It’s All About Food

This episode looks at four food stories through one lens — who decides what counts as "good" food. It covers how hot dogs are made and their real cancer risk, plus vegan and carrot-based alternatives; the Coney Island eating contest and what it says about our relationship with unhealthy food; a critique of the National Food Museum's diet scorecard, which penalizes skipping dairy/fish and eating mo...

The podcast explores the gap between Costa Rica’s celebrated green reputation and the more complicated reality on the ground, using two personal observations as entry points: noticing less organic food in stores than 20 years ago, and experiencing a water shutoff in San Isidro. It traces the history of organic agriculture in Costa Rica — how it boomed in the late 90s but was largely export-driven,...

Caryn is in Costa Rica and talks about her 21-year journey which started with buying property in the rainforest and wanting to have a farm.

Élise Desaulniers is an author, consultant and independent researcher based in Montréal. From 2017 to 2022, she was Executive Director of the Montreal SPCA. She has published several essays on food ethics and animal rights — including Je mange avec ma tête, Vache à lait (translated into English as Cash Cow) and Le défi végane 21 jours — translated into several languages. In 2015, she received Queb...

You're paying 25% more for groceries than you were before the pandemic — and that's probably permanent. But the reasons behind each item in your plant-food cart are completely different. Droughts, wars, tariffs, TikTok, and corporate profits: we follow the money, all the way from the farm to your register.

This episode features Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei covering three big cultural flashpoints through an uncompromising, no-nonsense lens. Billie Eilish's viral callout of meat-eaters — her blunt Instagram post, the predictable backlash, and what the ugly comments reveal about where we are as a society. A look at Suffs, the Broadway musical bringing the women's suffrage movement back into the s...

TITLE: Melanie Joy, PhD, Practice Integrity Melanie Joy, PhD, is a Harvard-educated psychologist, international trainer, and author of eight books, including the award-winning Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters, and How to End Injustice Everywhere. She is the eighth recipient of th...

TITLE: Gardening: Nature Always Finds a Way In DESCRIPTION: Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei discuss their 2026 container gardening experiences on their NYC terrace, focusing on persistent wildlife challenges (squirrels and pigeons) and the broader context of food security, organic farming, and glyphosate's ongoing legal and health controversies. The conversation emphasizes the importance of hom...

Description: Isa Chandra Moskowitz is the bestselling author of I Can Cook Vegan, Isa Does It, Veganomicon, Vegan with a Vengeance, The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook, and many more. 

This week Caryn Hartglass welcomes Robert Grillo of Free From Harm back to the show.  They cover a wide variety of topics impacting the vegan movement today including Politics, the Farm Bill, Bird Flu, Herbicides and Pesticides, Investors, Ultra-processed Foods and more. They also share some of their current recipe favorites.

For the 17th anniversary of IT'S ALL ABOUT FOOD, we're doing something different: taking a clear-eyed look at where the vegan food movement has been — and where it still needs to go. In this episode: the explosive growth of veganism, the staggering lobbying gap between plant-based and animal agriculture, the ag-gag laws still being passed in 2025, and the moving story of Angel Moreno — a 76-year-o...

In this episode Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei share their thoughts about the current times filled with war and violence and offer ways to cope and enjoy peaceful moments with food. They offer practical tips and useful tools to make food preparation easier and fun.

“Move people to the lentils,” says Lianna Levine Reisner, cofounder of Plant Powered Metro New York.  Learn more about Lianna and Plant Powered Metro New York and why you should join us at their 7th Anniversary Gala on March 19, called Woven Together.

This week on IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD, Caryn Hartglass takes a deep investigative dive into glyphosate, corporate deregulation, and the future of our food system. From the courtroom battles that exposed Monsanto’s internal strategies to the science behind pesticide formulations and climate impacts, this episode connects the dots between public health, soil health, and political power. Caryn also examin...

Co-author of the book Plant-Powered Protein, Vesanto Melina discusses highlights from the book, a necessary tool in today’s times, where people are obsessing over protein, and all too often, animal protein.  

Hanna Garth is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, author of Food in Cuba: The Pursuit of a Decent Meal, and coeditor of Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice. Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite their best intentions, they often perpetuate fo...

Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei cover the impact on our culture and how it can be used to help us lead healthier, more compassionate lives – or the opposite, creating habits that are addicting and damaging to all life on earth. They stress the importance of community (shared meals, potlucks, eating in restaurants), especially in these highly politicized times that are trying to divide us.

Lianna Levine Reisner, MSOD, is building a multicultural movement for health as President and Network Director of Plant Powered Metro New York, an organization she co-founded in 2019 to empower local communities to prevent and reverse chronic disease through evidence-based, plant-based nutrition. To address her family’s health challenges, Lianna had been searching for clear, evidence-based nutriti...

In this episode, Caryn explores why weight dominates our resolutions, the truth behind weight-loss drugs, today’s loudest diet trends, the harm of fat-shaming, and the real goal hiding beneath it all: health, freedom, and peace with food. Featuring Nutritarian and Whole-Food Plant-Based inspiration, mouthwatering SOS-free recipe highlights, and a spotlight on NYC restaurants proving that oil-free,...

In this episode of It’s All About Food, Caryn Hartglass reframes Thanksgiving leftovers as opportunities — to reduce food waste, save money, and create delicious plant-based meals. The episode covers U.S. food-waste context, a light history of the “doggie bag,” practical  food-safety and storage tips, and dozens of creative leftover transformations (roasted veg, stuffing, potatoes, beans, sauces,...