Heritage Radio Network On Tour

On October 1st, Les Dames d’Escoffier New York’s held their 4th annual panel event: The Next Big Bite: What We Will Cook, Eat, Drink and Crave in 2019 in Four One-Act "Bites” The evening featured distinguished industry leaders sharing their knowledge during one-on-one interviews covering what’s happening now and what’s next. Featuring: Master of Ceremonies, Joe Yonan, food and dining editor, The W...

HRN’s Communications Director Kat Johnson ends our coverage of Feast Portland by talking true Appalachian cooking with Maya Lovelace, a fellow Southerner, and the chef behind Mae and a forthcoming Meat + Three spot in Portland. Maya describes working for chef stars Sean Brock and Naomi Pomeroy—and tells us why she thought she’d never open her own restaurant. Maya Lovelace is bringing Southern flav...

Interested in how to pull off an extraordinary food festival that also benefits a great cause? HRN Executive Director Caity Moseman Wadler gets the low-down on Feast Portland’s past, present and future from Elizabeth Roberts, the Assistant Director of the four-day festival. Thanks to our engineer, Aaron Parecki of Stream PDX. Music by Breakmaster Cylinder HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast . See...

If you want to understand how Portland, Oregon went from a standard steak and pancake town to one of the most envied culinary scenes in the world, tune into the conversation between guest host Eli Cairo of Olympia Provisions and Monique Siu, his former boss and the owner of Castagna and OK Omens. Thanks to our engineer, Aaron Parecki of Stream PDX. Music by Breakmaster Cylinder HRN On Tour is powe...

Dana Cowin catches up with Jim Meehan, a former Food + Wine colleague and bar operator extraordinaire. Listen in for some dish about Jim’s surprising move to Portland from New York City and what’s good and bad about recent changes in the cocktail culture. Plus, find out why Jim would like to see people drink less but drink better. Jim Meehan, a bar owner, spirits and cocktail educator, and author...

HRN’s Executive Director Caity Moseman Wadler speaks with Peter Cho about his buzz worthy restaurant Han Oak. In 2016, Cho opened the prix-fixe Korean-American restaurant in his home. In its debut year Han Oak has garnered Best New Restaurant recognitions from James Beard Foundation, Eater, Thrillist, GQ and Peter was named as one of Food & Wine Magazine’s 2017 Best New Chefs. From an early ag...

Diego Galicia and Rico Torres are successfully drawing the line in the sand between Mexican gastronomy and Tex-Mex cuisine. Every 45 days they change up the menu at the award-winning San Antonio restaurant Mixtli in an effort to educate and entertain diners. Andrew Friedman interviews the duo. Diego Galicia was born in Toluca, Mexico in 1984. He studied psychology at The University of Texas at San...

Dana Cowin welcomes Oakland baker/chef Reem Assil to the StreamPDX trailer to talk about her amazing journey from community and labor organizer to owner of Food + Wine’s Best Restaurant of the Year 2018. They discuss some of Reem’s signature street food dishes, Arab hospitality and why “revolutions are born in cafes and bakeries.” Reem Assil is the owner of Reem’s California – Food & Wine‘s Be...

Guest host Kelly Cox, the creator of The Original Fare, a PBS series about hunting and foraging for ingredients around the world, introduces HRN to Evan Gregorie, a master gardener and farmer, who established the Portland Seedhouse in 2014. The veteran global travelers and self-proclaimed food nerds explain why it’s absolutely critical to save seeds and let biodiversity remain in the hands of the...

Andrew Friedman invites Sam Smith, one of the chef/owners at Tusk, to sound off about Portland’s culinary renaissance. Along the way, he also talks about why he won’t hire any mercenaries in the kitchen and believes that all young chefs must prove themselves to farmers. Also, Andrew wants to know if the fast casual concept really is the holy grail for restaurant owners. According to Portland Month...

Katy Millard is the chef and co-owner of Coquine, a sophisticated, all-day restaurant in Portland that’s getting rave reviews. After living in Africa, Alabama, Michigan, Louisiana and France, she tells HRN host Dana Cowin why Portland is finally home. Then, their conversation covers fine dining, the refugee crisis, working with your spouse, and the personal disasters that fueled Katy’s success. Ka...

Emma Bengtsson and Kristen Murray may have worked at NYC’s Aquavit a decade apart and currently live on separate coasts, but HRN host Dana Cowin finds the common threads in their extraordinary careers. Tune in to hear about their influential grandmothers and pastry chef beginnings. You’ll come away with a sense of what it takes to make dreams come true in the culinary world. Chef Emma Bengtsson wa...

Ever wonder why not every city serves hipster food? Or why Portland, Oregon is obsessed with doughnuts? Then check out Andrew Freidman’s interview with Greg Denton, the Vermont-raised chef who opened a classic French bistro and an Argentinian-inspired eatery in Portland, Oregon with his Ecuadorian wife Gabrielle. Greg Denton & Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton are Chef/Owners of Ox Restaurant and Bist...

The industry icon discusses some very real changes going on in the hospitality industry right now with HRN host Andrew Friedman and HRN Executive Director Caity Moseman Wadler. You’ll hear a lot of words not typically associated with restaurant kitchens. He also talks about the most influential people he’s met on his travels and offers a preview of Lucky Cricket, his new restaurant. Andrew Zimmern...

We turn the tables and ask our previous HRN ON Tour guest, Michelle Battista, to become the host! She introduces us to Jill Kuehler, the founder of Freeland Spirits, Portland’s new craft distillery—and another co-founder of a women-owned and operated business. Jill makes a persuasive case for why women make better booze. She also talks regenerative agriculture and her off-the-charts horseradish gi...

The proprietress of Nightwood Society, a gathering space for food experiences, joins HRN host Dana Cowin in the StreamPDX trailer. Topics include Alice in Wonderland, entrepreneurship, open-hearted living and raising daughters well. Plus, Michelle figured out a great way to stop wasting time worrying. Michelle Battista built her reputation in the design and marketing world, then a fateful product...

Andrew Friedman sits down with Rachael Yang, the 2017 James Beard Foundation Award nominee for the Best Chef: Northwest. Rachael is famous for putting her own spin on Korean food at her Seattle and Portland restaurants. Her wide-ranging conversation with Andrew touches on how cooking became Rachael’s third language and and why food should be “down and dirty." Rachel Yang’s cuisine is informed equa...

The partners behind Valentina’s Tex Mex Barbecue in Austin, Texas share the secret to their delicious food. Hint—there’s a lot of smoke, fire, friends & family involved. Plus, Miguel reveals what makes his barbacoa unique and convinces everyone to barbecue for breakfast! Miguel Vidal grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He has always had a great love for family, and in his family that also came with...

Dana Cowin speaks with Bonnie Morales, the chef/owner of Kachka in Portland. From the art of toasting to the intersection between politics and restaurants, Bonnie reveals the many ways that being a child of Belarusian immigrants inspires her work—including the incredible family story that inspired her restaurant’s name. The first-generation American daughter of Belarusian immigrants, Chef Bonnie M...

Andrew Friedman kicks off HRN’s coverage of Feast Portland with Philadelphia’s award-winning chef Mike Solomonov. Over a single cup of coffee, the two discuss the magic of Oregon produce, the importance of mentoring other chefs, and the trip that inspired Mike’s newest book Israeli Soul. Mike also opens up about his personal struggle with sobriety and his participation in the festival’s very first...

Woody Tasch, the Founder of the Slow Money Institute, is the author of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered, which sparked a movement and led to the flow of more than $60 million to hundreds of local and organic food enterprises around the country. Woody is former Chairman and CEO of Investors’ Circle, one of the country’s oldest angel network...

Sheila Bowman is the manager of Culinary and Strategic Initiatives at Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch. Sheila was trained as a marine scientist and works with chefs, media, and industry to help make environmentally sustainable seafood the norm when sourcing “better food.” In 2014, the National Audubon Society recognized Sheila as one of their “Woman Greening Food.” For eighteen years, Seafood...

Mona Esposito is co-founder of Noble Grain Alliance, a non-profit aimed at restoring heritage grains to Colorado and supporting and recreating the network of farmers, millers, and makers needed to make a regional grain economy thrive. She is currently working with growers, chefs, bakers, and consumers as a heritage grain consultant. With degrees in art history and linguistics, a career in photogra...

Peter Ruddock is Coordinator at the California Food Poilicy Council. He is also an active in a number of grass-roots non-profits like, Slow Food, Slow Money, Transition Palo Alto, and the San Mateo County Food System Alliance. He is the Coordinator of the California Food Policy Council. Meighen Lovelace is the founder of Mountain Harvest Consulting which is a community farm and four season greenho...

With over twenty years of experience at the helm of his three-Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana, and thanks to his innovative energy, chef Massimo Bottura is considered one of the world’s leading culinary figures. In the last years, Massimo decided to apply his creativity and social sensitivity to the issue of food waste, and dedicate himself to the creation of community projects around...