Heritage Radio Network On Tour

We have an incredibly special bilingual interview featuring Arden Lewis, the Executive Chef of Comal Heritage Food Incubator; Erika Rojas, one of the graduates of the program; and Fatima Prieto, Erika’s daughter. Arden, who just relocated from Brooklyn, talks about Comal’s mission, while Erika and Fatima talk about their newly launched business Prieto’s Catering. Comal Heritage Food Incubator is a...

Hannah Fordin sat down with Chris Starkus, a farmer and the Executive Chef at Urban Farmer in Denver. In addition to their collection of tableside dishes, creative approach when working with whole ingredients, and diverse selection of steaks, Chris shares a bit about what makes Urban Farmer such an interesting restaurant and the excitement that comes with managing a menu dictating by what's happen...

After his second cooking demo at Slow Food Nations (his first was partially rained-out), Chef Kevin Mitchell sat down with Kat Johnson to talk about food of the African Diaspora, the new project on Southern cuisine he’s working on with Dr. David Shields, and why we still need more African-American representation in culinary schools, restaurants, and food media. HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast...

Wendy Lu McGill, the Founder and CEO of Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch, Colorado’s first and only edible insect farm and David George Gordon, the ‘godfather’ of insect cuisine and author of Eat-a-Bug Cookbook (+19 other titles) got together with HRN’s Kat Johnson and Hannah Fordin to munch on some mealworms (molitos) talk about how the two of them first got into eating insects, the health benefits of...

Alon Shaya is the co-founder (along with his wife, Emily) of Pomegranate Hospitality, the restaurant Saba, located in New Orleans, and Denver’s Safta. He’s also the Author of Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel. Alon sat down with HRN’s Kat Johnson to discuss his book, his restaurants, the impact of his mentor and high school home-ec teacher, why leaving the Besh Restaurant Group...

He’s one of our favorite people to spend time with at food festivals across the country! Steven Satterfield joins us to talk about Miller Union’s ten year anniversary, coming up this November. He shares some of the restaurant’s “greatest hits” – dishes that have stayed on the menu for nearly a decade. He also shares a status update on Slow Food Nations’ Zero Waste Dinner, where he and a group of t...

Kate Cox, Editor at The New Food Economy, is the special guest host of this episode. Kate spoke with Grant McCargo, Meriwether Hardie, and Lilly Hancock from Bio-Logical Capital. They discuss regenerative agriculture and the work that goes into investing in agriculture and improving the systems in place to support growers along every step of the food production pipeline as well as the burden of Am...

Kat Johnson spoke with Rudy Arredondo and Michael Marsh about agricultural policy and how they work together in our nation’s capital to advocate for farm workers and employers. Rudy Arredondo is the President and CEO of the National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association, represents the interests of Latino small farmers and ranchers nationally in Washington, D.C., organizing and dealing w...

Speaking Broadly Host Dana Cowin and her special co-host, Ellen Bennett of Hedley & Bennett, sat down with Denver based chef, Dana Rodriguez, to hear her origin story – from growing up in Mexico and learning to cook early in life – to launching her own restaurants including Supermega Bien and Work & Class. Chef Rodriguez was trained in computer science before deciding to change her focus t...

Paul Willis is the Founding Hog Farmer at Niman Ranch. He and Caity Moseman Wadler discuss his journey as a fourth generation Iowa hog farmer who became a game changer in the sustainable meat market. They also explore the importance of agricultural issues in rural elections, the ecological impact of industrial agriculture on our waterways, and the importance of supporting young farmers. Earlier th...

The Slow Food Leader Summit kicked off with a wide-ranging conversation on the festival’s theme: Where Tradition Meets Innovation. Dana Cowin, host of Speaking Broadly on HRN, moderated the panel. Alice Waters shared the latest developments in school supported agriculture and the push to bring free and healthy school lunches to every child in California. Ron Finley, the ”gangsta gardener” challeng...

This episode of  HRN On Tour  brings you inside Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn, New York. Ethan Frisch got to talk to Curt Alpelter of Vermont's own Runamok Maple about creating a national brand around an underutilized product, a general overview of their products and  sugaring and syruping process and what sets Runamok apart from other maple companies besides being the makers of one of “Oprah's...

This episode of HRN On Tour brings you three interviews from Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn, New York. These four makers are bringing innovative ideas and creative perspectives to traditional and ingredients and materials. Hannah Fordin sat down with Heidi Barr, the creator of The Kitchen Garden Series and some beautiful products to talk about how she started out as a costume designer while maki...

This episode of HRN On Tour brings you four interviews from Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn, New York. These four makers are bringing innovative ideas and creative perspectives to traditional and ingredients. DRAM Apothecary is a flavor and CBD infused sparkling water brand based out of Salida Colorado. Oscar Simone spoke with co-founder Shae Whitney to hear about their products, hands on operati...

This episode of HRN On Tour brings you inside Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn, New York. Hannah Fordin chatted it up with friend of the network; Charles Wekselbaum of Charlito’s Cocina to talk about his training and working to prove himself while embracing failure, his process of testing and creating new (award winning) products and the art of controlled spoilage that naturally comes along with m...

This episode of HRN On Tour brings you inside Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn, New York. Hannah Fordin got to sit down with longtime friends of HRN, Sue Conley and Maureen Cunnie of Cowgirl Creamery to talk a bit about the company's history as a producer, distributor and retailer of cheese, their brand new products, their ideal cheese spreads and why while there are many incredible emerging chees...

This episode of HRN On Tour brings you inside Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn, New York. Hannah Fordin got to chat with Josh Rogers, the founder of Heritage Seaweed and Cup of Sea about his previous career as a food writer and how he got into the seaweed game, what it’s like to be on the frontlines of an essentially untouched industry, the simplicity of seaweed farming and using education as a ma...

Ethan Frisch of Why Food? sat down with Ari Miller the creator and chef at South Philadelphia restaurant, Musi to talk a bit about relationship cuisine, using the lesser loved ingredients and Ari’s own path from journalism to food and how the two careers have had more overlap than one might think. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simplecast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv...

This episode of HRN On Tour brings you inside Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn, New York. Ellen Lee Allen, the senior marketing manager at ACME smoked fish sat down with Ethan Frisch to discuss the history and longevity of a 4th generation family owned fish smoking company, how they keep such a historic company alive and up with the trends, the processes behind their smoked fish products, the dist...

This episode of HRN On Tour brings you inside Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn, New York. Hannah Fordin was lucky enough to sit down with not one but two Italian food experts and importers. Beatrice Uighi of Gustiamo and Rolando Beramendi of Manicaretti brought Hannah some special, lesser known ingredients to taste and insight to share on some of the challenges of their businesses, new products th...

Naomi Mobed is a banker by training but today she creates delightful chutneys and complex preserves. She sat down with Ethan Frisch to chat about her ingredients and flavors, starting the company on a dare, fighting back against the ‘ethnic’ classification and the value of taking it slow when it comes to releasing products. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simplecast. See Privacy Polic...

Welcome to Cheeselandia! You won't find this special place on any map, but the spirit is based on the tenacity, ingenuity, and creativity of Wisconsin's cheese industry. For one night only, Cheeselandia popped up in Brooklyn, bringing together cheesemakers, cheesemongers, and enthusiasts to enjoy a magnificent collection of Wisconsin's finest cheeses, partake in guided pairings, and style their ow...

The Queen City is changing right before our eyes, and the culinary community is leading the charge. HRN’s Caity Moseman Wadler and Kat Johnson sit down for a roundtable discussion about the exciting direction of Charlotte’s foodscape with Kris Reid, the Executive Director of the Piedmont Culinary Guild; Bruce Moffett, the founder of Moffett Restaurant Group; Ashley Boyd of 300 East; and Greg Colli...

Kat Johnson and Caity Moseman Wadler join Chef Shai Fargian for lunch and a discussion on how Yafo Kitchen is changing the fast casual game in Charlotte. Now on his third location, Fargian continues to push boundaries. His menu features Israeli street food staples with a rotating seasonal menu. Everything is made in house – from falafel, hummus, and pita – to 48-hour braised lamb and the brand new...

We met Henry Jones two years ago at the first International Symposium on Bread in 2017. Back then, he was making a name for himself as the head baker at Butcher & Bee in Charleston, SC. He’d initially joined the team to work under the head baker, Joe Shea, who left a few months into Jones’ tenure. Jones was named his successor (at only 22 years old) and quickly caught the attention of Glenn Ro...