Sugarland” that deals with the labor practices in sugar harvesting, to Jorge’s “Gente de Maiz” looking at corn as an ingredient of worship (includes the “Tortilla Oracle” readings), see how their projects inform how societal beliefs and practices effect our food systems. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch. For more information visit HearstRanch.com

The Food Seen - Episode 49 - Jellymongers Bompas & Parr

Tue, 03 May 2011 22:58:39 -0000

Do you what a “jellymonger” is? Let Bompas & Parr explain. On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Sam (Bompas) and Harry (Parr) bring a mainstay of British cuisine across the pond to discuss it’s royal and humble legacy. But don’t think these boys are just about jellies and things that wobble. Their multi-sensory events are becoming things of legend; from a five ton walk-thru Chocolate Waterfall, a Rabbit Café filled with the albino pets, to a scratch and sniff ode to Peter Greenaway’s food-studded film, The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover, it all makes you want to stop and sit in a breathable cloud of gin & tonic (which they’ve also concocted). This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

photos by Chris Terry

The Food Seen - Episode 50 - Casey Kelbaugh of Slideluck Potshow

Tue, 10 May 2011 23:39:38 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Casey Kelbaugh, founder/director of Slideluck Potshow, explains his impetus in starting the potluck/slideshow mashup, and how it’s brought the food and art community together in over 40 cities around the world. SLPS XVI NYC, is being held in Brooklyn this Saturday, May 14th, from 530-10PM, and tickets are still available for the Beautiful Bountiful Brooklyn Tasting Hour. Last year’s event broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the Largest Potluck on Earth! Come for the food, stay for the photos. This episode was sponsored by

The Food Seen - Episode 51 - Experimental Cuisine Collective

Wed, 18 May 2011 02:19:30 -0000

Today on THE FOOD SEEN, Anne McBride and Kent Kirshenbaum of the Experimental Cuisine Collective, introduce some of the speaking points of their 2011 symposium, entitled, “Foundation to Innovation”. From gaining a core understanding of cooking basics on a molecular level, we contemplate a time when microwaves were new technology, to present day, where praciticing “molecular gastronomy” in the American kitchen and having full access to sous vide and immersion circulators may not be such a modern idea afterall. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. For more information visit SurryFarms.com.

The Food Seen - Episode 52 - Lotta Jansdotter

Tue, 24 May 2011 22:21:35 -0000

Lotta Jansdotter joins the THE FOOD SEEN today, with studio manager Nerissa Campbell, to discuss her Swedish design sensibilities, which often manifest themselves through food, from taking a mid-day coffee break (fika) or a late night snack (vickning) served after a long night of drinking. Also, find out the truth behind Jansson’s Temptation? Nerissa, chimes in on her Australian upbringing, and serenades us with stories of childhood cuisine. Get your smörgåsbord of food/art here, full of cinnamon rolls, gravlax, meatballs, crispbreads, mead and more …

The Food Seen - Episode 53 - Alimentum

Tue, 31 May 2011 19:50:57 -0000

On today’s re-entry from Memorial Day episode, THE FOOD SEEN cools it down a bit, far away from the BBQ’s and hot stoves, and relaxes with a reading from Alimentum Journal, The Literature of Food. Join it’s editor Paulette Licitra, and contributors, Sophie Menin and Carly Sachs, us as we discuss food writing in all it’s forms, be it poetry and/or prose, from love over old wine to the supermarket line. This episode was sponsored by Surry Farms

The Food Seen - Episode 54 - Cara Eisenpress and Phoebe Lapine of Big Girls Small Kitchen

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:50:20 -0000

Cara Eisenpress and Phoebe Lapine of Big Girls Small Kitchen share their first cookbook, In The Small Kitchen on today’s THE FOOD SEEN. These best friends show how they adapted their Quarter-Life cooking skills to work within their space, time, money and diets, during their post-college “sophomore” year in the “real world”. From a chocolate-chip oatmeal cookie rivalry to picnics and one pot meals, hear what tasty treats these savvy twenty-somethings are cooking “In The Small Kitchen”! This episode was sponsored by Just Food's City Chicken Project 2011.

The Food Seen - Episode 55 - Raquel Pelzel and Adeena Sussman

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:47:09 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, food writers/recipe developers Raquel Pelzel and Adeena Sussman, collaborate with the likes of Ellie Krieger, Suvir Saran, Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo of Animal in LA, on their respective cookbooks. They talk about what it takes to compile and construct a chef’s vision and voice without compromising your own? Be it their culinary backgrounds, or through industry happenstance (an NYC blackout maybe?), these ladies are given the task of actualizing a recipe, all the while keeping the integrity of someone else’s food intact. This episode is sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, Inc.

The Food Seen - Episode 56 - Amanda Freitag and Patti Jackson

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:36:39 -0000

Today, THE FOOD SEEN, asks Chef Amanda Freitag and Chef Patti Jackson of i Trulli, not only of their illustrious restaurant careers, but also, how gender plays a part in the kitchen. Do men and women really cook differently?

The Food Seen - Episode 57 - Zeb Stewart

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:47:30 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Zeb Stewart, the visionaire behind Union Pool, Hotel Delmano, and Cafe Colette, speaks of growing up in Sonoma, living in a “castle’ in Bushwick, and how his journeys to South America and beyond, have helped him shape the burgeoning Williamsburg drinks and dining scene since the early aughts. This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.

Photo Credit: Kate Glicksberg for the New York Times

The Food Seen - Episode 58 - Malin + Goetz

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:27:32 -0000

THE FOOD SEEN sits with Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz, better know as Malin + Goetz apothecary and lab, and makers of all natural skin care and parfums, who not only use food as a catalyst for their products, but they also throw epic dinner parties. This episode was sponsored by CookoutNYC & The Good Beer Seal.

The Food Seen - Episode 59 - Food Trucks

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:58:32 -0000

David Weber, President of the NYC Food Trucks Association (NYCFTA), and founding member of Rickshaw Dumplings, and joins THE FOOD SEEN to discuss a pressing matter. The NYPD has recently been asked to enforce a 1950’s Transportation Department regulation that states, “no vendor, hawker or huckster shall park a vehicle at a metered parking space to offer merchandise for sale from the vehicle”, effectively threatening the food truck street presence in Midtown Manhattan, as well as in all 5 boroughs. Kim Ima, owner/operator of Treats Truck, and a trailblazer of the food truck scene, calls in to discuss how this effects not only our cityscape of food, but how it compromises the integrity of many truck’s business models and tests the limits of their faithful customer base.

* photo by Cinzia Reale-Castello

The Food Seen - Episode 60 - Molly Birnbaum

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:28:33 -0000

Ever wonder what food would be like without smell? On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, author of “Season to Taste”, Molly Birnbaum, memoirs her passion for cooking with aspirations to become a chef, but is befallen by a devastating accident and suffers anosmia, “an inability to perceive odors”. Hear her journey, as she navigates a scentless world, meeting with top neurologists, chefs, flavorists and perfumers, in hopes to regain her smell memories and find her way back into the kitchen. This episode is sponsored by Whole Foods Market

The Food Seen - Episode 61 - Nikki McClure

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:57:24 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, paper cut artist Nikki McClure carves out a niche in the Pacific Northwest, and in doing so, creates a slow food/art mantra. From her time in the Seattle punk scene to her most recent book, To Market, to Market, applauding the artisans of the Olympia Farmers Market, hear how Nikki brings her world to life on the page, and lives it by the book.

*Photo by Lisa Owen

The Food Seen - Episode 62 - Justin Warner

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:43:32 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Justin Warner, Pabulum Director of Do or Dine, an “American Izakaya” restaurant in Bed-Stuy, comes to the show to wax poetic about “haute munchies”, and literally rap about wine (eg Chateauneuf du Pape to Snoop Dogg’s Drop It Like It’s Hot, Alsace to Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind). This episode is sponsored by

The Food Seen - Episode 63 - Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:04:23 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Jeni Britton Bauer of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream in Columbus, Ohio (and now Nashville, TN), brings cool to the summer heat, and now, learn to make her crave-worthy creations at home, through her new cookbook. Salty Caramel, Bacon Praline, Backyard Mint … they will all make you SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM! This episode is sponsored by Roberta's Restaurant.

The Food Seen - Episode 64 - Brooklyn Butcher Blocks

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:46:08 -0000

Nils Wessel of Brooklyn Butcher Blocks joins THE FOOD SEEN to talk all things wood, be it walnut or cherry, he existentially asks, “how much wood could a butcher block cut”. Inspired by sculptural artists like Bruce Nauman, Louise Bourgeios, Huma Bhabha, hear how this seemingly art & crafts movement goes dada. This episode is sponsored by Cain Vineyard and Winery .

Photo by Meaghin Kennedy of Cheer Observations

The Food Seen - Episode 65 - Ditte Isager, cookbook photographer

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:31:24 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, photographer Ditte Isager, captures a “time and place in Nordic cuisine” at the top restaurant in the world, Copenhagen’s Noma, for it’s subsequent cookbook. How do her Danish roots and familiar relationship with Chef René Redzepi, translate onto the page. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

The Food Seen - Episode 66 - La Boite a Epice

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:58:08 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Lior Lev Sercarz, the worldly spice blender behind La Boite a Epice, tells his story through the travel and tastes which helped him form his poignant palate. Like a modern day Pierre Poivre, a trailblazer of the modern spice trade, Lior aims to elevate the now omnipresent black pepper to new heights. You can even try Lior’s ode to Pierre in his 8 pepper blend. This episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

The Food Seen - Episode 67 - Flavor Chemistry

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:35:00 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we’re joined by Elaine Kellman-Grosinger, a “flavorist”, who works for Citromax Flavors as the Chief Flavor Chemist/Director of Research & Development, helping create the “tastes of tomorrow” from “fresh fruit and juices, oils and by-products, for flavors both sweet and savory”. Next time you chew a piece of gum, or sip a soda, you may think twice about what you’re tasting. This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.

The Food Seen - Episode 68 - The Perennial Plate

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:58:36 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, the wandering stars of the weekly online video series The Perennial Plate, Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine, are halfway through their national tour “taking the viewer on a journey to appreciate and understand where good food comes from and how to enjoy it.”. From their Minnesotan beginnings, they’ve now hunted frogs in Arkansas, fished for shrimp in New Orleans, dove for sea urchin on the West Coast, and even cooked a collaborative dinner here in NYC at Prune restaurant. What’s next on map for The Perennial Plate? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out … This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.

The Food Seen - Episode 69 - Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:23:12 -0000

Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge, makes her second appearance on THE FOOD SEEN, to discuss her new/first book, “Design*Sponge at Home“. In it, great DIY projects like Silverware Curtain Hooks, Recycled Cake Stands (made of old plates and candlestick holders), and a “sneak peak” into Grace’s own home and kitchen (complete with a blazingly orange Julia Child-esque peg-board wall for pots/pans). Also, new recipes Design*Sponge’s In The Kitchen With column, as well as a few drinks from Behind the Bar to round out the meal. You can also listen to Grace’s earlier interview on THE FOOD SEEN here.

The Food Seen - Episode 70 - Julian Medina & Pichet Ong

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:11:18 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, chefs Julian Medina and Pichet Ong bring their multi-cultural cooking backgrounds to Coppelia, a 24 hour Cuban dinner, reinforcing the idea that Manhattan’s melting pot is not just American like apple pie (or chocolate chip cookies) anymore. Travel the world through tastes and techniques from Mexico to Thailand and find fusion everywhere!

The Food Seen - Episode 71 - Jane Black & Brent Cunningham

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:59:15 -0000

THE FOOD SEEN welcomes Jane Black and Brent Cunningham, a wife and husband duo writing a book on Huntington, WV, the site where Season 1 of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution TV show occurred. They’re there in hopes to promote a healthier food culture, one that is no longer plagued by obesity and diabetes, but upon recognizing that it may not be a matter of price and access, and more so of convenience and taste, they wonder if food nostalgia can change for the better?

The Food Seen - Episode 72 - David Masson and John Bush

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:53:50 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN David Massoni and John Bush pair up to bring Thistle Hill Tavern to Park Slope. David’s background in the Batali empire, and John’s punk rock days as a photographer (NOFX’s Fat Mike is actually a proprietor at THT), have the neighborhood singing the praise of it’s locally-sourced seasonal produce, dairy and meat, and sustainable seafood. Their next project Talde, with Top Chef’s Dale Talde opens next month with an Asian-American menu which will span the flavors of Southeast Asia. But how’d they piece up the pieces (“American Pickers” style)? This episode is sponsored by Heritage Foods USA's No Goat Left Behind initiative.

The Food Seen - Episode 73 - The Recipe Project

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:38:17 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Michael Hearst, the talented musician from One Ring Zero, comes to talk about his book/album release, The Recipe Project. He and Leigh Newman of Black Balloon Publishing, discuss the finer points in pairing music stylings with food. “Recipe songs” from such notable chefs like David Chang, Michael Symon, Aarón Sanchez, and even music videos with Chris Cosentino (Brains & Eggs) and Mario Batali (Spaghetti with Sweet 100 Tomatoes) …

The Food Seen - Episode 74 - Chef Anita Lo's "Cooking Without Borders" cookbook with Charlotte Druckman

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:05:42 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Anita Lo, chef/owner of Annisa restaurant in the West Village, is one of the most “revered female chefs in the country”. Of Chinese-American ancestry, a midwest upbringing, and an affection towards french technique and Paris, Anita blurs cultural lines but coalesces them all through in her prudent perspective. Author of the new boundary breaking cookbook, “Cooking Without Borders” with Charlotte Druckman, hear how this collection of recipes came together through a personal history of worldly influences.

The Food Seen - Episode 75 - Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:01:56 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, the duo behind Eleven Madison Park , Chef Daniel Humm and GM Will Guidara, leaf through the pages of their new magnum opus, Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook. We’ll be joined on air by their food photographer, Francesco Tonelli, to discuss the process, plating, and photography, behind such a tome. This episode is sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

The Food Seen - Episode 76 - They Draw and Cook

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:20:32 -0000

On today's THE FOOD SEEN, sibiling design team Salli Swindell and Nate Padavick, also know as Studio SSS, curate the user submitted website TheyDrawAndCook.com. It's filled with a new type of food art: illustrated recipes. In their recently published cookbook of the same name, THEY DRAW AND COOK, see how a community of artists prove, how in the kitchen, the pen may be as mighty as the sword. This episode was sponsored by Heritage Foods USA.

The Food Seen - Episode 77 - Michael Colameco

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:14:57 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Michael Colameco embodies the name of his preeminent guide book “Mike Colameco’s Food Lover’s Guide to New York City”. He is not only a NYC food lover, but a stalwart of the city’s past/present dining lore, working for a multitude of classic chefs and institutions, as a radio host, his own TV show, all while blazing the way for the future of food media.

The Food Seen - Episode 78 - Aliya Leekong

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:46:55 -0000

On today's THE FOOD SEEN, Aliya LeeKong brings her multi-national home (Indo-Pakistani, Tanzanian, Trinidad, Hong Kong) to the forefront through her video series, Exotic Table. Though she travels to far off lands like Turkey, Goa, and South Africa, she also finds flavor inspiration here Staten Island where a band of grandmothers run the kitchen at Enoteca Maria. Aliya is also the Culinary Creative Director at Junoon, a restaurant highlighting South Asian cuisine, where she blends spices as she does cultures. This episode was sponsored by Fairway Market.

The Food Seen - Episode 79 - Paul Lowe of Sweet Paul Magazine

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:05:08 -0000

On today's THE FOOD SEEN, we're graced with Paul Lowe, the styling genius behind Sweet Paul magazine, who brings his Nordic nuances to the table. In his latest issue, Winter 2011, he lives true by his subtitle, "chasing the sweet things in life". Making old traditions anew, Paul teaches us how to make our own wrapping paper, and few interesting iterations of the standard wreath. Oh, and there's cooking too, from hearty greens to larger than life cookies. Listen in to learn the luscious tricks of the trade. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

The Food Seen - Episode 80 - Tatroux presents "Notes from a Kitchen, A Journey Inside Culinary Obsession"

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:03:44 -0000

On today's THE FOOD SEEN, multimedia artist Jeff Scott and Chef Blake Beshore come together to form Tatroux, the publishers behind "Notes from a Kitchen: A Journey Inside Culinary Obsession", a re-envisioned take on the modern cookbook. Compiled of hand written ephemera and cinematic clips, the Scott and Beshore follow around renowned chefs like Sean Brock (McCrady's, Husk), Johnny Iuzzini, Michael Laiskonis, George Mendes, Zak Pelaccio and many more, eliciting a visceral response that reveals their culinary passions and obsessions. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

The Food Seen - Episode 82 - John Winterman

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:32:27 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, John Winterman, Maitre D’ of the 3 Michelin Star restaurant Daniel in New York City, stops by to explain exactly what a Maitre D’ does. Literally meaning “master of the”, John oversees the waitstaff, manages the dining room, handles reservations, and in all, is there to ensure customer satisfaction. He’s also a certified sommelier, an expert in artisanal cheese, and quite a dashing fellow.

"I like the idea of working for the eccentric chef-owner", John Winterman, Maitre D’ of Daniel

The Food Seen - Episode 82 - Charlie Grosso's "Wok the Dog"

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:56:09 -0000

On THE FOOD SEEN, Charlie Grosso, half of Baang and Burne gallery, and photographer, spans the globe, having explored food markets in over 20 countries and 70 cities around the world. Her “Wok the Dog” photo expose, brings the tastes, smells, and sights, from her childhood in Taipei, to our local streets. This episode is sponsored by The Barterhouse.

The Food Seen - Episode 83 - Caren Alpert & SEM Photography

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:26:12 -0000

On the first episode of THE FOOD SEEN in 2012, Caren Alpert, a San Francisco based photographer, takes a closer look at food … a much closer look. She uses a scanning electron microscope for her “terra cibus” project, magnifying the surfaces of food between ten and a thousand times, abstracting their textures, making them seems as if they were bird’s eye views of otherwordly landscapes. Table salt looks like ice floes, cauliflower resembles a canyon/chasm, fortune cookies turn into tributaries, and my favorite, cake sprinkles. This episode is sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons

"I thought why not take a closer look at what we eat every day...Sugar looks otherworldly under the microscope."

--Caren Alpert on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 84 - Nissa Pierson

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:39 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Nissa Pierson, the herb aficionado behind Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center, a multi-faceted space which serves as an importer and educational hub for fresh herbs and ideas, advocating for organic and fair trade communities from all around the world, and committed to supporting local chefs, farmers & artisans in our own backyards. This episode was sponsored by White Oak Pastures.

"I believe that people, with the more true information they have, can make better choices."

--Nissa Pierson on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 85 - Elephant Props

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:57:27 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, the collector/curator behind Elephant Props, Michele Michael, and maven of Elephants Ceramics, brings her ware wisdom on how to best set a tabletop, throw a plate, and take a cue from the coastal colors of Maine. This episode is sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"For me, finding props is always an ongoing process and that is what keeps it exciting for me . . .and then it's so fun to see [these things] being used in a national publication."

--Michele Michael on the Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 86 - Dirt Candy

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:40:41 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Chef Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy, treats vegetables like meat. From faux-gras to finding the fat in flora, she’s redefining vegetarian cuisine from the root up. Amanda believes, “any can cook a hamburger, but leave the vegetables to the professionals”. The salad days are over! This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"When I was 15, I became a vegetarian to rebel against my family."
"I wanted to find some taste sensation [with foie gras] that vegans and vegetarians could experience.
"If you don't do something great with a carrot, then there's no point!"
--Amanda Cohen on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 87 - Remedy Quarterly

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:42:57 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Kelly Carambula is a graphic designer by day, a maker/baker/blogger by night. She publishes the independent food magazine Remedy Quarterly, in which familiar stories and their kindred recipes co-mingle with artful typography and playful page layouts. Also find Kelly’s musings at eatmakeread.com and mixing cocktails for her seriouseats.com “Drinking in Season” series. This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.

"I love the idea of passing on recipes from generation to generation or just from friends and knowing how special that is."

--Kelly Carambula on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 88 - Roger Smith Cookbook Conference

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:19:35 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we preview the forthcoming Roger Smith Cookbook Conference, being held THURS FEB 9 – SAT FEB 11, 2012, in NYC. We’re joined by Bruce Shaw and Adam Salomone of The Harvard Common Press to discuss the current state of cookbooks, from creating your own, to concepts for new platforms (e-books, apps) . . This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.

"Recipe content is everything that is around us whether it is online or in print or in another form"

--Adam Salamone on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 89 - Ideas In Food

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:57:18 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, H. Alexander Talbot, half of the cherished blog Ideas in Food, a culinary consulting business (with Aki Kamozawa), that shares catered skillsets for creativity with chefs. It started as a digital notebook to record their work restaurant kitchens. What it’s become is a starting point for many culinary round tables; how to concept an idea and give it the structure and clarity it needs. As seen in their book, IDEAS IN FOOD, they cultivate thought through classic techniques and innovative approaches … cook inquisitively and eat inspired. This episode is sponsored by White Oak Pastures.

"I think language often guides, or misguides us, in the development of ideas. So someone that does a 'deconstructed' clam chowder, I suppose it's more 'analyzed' clam chowder. . . Its still clam chowder, it's just your version of it."

--Alexander Talbot on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 90 - Salvatore Rizzo of De Gustibus Cooking School

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:48:52 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Salvatore Rizzo, owner/director of De Gustibus Cooking School at Macy’s Herald Square, may host a pantheon of chefs, but he still keeps true to his Sicilian roots, growing up picking tomatoes for sauce and making barrels of red wine in his Brooklyn backyard. Through his earnest enthusiasm and energy, he worked his way up from busboy and now runs “The School of Good Taste”. This program was sponsored by White Oak Pastures.

"My [Sicilian] mother used to say, 'You want to eat sauce with us every Sunday? You better make it with us!'"
"Everybody is always fascinated by molecular gastronomy..people like to see [science] because it's something they normally wouldn't do in the kitchen."
--Salvatore Rizzo of De Gustibus Cooking School on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 91 - Colby and Megan Garrelts of bluestem

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:49:53 -0000

On today's THE FOOD SEEN, Colby and Megan Garrelts, met during high dining in the Windy City, only to move back to Kansas City, Missouri, to open up bluestem, a redefining restaurant in the Midwest. Their established and progressive approach to food prophetically highlights their local farmers and purveyors, so much so, that bluestem: The Cookbook, is an homage. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"It's sad that you can get Kraft macaroni in cheese in the grocery store easier than you can get produce that was grown down the street."
--Colby Garrelts of bluestem on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 92 - Hugh Acheson of Five & Ten, The National, Gosford Wine and Empire State South

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:29:47 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Hugh Acheson chef/owner of Five & Ten, The National, and Empire State South, in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, takes A New Turn in the South (his cookbook) on the road, preaching the gospel of the South … and his Ottawa upbringing. This program was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

"First and foremost, I cook for a community and that community is rich and poor. I want to appeal to all of those people. I want everybody to have an excuse at least once a year to come to the restaurant. If I was to isolate it and decide to [source everything locally], it would probably be more expensive food."
--chef Hugh Acheson on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 93 - Jennifer Rubell

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:56:12 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, food artist Jennifer Rubell makes us interact with art the way we do with food. Large scale installations are paired with public participation, illuminating the grandeur of society through dining and an art history discourse. From 1521 doughnuts nailed to a wall, or a cast of her own head made out of melting Fontina cheese, a mold is being broken of how we experience food and art as one. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"As somebody who creates objects people touch and interact with, I know all too well why 'do not touch' is [enforced] at museums."
"Food is something that's incredibly broad. It can be everything from the most ephemeral unimportant thing, to something that is a carrier of tremendous meaning and cultural significance."
"I'm very interested in vernacular sculpture, meaning the things that you see around you that had to be sculpted or designed. I'm very interested in the form of those things, and our attachment to those forms. In food there are millions of examples of objects like that [such as a ketchup bottle]."
--food artist Jennifer Rubell on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 94 - Fishs Eddy

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:55:56 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, husband/wife owners of dinnerware/house Fishs Eddy, Julie Gaines and David Lenovitz, fell in love 25 years ago over antiques and glassware. Now they’re a stalwart in New York City’s ever-changing dining scene, as seen by their stockpile of classic restaurant plates; a bastion for unadorned Americana at it’s finest (China). This program was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

"I think Americans make the best China. It's made with love."
--Julie Gaines of Fishs Eddy on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 95 - Sara Moulton

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:58:24 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Sara Moulton, a once reluctant on-air personality, is now one of the preeminent chefs on television. From behind the scenes with Julia Child, to being Gourmet magazine’s in-house chef, and correspondent to Good Morning America, Sara has shaped the way of our American palate, both visually and viscerally. Feast your ears to THE FOOD SEEN on HeritageRadioNetwork.com, every TUESDAY at 3PM EST! This program was brought to you by Whole Foods.

"[The difference between American and French cuisine?] Attention to detail, the attention to excellence, and food expense...They were great recipes, and everything had to be just so.. I was very impressed by the way the French live and eat, and still am." -- Sara Moulton on THE FOOD SEEN
"When women would come to me seeking advice, I would say 'Go West, Young Lady!'" -- Sara Moulton on Women in New York City restaurants

The Food Seen - Episode 96 - David McMillan and Frederic Morin of Joe Beef

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:11:08 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, David McMillan and Frédéric Morin, Quebecers through and through, and proprietors of Montreal’s must, Joe Beef, grace us with their Canadian tongues. Right off the heels of their award-winning volume, The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts, they track back their smoked meat heritage, butter up their French technique, and decant their carnal knowledge of dining, leading them to pleasured life in Little Burgundy. Horse is beef with a different face! This episode was brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

Feast your ears to THE FOOD SEEN on HeritageRadioNetwork.com, every TUESDAY at 3PM EST!

"[Joe Beef] is restaurant started by two burnt-out chefs on anti-depressants that didn't want to hear from anybody anymore. We still have a hard time with authority or anybody telling us what to do."
"What ever happened to finesse? Everything is becoming high-end junk food!"
"Horse is beef with a different face."
-- David McMillan on THE FOOD SEEN
"Context is everything, man...try putting any food besides pizza or Chinese in a Styrofoam box and try delivering it. It just doesn't make sense."
-- Fred Morin on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 97 - Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:55:30 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we dote on Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen, as she unmusses all the fuss in tiny kitchen cooking (her’s is 42 sq ft). Deb adventures through recipes with fearlessness, sharing new tastes, techniques, and personal food revelations, through her charming prose and insightful photography. I’m sure I’m not the only one excited for The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, coming out this Fall! This program was brought to you by Edwards.

"I don't think cooking came from who wrote recipes professionally, it came from people who passed around recipes with their own marks in the margins"
"Cooking shouldn't be about how much money you can spend on ingredients, it should be about feeding your family. It should be accessible- food shouldn't be about class."
-- Deb Perelman on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 98 - Elizabeth Thacker Jones & The Food Book Fair

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:43:23 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, with a life long interest in food and it’s ability to inspire, Elizabeth Thacker Jones presents the FOOD BOOK FAIR, the first ever event bringing together food publications from around the world alongside a dynamic set of events celebrating food writing, reading, and activism, with such authors as Harold McGee (On Food and Cooking), Marion Nestle (Why Calories Count and Food Politics), Colman Andrews (Author and Editorial Director, The Daily Meal). Held on FRI MAY 4 – SUN MAY 6, 2012, at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY), there will be a multitude of food-related panel discussions, and books abound! This program has been brought to you by Whole Foods.

"There is a need to learn where our food comes from, and perhaps also there's also a historical perspective and a 'sense of place' to the way we consume." --Elizabeth Thacker Jones on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 99 - Mindy Fox

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:01:32 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Mindy Fox, cookbook author and food editor at La Cucina Italiana magazine, takes a life trip through American suburbs, to Paris and back, begins cooking professionally, meets Julia Child, returns to publishing, co-authors cookbooks with chefs Sara Jenkins and Karen Demasco, writes her own, A Bird in the Oven and Then Some: 20 Ways to Roast the Perfect Chicken Plus 80 Delectable Recipes, which lands on the New York Times Best Cookbooks for the Year in 2010, and recently releases her follow up, Salads: Beyond the Bowl: Extraordinary Recipes for Everyday Eating, and she’s hungry for more! This episode has been brought to you by Whole Foods.

"The way you cut a vegetable- such as endive- if you cut it thinner, it tastes one way, and if it's thicker, it tastes another way."
"With this book, I hope to inspire people to eat more salad and better salad because it really is a satisfying dish." --Mindy Fox on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 100 - Peter Arkle

Tue, 01 May 2012 19:51:24 -0000

Today marks THE FOOD SEEN’s 100th episode! A big thanks to all the past guests, future interviewees, lovely listeners, and everyone at HeritageRadioNetwork.com for all of the support! Scottish-born, NYC-based illustrator, Peter Arkle, comes to the studio for a visit. Hear about Peter creative process, on how to roast (and draw) the perfect coffee bean, sketching potatoes on lazy Sundays, and what makes him say “slainte”! Recently returning from a trip to his native Scotland, Peter worked with Scotch whiskey makers, anCnoc, on designing their next bottle. They’ll be launching their brand stateside at the Manhattan Cocktail Classic come mid May. In the meantime, check out this video of the distillery on the “behind the scenes” of their collaboration. This episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"A lot of drawing food involves slightly sort of abstract things. It's like blobs of color, and you get away from line quite quickly."
"Whiskey is perfect for the Scottish climate, and part of the New York climate." -- Peter Arkle on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 101 - Adam Perry Lang

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:58:49 -0000

THE FOOD SEEN returns with a hot new episode all about BBQ! Classically trained chef turned barbecue champion, Adam Perry Lang, delivers a new set of active grilling techniques his most recent cookbook, Charred & Scruffed, forever changing the lexicon of BBQ:

Scruffing (roughing up the meat to create more surface area where seasonings and bastes can cling)

Clinching (cooking meat directly on the coals to enhance crunch)

Hot Potatoing (turning and moving the meat constantly to control heat buildup)

Cooking High to Slow (especially effective for crust development in larger cuts)

f you don’t feel like firing up your grill, you can always visit one of Adam’s restaurants. He is the founder of Daisy May’s BBQ in NYC, co-founder with Jamie Oliver of Barbecoa in London, and meat maestro at Carnevino in Las Vegas. This episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"People talk about French technique like it's abstract. It's really just tremendous structure. And even with cooking barbecue, as unruly as it is, there are certain things that you need to do to stay on track."
"The key to good barbecue, low-and-slow style, is consistency and temperature." -- Adam Perry Lang on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 102 - James Peterson

Tue, 29 May 2012 19:32:04 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, James Peterson recounts his mouth watering memoirs . Upon leaving the lush land of NoCal, he traveled to Paris, backpacked through French vineyards looking for work, and had a life changing lunch prepared by a vigneron’s wife. From there, he worked for Michelin starred chefs, met Richard Olney in the buff, translated French pastry cookbooks, opened a restaurant in NYC, took to writing his own cookbooks, and taught himself photography therewith. His first book, Sauces won the James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year Award in 1991. 15 books later, and decades of dedication, James releases the 2nd edition of Vegetables, which has sold over 100,000 copies. This episode has been sponsored by Fairway Market.

"It was learning about wine that carried me into cuisine. My original interest was in wine, and that got me interested in cooking."
"I wanted to take traditional French cuisine and refine it." -- James Peterson on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 103 - Marja Vongerichten, Kimchi Chronicles

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:20:21 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Marja Vongerichten, host of PBS’s Kimchi Chronicles, talks about growing up in Northern Virginia with adoptive parents, being raised on American culture, and deciding to take the journey back to Korea to find her roots, recipes, and family. From bibimbap to bulgogi, Marja’s quest to educate herself and the US about the foods of her heritage, not only reconnects her with her past, but hopefully she’ll also find her biological parents. This program has been brought to you by White Oak Pastures.

"Food was really the first vehicle into my culture. I tasted some of these things- certain kimchis- and the taste just came flooding back. My taste buds remembered."
"Korean food is so healthy. A lot of foods are medicinal due to necessity." -- Marja Vongerichten on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 104 - Mike Geno, Cheese Painter

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:37:06 -0000

Cheese, bacon, and bread. Sounds like an excellent sandwich, right? Well, it’s also the still life subjects of this week’s THE FOOD SEEN. Mike Geno painted a porterhouse during art school, and from there on out shed the “starving” aspect of being an artist. His most recent collection “Fromage/Homage”, elevates simple pieces of cheese to high art. This episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"I never considered cheese because it's this whole subculture that I never indulged in."
"Every time I paint a cheese, I learn more about cheese...My knowledge of meat really helped me learn about flesh tones."
"Finally, cheese is getting the center stage as opposed to being a prop for other still-lifes." -- Mike Geno on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 105 - Joe Campanale

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:27:39 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, wine wunderkind Joe Campanale, the twentysomething co-founder/owner/sommelier of Dell’Anima, L’Artusi, Anfora, and soon to be opened, L’Apicio, talks his first sip of ice wine in the Finger Lakes when he was 13 years old and his ascension since. Learn how to talk about wine, what goes into conducting a tasting, and which wines pair best with food. This program has been brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"I would go the the farmers' markets, and just smelling all of these herbs, fruits, vegetables- and paying attention to them- I really loved the sensory experience of smelling everything. When I tasted those same flavors in wines, I was able to articulate them, because I could remember what something really specific smelled like, even if I had never been exposed to it before."
"Everything you need to make wine exists on the grape." -- Joe Campanale on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 106 - Chris Cosentino

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:10:14 -0000

Today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN is an “offaly” good one. Chef Chris Cosentino of Incanto in San Francisco, CA, and proprietor of tasty salted pig parts at Boccalone, joins us to talk low-cuts and guts. His new cookbook, “Beginnings”, is just that, a start to a great meal, as well as part of the bigger conversation, about Chris’ past, perseverance, pork, and his contemporary Italian palate. This program has been brought to you by Fairway Market.

"You don't have to scream and yell to get someone to eat a [expletive] carrot, but you do have to scream and yell to get someone to eat a cut of meat they aren't familiar with." -- Chris Cosentino on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 107 - Sandy Chilewich

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:58:10 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Sandy Chilewich has revolutionized tabletops from the ground up, well, legs actually. Founding HUE hosiery in the late ’70’s, Sandy used textile design innovations to put chilewich’s now signature placemats on the tables of NYC restaurants like Tom Colicchio’s Craft. This program has been brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"Who would think that placemats could bring the world together? ...I think it's because you look at it, and you get it."
"Designing within constraints is where I am the most creative." -- Sandy Chilewich on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 108 - Harold Dieterle

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:49:07 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Harold Dieterle, may be best know for being the first winner of Bravo’s Top Chef, but it took much longer than one season of television to ready him for competition. Hear about how Harold grew up with Sicilian Sunday suppers, traveled to Spain, too his two-star education on Long Island to Manhattan and the maturation that came with that move. As chef/owner of West Village neighborhood restaurant, Perilla, and contemporary Thai offshoot, Kin Shop, Harold continually challenges himself with new flavors and cuisines, even outside of TV. This program has been brought to you by Whole Foods.

"I got myself pretty caffeinated, and I was jawing off all sorts of nonsense, and these guys were like, 'Oh, yeah, this guy's great. He's made for T.V.'" -- Harold Dieterle on his Top Chef audition, THE FOOD SEEN
"Young cooks nowadays- they're so soft! They don't want to just do it and get their hands dirty." -- Harold Dieterle on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 109 - Bonjwing Lee, The Ulterior Epicure

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:43:03 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Bonjwing Lee, the man formerly known in anonymity as The Ulterior Epicure, travels the world for food. Raised in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of immigrant Chinese parents, Bonjwing was brought up to experience culture through cuisine. Eating what the locals ate from Paris to Rome to Mexico, Bonjwing’s appetite for culinary anthropology, and of course a great meal, truly spans the globe. This episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"I love the story of food and the history of food. It's what fascinated me most."
"I don't eat out because I want attention, I eat out because I love eating out."
"We've started to embrace the local farmers doing it right, and doing it well in Kansas City."
-- Bonjwing Lee on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 110 - The Way We Ate

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:47:56 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, two photographers, Noah Fecks & Paul Wagtouicz, have taken it upon themselves to cook through 70 years and over 800 recipes of Gourmet magazine’s storied past, for their tasty blog, The Way We Ate. Hear Noah and Paul chronicle the times by cooking up meringues, sukiyaki, tostones, swedish coffee ring, spaghetti bolognese, strawberry chambord souffle, beer braised beef and onions, rosti swiss potato cake... Today's program has been brought to you by White Oak Pastures.

"The more the ingredients were from scratch, the more amazing it was."
"Our kitchen drawers are overflowing, but so are our brains"
"There were things that we made ourselves that beat the pants off of anything we could buy."
-- Noah Fecks on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 111 - Jeff Gordinier

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:49:36 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Jeff Gordinier, New York Times Dining Section staff writer, waxes poetic about food, searching for sandwiches with Keanu Reeves, learning cooking techniques from Jacques Pepin, holding court with Adam Gopnik in a banquet at Le Grenouille lamenting the days of great French dining, and reviving the classic Tournedos Rossini at the hands of master chef Andre Soltner, and talks about the revamped menus changes at wd~50 and Eleven Madison Park. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market.

"I'm interested mostly in creative people - their process, their personality and what drives them. Frankly - the crazier, the better!"
"There's a certain pirate-like wildness that's valued and accepted [in the food world.]"
"Poets, in some ways, get at the essence of what the eating experience is about."
"I think we've seen a new wave of journalism in the past decade with blogs. I don't always agree with or subscribe to the level of bitterness or bickering that happens on them, but nevertheless they are fun to read."
--writer/journalist Jeff Gordinier on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 112 - Charlie Baum of Cool Culinaria

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:09:02 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Charlie Baum, a generational lifer in the restaurant industry, and avid collector of museum-worthy vintage food & beverage memorabilia, recently co-founded Cool Culinaria as a place to display and disseminate such artworks. Fine prints and menus, spanning over the past 100 years, from Cafe Anglais in France (1890) to Steuben’s The Cave in Boston (50’s), The Oyster Loaf in SF (40’s), El Rancho in Las Vegas (’42), China Doll (’46), Rudy’s (’38), and Leon & Eddie’s (’42) all in NYC, Cool Culinaria is here to preserve our rich visual dining history. Today's episode is sponsored by The International Culinary Center.

"The quality of the physical menu is one level of impact on a diner. People several decades ago used to write their names in menus and take them home as souvenirs." -- Charlie Baum on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 113 - Claude Cabri: Miss Lunch

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:55:44 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, all the way in from France, Claude Cabri aka “Miss Lunch”, comes to discuss Lunch in the Loft “Un déjeuner autrement á Paris – Another way of having lunch in Paris”. A worldly artist/cook, influenced by her Egyptian grandmother’s baklava and her South African grandfather’s biltong, Miss Lunch’s repertoire of culinary art ranges from leading market tours in Paris’ lively Marché d’Aligre and teaching cooking classes thereupon, to picking capers on the volcanic island of Pantelleria. Today's episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"There are so many recipes. There are so many things you can play with! It's the opportunity to have the time to make these recipes that's really wonderful."
-- Claude Cabri on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 114 - Heather Chontos

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:47:30 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Heather Chontos sets a tableau way past the dinner table. A background in furniture design lead to prop styling and set design work for fashion magazines, her mise en scenes included walls of chairs 12 ft high, forks and spoons dipped in thick coats of paint, hanging torn lamp shades from trees in an airfield. Heather now curates a 120 acre plot of Big Sky Country aka Montana, which she calls “Milk Farm Road”. There she holds a monthly design event, featuring handmade and vintage items synchronized with online sales, all based around a thematic feast. Today's program has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"The publishing industry has changed a lot. There is a huge focus on food, which I think that's amazing, and I am very happy to be a part of it. But it's not necessarily always in the most creative way as far as the mainstream publications go."
"Who just wants a white plate with lemons? It's so boring!"
"I really love to see what happens when people doodle and start to get comfortable."
-- Heather Chontos on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 115 - Mycophilia with Eugenia Bone

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:45:54 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, author Eugenia Bone shares her revelations from the weird world of mushrooms in her book, Mycophilia. You’ll learn how to start foraging fungi through groups like the NY Mycological Society (of which she’s President), and how to best understand and respect it’s omnipresence. At an estimated 1.5 million species, fungi is second only to incests in it’s number and diversity, yet only 5% have been identified. It outnumbers plants by a ratio of 6:1, makes up 25% of the Earth’s biomass, and is the biggest single living organism at 2,220 acres in size, weighing over 6 tons, living in the Malheur National Forest in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. Fungi is not just a mushroom joke anymore. This program has been brought to you by Whole Foods.

"Insects and fungi, in terms of diversity, are the dominant complex lifeforms."
"There's never been a plant on land that hasn't had a fungus living in it or on it."
-- Eugenia Bone on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 116 - Jody Eddy

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:44:23 -0000

On today's episode of The Food Seen, Jody Eddy traverses the earth for her new book, “Come In We’re Closed: An Invitation to Staff Meals at the World’s Best Restaurants”, including insight and recipes from restaurants like Ad Hoc, Mugaritz, The Fat Duck, McCrady’s, and Michel et Sebastian Bras. And oh yes, there’s fried chicken! From her wild (rice) upbringing in Minnesota, to her exploration of New Nordic Cuisine in Iceland, and now accustoming herself with foods of Senegal, where will Jody’s nomadic taste buds take her next? This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"The more chefs that I talk to - the more conversations I have that lead back to culinary history. Anything that's topical these days of course is rooted in history - and I love that connection we have to the past."
--cookbook author Jody Eddy on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 117 - Adam Roberts: The Amateur Gourmet

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:47:40 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, the man once known as “The Amateur Gourmet”, Adam Roberts, goes pro, learning “Secrets Of The Best Chefs”, and writes a cookbook therewith, sharing all the tips, techniques, and tricks of the trade. From chefs like Hugh Acheson, Alice Waters, Roy Choi, Nancy Silverton, Lidia Bastianich, Melissa Clark, Harold Dieterle, Anita Lo, Sara Moulton, Jose Andres, hear how Adam learned to properly dress a salad, bake a no-fail piecrust, make light and airy pasta, stir-fry in a wok, improve his knife skills, eliminate wasteful food practices, and even create a recipe of his own... This episode has been sponsored by Susty Party.

"Having an audience helps a lot when you cook... When it's for more than one person, you can justify it."
"When the food media started to notice me and embrace me, that's when things changed for me. Up until this point, I was just this wacky and weird kid making food disasters in my kitchen!"
"Everyone I cooked with for the book, I wanted to learn something specific from them."
-- Adam Roberts on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 118 - Naomi Daguid BURMA

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:00:05 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Naomi Duguid has spent her life exhaustively traveling and documenting the greater part of Southeast Asia. Her cookbooks have introduced the true cuisines of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, greater China, and now Burma (aka Myanmar) Her latest tome, BURMA: Rivers of Flavor, explores SE Asia’s largest country, a rarely traversed region sitting at the crossroad of India and China. Waterways up and down the Irrawaddy river, a year round growing season, plentiful rice paddies, and deeply personal cooking full of crispy fried shallots, turmeric, banana flowers, dried shrimp powder, curries, culminate with simple yet sensational national dishes like Mohinga, rice noodles with fish broth usually eaten as breakfast. Get your flavor passport ready! This program has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"The word 'steamed' is not very appetizing to people when you think about meat... I don't know where this notion of 'bland' comes from in in terms of steamed meat, when in fact, it's succulent." [19:58]
"There's a light-handedness to the flavoring [of Burmese food] that I find very interesting." [24:27]
-- Naomi Duguid on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 119 - Tom Douglas

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:48:42 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, a titan of the NW, Seattle chef Tom Douglas, brings his repertoire of restaurants, and over three decades of restaurateur-ing to the studio, which have earned such accolades as James Beard Foundation Award Best Chef in 1994 and Outstanding Restauranteur in 2012. Over a dozen restaurants; Lola, Palace Kitchen, Dahlia Lounge, Dahlia Bakery, Etta’s, Serious Pie Downtown & Serious Pie Westlake, Seatown, Brave Horse Tavern, Cuoco, Serious Biscuit, Ting Momo … range from seafood to Northern Italian to a Tibetan dumpling food truck. If that’s not enough, in 2005 Tom even bought the farm! … Prosser Farm that is. His cookbooks have also garnered him praise, Tom Douglas Seattle Kitchen won the JBFA Best American Cookbook in 2001. He’s also written Tom’s Big Dinners, I Love Crabcakes, and the soon to be released Dahlia Bakery. With all this, I have to admit I’m honored and in awe to have him on as a guest, since I owe my first radio appearance to Tom, as a guest on his Seattle Kitchen show, 97.3 KIRO FM all the way back in 2006. Thanks Tom! This episode has been sponsored by Whole Foods.

"I'm a worker bee; I like to work... I have no other explanation for it. No one else in my family cooks, except for meatloaf or spaghetti and meatballs. All of my breaks came because I'm a hard worker." [10:00]
"You can be the best cook in the world, but if people don't walk through the front door, you're screwed." [12:30]
-- Tom Douglas on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 120 - Charlotte Druckman's book "Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen"

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:03:34 -0000

Hey ladies! On today’s episode of The Food Seen, Michael Harlan Turkell is joined by food writer Charlotte Druckman, author of Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen. In a book, full of interviews and POVs, Charlotte looks to survey an industry once dominated by her gender counterparts. Has the perception of these roles changed, or just come to heel? Ponder that and more on an insightful and gender themed episode of The Food Seen. This program was sponsored by Rolling Press.

"I wanted to approach the topic [of women chefs] in a different way. It tends to get the same treatment every time and it's kind of like banging your head against the wall. It's time to stop looking at it as a biological argument. Everybody cooks differently - that's what makes food interesting!" [03:06]
"It's an incredibly complicated time to be a professional cook in any sense. It's gone from being a micro craft to a lifestyle concept." [04:48]
"People tend to assume when women say that they're chefs that they're home cooks. On the other hand, women in that industry often feel uncomfortable taking the title 'chef' because they associate it with something chauvinistic or old fashioned." [10:23]
--food writer Charlotte Druckman on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 121 - The Perennial Plate's Real World Food Tour

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:42:37 -0000

THE FOOD SEEN welcomes back Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine of The Perennial Plate, whom return to the states after the first leg of their Real World Food Tour, which will take them to the likes of Japan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, South Africa, Argentina … and if you already hunger for more like me, check out their facebook page for travel photos in Japan and China. They’ll be hosting a Season 3 release “Gaijinner” (“Western Guys Making Japanese Food”) dinner at Chef Brad McDonald’s Governor with guest Chef Sean Brock on Thursday, Oct 25th, 2012. More info and reservations... This program has been sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

"A huge part of being a documentary filmmaker is bringing out these genuine moments. And it's hard to capture those genuine moments when you don't speak the language." [3:15] -- Daniel Klein on THE FOOD SEEN
"When you go to a different country, you want to be polite, kind, and not invade people's spaces. But at the same time, you kind of learn that you have to shoot until people tell you to stop." [26:00] -- Mirra Fine on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 122 - Jonathan Raduns, National Restaurant Consultants

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:57:20 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Jonathan Raduns of National Restaurant Consultants, and merchandisefood.com, tells us what he sees when he walks into your place of business. 80% of the information we receive is through our eyes. Hear how displays matter, what marketing strategies really work, and how to increase profitability via visual food merchandising. Or as they say in the biz, angle equals impact from the eye to thigh. This program has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"Some of these smaller convenience retailers are doing a better job that the large ones."
"We're helping them stay in business on the number side of it through the way they present their offering to the general public." [34:15]
-- Jonathan Raduns on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 123 - Steven Rinella, Meat Eater

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:45:35 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, wilderness man Steven Rinella, hunts to live. Raised in the woods of Northern Michigan, Steven began fishing at 3, shot hist first squirrel at 10, and started commercially trapping muskrats as a preteen. In his new book, Meat Eater, Steven explores people’s long history as predators, and how the modern hunter’s role is perceived in America. This episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"This whole way of life is fading. It's getting harder and harder to go bang on someone's door and ask, 'Hey, can I hunt on your property?' People have one hundred reasons to not let you." [5:00]
"Trapping muskrats so that some woman in Italy, who I will never meet, can have a fur coat didn't mean as much to me as hunting deer that I would use to feed myself." [7:30]
"One of the things that allowed humans to be one of the most widely distributed species on this earth is that we were able to go to really cold environments and be able to make a living killing meat. [24:05]
-- Steven Rinella on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 124 - Matthew Lightner, Atera

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:45:24 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Chef Matthew Lightner of Atera, forges nature and science, foraging inspiration from the land, and applying modern techniques to recreate it’s simplicity. A 15 course tasting menu, on a 13 seat bar or walnut slab table 5 top, next to a vertical garden “living wall” full of herbs and foliage, Matthew’s thoughtful cuisine questions our perception of what “farm to table” really means. This episode has been brought to you by Susty Party.

"Technique, if you know how to execute it and you know it's going to enhance the idea that you have, then it's something you should try to do. But if it doesn't, and you try to force it, you know it." [12:00]
-- Matthew Lightner on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 125 - Aran Goyoaga of Cannelle Et Vanille

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:47:46 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we’re charmed by soft spoken Basque ex-pat Aran Goyoaga, who’s talents as a food writer, photographer, and stylist, creatively coalesced on her wonderfully popular blog, Cannelle Et Vanille. Born to a family of farmers and pastry chefs, there were pinxtos, tortilla competitions, and txakoli abound, but during the birth of her first child, she was afflicted by a number of debilitating symptoms, later found out to be the effects of an extreme gluten intolerance. Aran’s premier cookbook “Small Plates Sweet Treats” is stunning, whimsical and mouth-watering, all with the use of alternative flours. Plus, hear us wax poetic about bacalao pil pil, a classic Spanish dish, proving that time and effort can transform simple ingredients into a most memorable morsel. This episode was sponsored by Fairway Market.

"I learned a lot by watching my grandfather describe food, cook it, and cooking with my grandmother in a certain way... It's [family] roots." [7:50]
"It [Cannelle Et Vanille] was never a money-maker. I didn't even know that you could make money off of a blog- or a book or anything! It was something to do in the kitchen, and it just took off from there." [12:00]
-- Aran Goyoaga on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 126 - Scott Heimendinger, The Seattle Food Geek: Modernist Cuisine at Home

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:42:33 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Scott Heimendinger, aka The Seattle Food Geek, brings the schools of science and cooking together via Modernist Cuisine at Home, a cookbook that will change the way you think about food. For Scott, a scientific background (IBM, Microsoft) combined with the chance encounter of a slow-poached sous-vide egg at Maria Hines’ Tilth restaurant, emulsified his past skill set with kitchen intrigue, guiding him to his latest job as, Director of Applied Research for Modernist Cuisine at The Cooking Lab. From the must have countertop tools and conventional cooking gear, to stocking up on a “Modernist” pantry, this episode will give you all the insight into the wonders of Wondra flour, how to fry the best chicken wings, making the meltiest cheese with sodium citrate, and will still have you craving for more of the over 400 recipes! This episode has been sponsored by Fairway Market.

"It can't be right because somebody said so or because that's how its' always been don.e The numbers need to add up and the equation needs to be balanced. Being a scientist of any kind can make you more rigorous as a cook." [10:00]
"It turns out that teaspoons and tablespoons are not very precise!" [24:00]
"There's no reason to think informal food deserves any less treatment than formal foods. We have an entire chapter on chicken wings in Modernist Cuisine at Home." [34:00]
-- Scott Heimendinger on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 127 - Blue Bottle Coffee: James Freeman & Caitlin Williams Freeman

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:50:08 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we wake up and smell the coffee with connoisseur James Freeman and sweets specialist Caitlin Williams Freeman. They are the affogato better known as Blue Bottle Coffee. In their book, The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee, you learn how to grow, source, roast, brew, and drink the best (coffee) bean you’ll ever have. Recipes ranging from stout coffee cake to sesame-absinthe cigars, and of course, an affogato with smoky almond ice cream. Also, hear about Caitlin’s upcoming book project, which came from the art-inspired pastry work she’s done at SF MOMA. Mondrian cake anyone? Most importantly, find out whether James is a pants on or pants off cappuccino drinker. This episode has been sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

"There's nothing about my work that is free form. If I'm developing recipes, I'm adding spices by the half-gram. My goal is to have it come out perfectly every time." [14:30] -- Caitlin Freeman on THE FOOD SEEN
"I love simplicity of the pour over. It's just so elemental. All you need is a little cone filter, a pretty good grinder- and then you just need to pay attention." [17:40] -- James Freeman on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 128 - Todd Selby & Edible Selby

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:05:48 -0000

On the last THE FOOD SEEN of 2012, we welcome Todd Selby in our place. Best know for his blog, theselby.com, in which the photographer takes portraits in personal spaces, now has a tasty extension into the food world. His book, “Edible Selby” follows chefs like Chad Roberston of Tartine in SF, Susumu Kakinuma-San’s Neapolitan pizza in Tokyo, and Christophe Vasseur’s bakery Du Pain Et Des Idées in Paris, documenting their cooking lives. Found out how Todd learned to navigate the culinary scene, what he eats around the world, and the mountain man miso soup dish he cooks at home. This program has been sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

"I think there's a big cross over between fashion and food because they have so much to do with aesthetics at a certain level." [21:10]
"It's not about pure luxury... fine dining is now about re-defining what it is to be a restaurant, and challenging you and themselves. And that's what is exciting to me." [30:50]
-- Todd Selby on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 129 - The New Potato

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:59:05 -0000

And we’re back! Here’s to the 2013 season of THE FOOD SEEN! For the first episode of the year, The New Potato, launched by sisters Laura and Danielle Kosann, is a food and lifestyle site covering some of the culinary world’s top tastes and trends. Interviews with industry luminaries like top chef Tom Colicchio, Vanity Fair’s EIC and restaurateur Graydon Carter, and designer Nake Berkus, on their ideal food days, their aesthetic palates, and all the tasty teasers that will forever have you looking for that new potato. This program has been brought to you by Whole Foods.

"When you get people talking about food TV, you can potentially spark debate, which is great." [15:10] -- Laura Kosann on THE FOOD SEEN
"Everybody loves food. It doesn't matter who you are, so there's this universality of it that's really cool." [24:20] -- Danielle Kosann on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 130 - Maine Dayboat Scallops with Togue Brawn

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:48:10 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we take a “day” trip with Togue Brown, the woman behind Maine Dayboat Scallops. Maine is often know for it’s lobster, but don’t discredit the bivalve. From the thousand pound catch days, to small boat fishermen now regulated at 20 gallons per, Togue’s hopes are to revive Maine’s coastal industry, and redefine seafood, in what we’ll call the “Maine Event". This episode has been brought to you by The Greenhouse Tavern.

"You need to control the harvest. You should be allowed to make money, but you need to stop fishing when there are still enough scallops on the bottom so that they can replenish, grow, and give you more the following year." [27:15]
-- Togue Brawn on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 131 - Danny Meyer and Michael Romano, Union Square Hospitality Group

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:11:05 -0000

The “Restaurateur” (denoted by his very own biopic), Danny Meyer is one of New York’s greatest culinary leaders. As CEO of Union Square Hospitality, a restaurant group that’s redefined dining in the city, along side President and Director of Culinary Development, Michael Romano. Their first collaboration, Union Square Cafe opened in 1984, Michael joining in ‘88 and six months later garnering a 3 star NYTimes review, has endured almost 30 years in one of the hardest industries around. On today's installment of THE FOOD SEEN, find out why their brand of haute cuisine-meets-hospitality is still ahead of the curve. Now with over a dozen Shake Shack locations in the USA, and half a dozen overseas (Dubai, Kuwait City, Doha, Abu Dhabi), and Creative Juice, a new healthy concept cafe, Creative Juice, inside Equinox gyms, how does USHG keep the same food and service ideals relevant? This episode of has been sponsored by 360 Cookware.

"It's not a badge that you wear on your shirt - 'I use seasonal produce' - that's just how it's done!" [17:00]
"No matter how good it tastes, nothing will ever satisfy your soul in the absence of hospitality." [21:40]
One innovation that Union Square Café brought about, that we absolutely continued at Gramercy Tavern, was to bring women into the equation of a three-star dining experience." [25:20]
"Whoever wrote the rule that hedonism and health can't be a part of the same sentence?" [55:40]
-- Danny Meyer on THE FOOD SEEN
"It's about the guest's experience. They're coming to our restaurant, we're cooking them a meal. I want to make sure that everyone has a good time." [25:45]
"Where is this food coming from? Is it cerebral? Is it textbook? Or is the person cooking really connecting with the food?" [38:00]
-- Michael Romano on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 132 - Jonathon Sawyer, Vinegars

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:54:40 -0000

Cleveland’s own Chef Jonathon Sawyer is a homegrown food rockstar, and he's joining Michael Harlan Turkell on today's THE FOOD SEEN. His restaurants and ventures, The Greenhouse Tavern, Noodlecat, Brick & Mortar Pop-ups, Sawyer’s Street Frites at Browns Stadium, Tavern Vinegar Co. have turned his city into more than just the location for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it’s now a budding destination for cuisine in the Cuyahoga County as well. Burn on, big river, burn on. Today's program has been brought to you by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons

"The better your cooks are, the better your bowls of pasta will be. It's elementary." [7:00]
"Carbon zero is the goal and anything we have to do to reach that goal is fair game." [20:00]
"Anywhere you would use a lime or a lemon - try using vinegar." [29:00]
-- Johnathon Sawyer on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 133 - Andrew Friedman, Toqueland

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:09:27 -0000

Andrew Friedman has offered us insight into the world of chefs for the past 15 years via Toqueland, and continues to work with some of the top professionals in the field. From co-authoring Gotham Bar and Grill’s first cookbook (and two more collaborations since) with Alfred Portale, spending time with former White House chef Walter Scheib, and following the US team at the Bocuse d’Or for his first solo book “Knives at Dawn”. What great chefs will he write about next? Find out on this week's episode of THE FOOD SEEN! This program has been brought to you by Catskill Provisions.

"I'm always looking for someone who has a very well-defined point-of-view... someone who is expressing their self on the plate in a very organic way." [23:10]
"These days, anyone who can come up with a tapas menu is a chef!" [26:50]
-- Andrew Friedman on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 134 - Aida Mollenkamp, Keys to the Kitchen

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:23:41 -0000

We’re handed the “Keys to the Kitchen”, the first cookbook written by Aida Mollenkamp on today's THE FOOD SEEN. It’s subtitle, “The Essential Reference for Becoming a More Accomplished, Adventurous Cook” allows Aida to guide you through all the steps, the how-to’s, recipes and riffs, that make cooking like a pro seem attainable. It’s like attending an eclectic west coast version of Paris’ Le Cordon Bleu (where Aida honed her skills). From her time at CHOW to hosting shows on the Food Network and Cooking Channel, let Aida take you from kitchen crash course to cooking off the cuff. This episode has been sponsored by Catskill Provisions.

"There are a lot of people who know how to eat well, but don't necessarily know how to reproduce it themselves." [3:00]
"You eat three times a day - you might as well make it interesting. Every time you go to a store of pick up a menu you have an opportunity to try something you've never had before. There are endless opportunities!" [12:00]
-- Aida Mollenkamp on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 135 - Saucy Magazine, Kristen Taylor

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:47:07 -0000

Kristen Taylor, founder of Saucy Magazine, an independent food and story quarterly, recants pats issues, like her “Handbook of Food Poisoning”, and previews her newest, “Black Valentines”. From mundane to morose, Kristen’s ultimate goal has always been to bring people together to eat with joy – and examine relationships with food that take us farther than that, and those that remove us. Tune into this week's episode of THE FOOD SEEN! This program has been sponsored by Whole Foods.

"Every time we eat with someone else, there is a movement to it... It's always a negotiation of space." [25:30]
"You hear a voice, you know the food was real, and that it was on a real table." [39:00]
-- Kristin Taylor on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 136 - BluePrintCleanse

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:52:19 -0000

Hear how a nasty cold in the early aughts became catalyst to a multimillion dollar raw foods company on today's installment of THE FOOD SEEN. BluePrintCleanse’s founder Zoe Sakoutis and co-founder Erica Huss, join us in studio to raise a glass of what Food & Wine called the “cleanse for foodies”. When a friend’s suggested 7-day cleanse felt long and agonizing, it begot a green elixir with over 6lbs of roughage in every bottle. Broken down to an essential 3-days of delicious cold-pressed organic fruit and vegetables juices, as well as nut milks, all packed with vitamins and antioxidants, a cleanse no longer feels like a task, but a way of life. It even makes you ask, have you cleansed lately? This episode has been sponsored by Rolling Press.

"You're putting all of these vitamins and nutrients in your body, and whatever else comes along with them... If you're doing a cleanse, you want to make sure it's organic so you're not drinking any pesticides or herbicides." [12:00]
"Making it as healthy as possible, and making sure that it tasted good- it was very important to us." [23:15]
-- Zoe Sakoutis on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 137 - Tara Norvell

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:46:11 -0000

On today’s The Food Seen, we meet Tara Norvell. A daughter of Spanish and Southern descent, worked her way through the Manhattan fashion scene, into a London cuisine diploma, and back to NYC into the BACK OF THE HOUSE of Roberta’s as a sous chef. What does her future hold? A possible venture into a ramen business? Setting up stagés in Spain? Wherever it leads her, she’s certainly worth following. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"My mom cooked every single night - we never ever went out to dinner. Home cooked meals were all we ever knew." [03:00]
"The quality of life in London is way better in New York. No matter what industry you're in, you're treated better. New York is a sink or swim type of city." [24:00]
--Tara Norvell on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 138 - Tom Colicchio

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:54:14 -0000

On today’s hour-long special edition of The Food Seen, we treat our time with Tom Colicchio (rhymes with “Radicchio“), not as an interview, but more so, as an apprenticeship to learn from his summers cooking in 1000-person weekend “churn and burn” establishments, to haute dining in Manhattan. He’s built an empire around the idea of culinary Craft. How does this Top Chef define success? How does he stay relevant? Two 3 star reviews by the NYTimes, 10 years apart, both cite the complex simplicity that he makes looks easy. Still, Tom believes, “you’re only as good as your last dish”. Even more important than feeding his diners, Tom now sets his sights on eliminating hunger in this country. The film, A Place At The Table, produced by Colicchio and co-directed by his wife Lori Silverbush, seeks to foster the “food insecure” past the subsidies that have made calories cheap and nutrition expensive. Get hungry to end hunger! This program was sponsored by Heritage Foods USA.

"I don't have anybody I would consider a mentor because I never stayed in one place long enough." [24:25]
"When you're cooking for 30 years - you start wondering whether you're still relevant and how to maintain relevancy. You don't want to go out." [42:15]
"50 million Americans are struggling to put food on the table - they don't know where the next meal is coming from." [55:15]
"I believe that most chefs believe that food is a right we should have like air and water." [61:02]
"We have to make hunger a voting issue. If our politicians are not going to help solve this problem - I think they need to be labeled as 'pro hunger'" [62:50]
--Tom Colicchio on The Food Seen

The Food Seen - Episode 139 - Jose Garces, The Latin Road Home

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:24:18 -0000

We ask Iron Chef Jose Garces about who makes the best pork on today's episode of THE FOOD SEEN. In his most recent cookbook, The Latin Road Home, Jose takes us on a trip through his culinary lineage. An Ecuadorian who grew up in Chicago, Garces was constantly exposed to the flavors of his heritage: crispy pork, mote (hominy), ceviche, and Llapingacho (potato patties with cheese), which made him hunger for more. Now with over 15 restaurants in Philadelphia ranging from Andalusian tapas (Amada), Basque region wine bar (Tinto), Mexico City fare (Distrito), European-style cafe and gourmet market (Garces Trading Co.), as well as Classic American (Whiskey Village), Jose reflects on his past inspirations, sharing the recipes discovered through family and travel. This program has been brought to you by Fairway Market.

"Latin to me means, more or less, the language. It's not necessarily the place, but the feeling or the dynamic of having Latin heritage." [17:20]
"If you mess up tortilla soup - you shouldn't be cooking!" [27:30]
-- Jose Garces on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 140 - Michael Solomonov, Zahav

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:49:35 -0000

Chef Michael Solomonov takes his birthright to heart. Born in Israel, raised in Pittsburg, it wasn’t until his late teens that Michael returned to his homeland and his inner cuisine spoke to him. He didn’t speak Hebrew, so he learned to bake burekas (spinach pies) innately. Eventually making way to Philly, Michael opened Zahav restaurant, his ode to modern Israeli food. Plentiful of hummus, mezzes, and kebabs, all inclusive of the “Mesibah” (Party Time), which highlights a whole roast lamb shoulder, grilled over coals, braised in pomegranate juice, and served with crispy Persian rice. Michael finally found a way to celebrate his place in the world. Thanks to our sponsor, Whole Foods.

"In Israel, you could go to the store and buy beer whenever you wanted- it really wasn't a big deal. And staying up and eating is a big deal." [9:45]
"We want the menu and experience at Zahav to be sort of living and breathing, and when you start getting absolute, it doesn't work out as well." [25:15]
-- Mike Solomonov on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 141 - Michael Fusco of M + E Design

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:05:39 -0000

Michael Fusco’s love of food is not a facade, but often his work is (in the architectural sense). All signage points to his tasty restaurant and foodstuff logos from the likes of Wheelhouse Pickles, Ovenly, Rob Newton’s Smith Canteen and Nightingale 9 - just to name a few. He’s currently working on a cookbook with The Meat Hook, beefing up the fact that good graphics beget good food, and further cooking up design that make us want to eat with our eyes. This episode has been brought to you by Whole Foods.

"For me, it's such an honor to be able to collaborate with a chef, a butcher, a baker- someone who I really admire." [9:40] -- Michael Fusco on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 142 - Yvette Van Boven & Oof Verschuren, Home Made

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:57:03 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we go Dutch with Yvette Van Boven, an artist/illustrator who owns the cafe and catering service, Aan De Amstel, in Amsterdam, and produces the playful Home Made cookbooks. Yvette’s here to dispel any idea that the Netherlands are nothing more than herring and Heineken. Get ready for some bitterballen and Beerenburg! Thanks to our sponsor, Fairway Market, and thanks to Cookies for THE FOOD SEEN theme music.

"We keep a small menu (at Aan De Amstel) because we don't want to have a lot of waste, and we also want to be able to change the menu whenever we want to." [19:45]
"I never imagined these cookbooks to be as big of an adventure as they have been- I just made them for me." [21:25]
-- Yvette Van Boven on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 143 - Diana Yen, The Jewels of NY

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:38:57 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Diana Yen, of the multidisciplinary creative studio The Jewels of NY, reveals her approach to setting the mood around a menu. Built out of a home product design background, Diana’s vision of culinary arts draws from her collection of antique flatware (e.g. cornichon ejector forks), her love of fancying food with gold leaf and caviar, and setting desserts on fire! As she works towards completing her first cookbook, based around New York’s finest seasonal moments, like summer rooftop BBQs and fall apple picking, she shares the thought process behind her brand of “lifestyle design”. Thanks to our sponsor, Bonnie Plants, and thanks to Cookies for THE FOOD SEEN theme.

"Designing a menu is kind of like writing a song. You don't really know the details, but you know the basic structure, what should come first, and how it should flow." [22:40] -- Diana Yen on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 144 - First We Feast

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:47:22 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, brothers Chris and Nick Schonberger share a passion for nachos. For real, if not for their familiar nacho bond, they’re barely brothers. Luckily, their job begets nacho hunting. As editors of First We Feast, a website where food is delivered through pop culture, they aim to bring long lasting relevance to the fads we eat. Interviewing game-changing chefs on the “10 Dishes that Made Their Career”, to curating insider guides on what to eat where and when, this ain’t your ordinary listacle, it’s put to the test. There’s only rule - "NO SOGGY CHIPS"! This program has been brought to you by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. Theme music provided by Cookies.

"If I'm going to be in the workplace and be really pissed off at somebody - I'd rather it be my brother so we can squash the beef in a familial way." [2:00]
-- Chris Shonberger of First We Feast on The Food Seen

The Food Seen

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:20:04 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Michael Harlan Turkell hosts a special one-hour episode devoted to The Food Book Fair. Founder Elizabeth Thacker Jones will talk about all of the exciting additions to this year’s lineup, as we’re joined by a few of those guests in studio. Oliver Strand, a NYTimes coffee contributor, and Lars K. Huse of illustration and coffee, discuss their upcoming FBF Coffee Crawl . Melia Marden, chef/owner of The Smile, discusses her new cookbook, Modern Mediterranean. Christophe Hille, owner Northern Spy Food Co., will be on the FOOD + LABOR panel, touches on the “living wage” injustices of working in the restaurant industry. This episode has been sponsored by White Oak Pastures. Thanks to Cookies for the show's theme music.

"Coffee just moved the needles in a way that no other topic ever has. People were just so engaged after my first article, and I was really interested in that. People really don't know a lot about coffee." [5:15] -- Oliver Strand on THE FOOD SEEN
"I try to make things as simple as they can be, and as best as they can be- whether it's for the restaurant or my cookbook." [28:15] -- Melia Marden on THE FOOD SEEN
"Restaurant work is not like clerical work or office work... a restaurant is like a little military operation. If one person doesn't show up, it's harder to make the ship move." [46:00] -- Christophe Hille on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 146 - Emilie Baltz, L.O.V.E. FOODBOOK

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:19:30 -0000

On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, we’re affected by the always -nspired Emilie Baltz, a multi-disciplinary French-American artist, who’s wild and widely ranging body of work examines how we interact with food on a cultural level. Recently her L.O.V.E. FOODBOOK, which explores our relationship between food and emotion, won the prestigious Best First Cookbook award at the Festival du Livre Culinaire in Paris. Now she readies herself for a summer in France teaching food design through SVA. You ask, “what is food design?“ Well, so does Emilie- all the time! Listen in to learn how to begin experiencing it yourself. Thanks to our sponsor, S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. Thanks to Cookies for the theme music.

"As designers, the food space is an important space to address... Within that moment you're affecting your nutrition and caloric intake, but also your emotions, politics, economics, etc." [7:00]
"We are being stimulated not by the cherry or the oyster, but it's a full body experience. And some of that might have to do with the physical aspects of the foods, but it's mostly the narrative behind them." [22:10]
"Who is in charge of food design? Marketers? Salespeople? These are things that we put in our bodies!" [32:00]
-- Emilie Baltz on THE FOOD SEEN

The Food Seen - Episode 148 - Erin Jang, FOOD SKETCHES

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:37:54 -0000

Erin Jang spent years as a designer in the publishing world, working with Rachael Ray, Esquire, and Martha Stewart. For her apropos project, FOOD SKETCHES, she now illustrates her favorite dishes, seen as abstract shapes, lines, colors, forms, textures, though easily identified if you’ve ever had Flour Bakery’s Boston Cream Pie or the Kung Pao Pastrami at Mission Chinese Food. All this from the girl who wanted nothing more than Lunchables as a child, but instead, was sent to school with bulgogi and perilla leaves. FOOD SKETCHES is the visual feast she could have only dreamed of! Don't miss today's episode of THE FOOD SEEN! This program has been sponsored by Rolling Press. Thanks to Cookies for today's music.