Snacky Tunes

This week on Snacky Tunes , solo host Greg Bresnitz is chatting with the founders of Braven Brewing Company – Eric Feldman and Marshall Thompson. With offices located around the corner from Heritage Radio Network in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Braven Brewing Company came about in 2013. Focused on creating crisp, perfectly balanced ales and lagers, Eric and Marshall take Greg through how they came together...

This week on Snacky Tunes , hosts Greg and Darin Bresnitz is celebrating Super Bowl Sunday with Adam Collison and Nika Carlson of The Drink and music from The Downtown Club. Kicking off the show, Daring chats with old friends Nika and Adam about the process of owning a bar; from early conceptual chats to opening day. Parties are a specialty at The Drink and the duo share some of the highlights and...

This week on a brand new Snacky Tunes , host Darin Bresnitz is joined by guest co-host Carter Adams and guests Mark Ramadan and Scott Norton of Sir Kensington’s. Sir Kensington’s is a maker of fine condiments like ketchup and mayonnaise that comes in both traditional and spiced forms. Mark and Scott take the hosts through their journey creating the staple ketchup by testing recipes at their alma m...

This week on Snacky Tunes , hosts Greg and Darin Bresnitz are closing out 2014 with an all-food episode welcoming Yahoo Food Editor Julia Bainbridge and President of the renowned Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman Company and leading food and restaurant consultant, Michael Whiteman to the show. Kicking off chatting with the guests about trends in the restaurant world, they start with the influx of...

This week on a brand new Snacky Tunes , hosts Greg and Darin Bresnitz kick off the show welcoming Michelle Capocefalo, Partner Solutions Associate of the app “Cover,” to the show. “Cover” allows patrons to create or join a table when you arrive at the selected restaurant then splits the bill (with your tip) when the meal concludes. Michelle divulges how handy the app is and where she sees it headi...

This week on Snacky Tunes , host Darin Bresnitz and guest host Jay Strell welcome Adam Geringer-Dunn, executive chef and co-owner, and Vincent Milburn, head fishmonger and co-owner, of Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. Talking to the hosts about how the new business has been doing, what inspired them to open such a place in Brooklyn, as well as the shop’s menu, Adam and Vincent explain that they t...

This week on Snacky Tunes , hosts Greg and Darin Bresnitz welcome a very special guest via phone, Mom (Gloria) Bresnitz and musical guest A Bunch of Dead People to the show. Opening up with a wonderful conversation about the traditional family Thanksgiving, Greg and Darin get Mom’s culinary background and timeline for the turkey day prep. Starting her ingredients scout back in August for the perfe...

This week on Snacky Tunes , solo host Greg Bresnitz welcomes the team from Root & Bone: Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth. Kicking off the show explaining how they met over a lovely meatloaf dish and formed a working business relationship. Going through their journey to open up Root & Bone in Alphabet City, NYC, the idea came from making food that both tasted and felt like home. Taking listene...

This week on Snacky Tunes , hosts Greg and Darin Bresnitz are closing out the 2014 CMJ Music Marathon with a special music episode! Kicking off the show with Chef Patti Jackson of Delaware and Hudson in Williamsburg, Greg and Darin jump into a lively brunch discussion and how she came to earn a Michelin star. Patti also shares her background and her journey through the culinary world and some of t...

Today on Snacky Tunes we have host Darin Bresnitz interviewing Chef and Owner of Coppa and Toro in Boston, Jamie Bissonnette. Even as a child, Bissonnette was drawn to the kitchen eschewing cartoons for cooking shows on the Discovery Channel. With this early start, he earned his Culinary Arts degree from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale by the young age of 19 and spent his early 20s eating and...

On this episode of Snacky Tunes , host Darin Bresnitz talks with Wen-Jay Ying & Kris Delatorre of The Local Roots NYC. They’re organizing and hosting The Good Festival, a biennial party that celebrates one-of-a-kind local music and food initiatives. It inspires New Yorkers to make, cook, and do right in their own kitchens and backyards. Throughout the night, bands will perform as artisans and...

This week on Snacky Tunes , hosts Greg and Darin Bresnitz are talking to the guys behind the Cameo Gallery in Williamsburg, Jify Shah and Evan Weiner. Cameo is the definitive Brooklyn venue for bands, DJs, producers, and comedians that is set as a kaleidoscopic arts hub that’s hidden in the back of a restaurant. Talking about how Cameo got its start and how they have seen the Williamsburg scene ev...

This week on Snacky Tunes , hosts Darin and Greg Bresnitz welcome Heritage Radio Network’s own Talia Ralph to the show! Talia is the host of the new Thursday show, Pizza Party , and starts this episode with the guys off with a bang – talking pizza and bagels. Hailing from Montreal, Talia talks about her food memories growing up, complete with her grandmother’s matzo ball soup. Talia admits that he...

This week on Snacky Tunes , Greg and Darin kick off the new radio season welcoming Chef Brendon Doyle, Jessie Vukoson, and musical guest Daniel King to the show. Starting off, the guys talk to Brendon and Jessie about the start of their co-owned, Guerrilla Condiment Company. Greg and Darin also ask about their humble beginnings, how they came to be in the hot sauce business, and what their plans a...

This week on Snacky Tunes , a solo Darin welcomes the Pit Bastard Frank Davis, and musical guest Miami Drive to the program. Opening the show speaking to Frank about his 20 year background in the music industry, Darin makes the connection between music and food and just how Frank decided to make the career jump to BBQ and grilling. Starting a restaurant in upstate New York in 2010, Frank and his w...

Join Greg and Darin for their 200th episode on this week’s Snacky Tunes ! To mark the momentous occasion, the guys pop some champagne and take it back to the beginning. Welcoming Mom and Dad Bresnitz to the show to reminisce and shed light on how the twins came to be where they are today, they talk about their early food memories, and, of course, how Mom and Dad met. Seemingly bursting with foodie...

This week on Snacky Tunes Greg and Darin welcome Steve Rogenstein, Founder of theARTcorps and Co-Producer of the NYC Honey Week. Right off the bat, the guys talk to Steve (a native New Yorker) about the yesteryear of NYC, and delve into his background and how he founded theARTcorps in 2003. Steve recently turned his attention to the NYC Honey Week, a citywide festival celebrating the honeybee. Hon...

This week on Snacky Tunes , Greg and guest co-host Carter Adams open the show with the musical stylings of Jonny Lam and then welcome Butcher Tom Mylan from The Meat Hook located in Brooklyn, NY. Hot off the release of The Meat Hook Meat Book , Tom talks about his inspiration behind authoring the cookbook and all that goes into the cookbook process. Greg highlights a part of The Meat Hook Meat Boo...

This week on Snacky Tunes , hosts Greg and Darin welcome the Editor-in-Chief of First We Feast, Chris Schonberger and the Brooklyn-based, electronic dreampop act, Mahogany. At the top of the show, the twins speak with Chris about his beginnings and how he worked his way to his esteemed position with the online media outlet. He goes on to elaborate how First We Feast is an online entity that looks...

This week on a solo show of Snacky Tunes , Darin welcomes MOOD Magazine Co-Founders Mario Villar and Emma Hovel. MOOD Magazine fits right in with Snacky Tunes as its focus is both music and food with some great stories and gorgeous photos as well. Mario and Emma talk about the magazine’s beginnings and plans for the future, notably with MOOD’s fifth issue coming out soon. Later, Darin brings on th...

This week on Snacky Tunes, Greg and Darin take on the topic of wine and upcoming summer events with a full studio of guests. Chauvet Thibault of Prestige Wine Lounge, Jules Dressner of Louis/Dressner Selections, and Owner of The Cleveland Restaurant, Paul Shaked, discuss importing wines and the natural wines that will be available at the next Prestige Wine Lounge-Garden Series coming up on Sunday,...

Snacky Tunes ushers in summer early this year with the gang from the Big Apple Barbecue. The Big Apple Barbecue puts on a Block Party one weekend each June held in Madison Square Park and its surrounding streets, attracting people near and far to celebrate America’s authentic culinary and musical traditions. The pitmasters from around the country grill up their region’s best dishes for all to enjo...

This week, Snacky Tunes features an all music episode. Greg and Darin welcome the Brooklyn-based, indie duo, Yellerkin (Adrian Galvin and Luca Buccellati) to play 3 songs live in the studio. Tune in to hear the guys talk about the band’s history and influences, the evolution of band names, and other stories from SXSW and the road. This program was sponsored by Tekserve . “Yelling and your kin were...

Today on Snacky Tunes, Dave Lane from The Gourmand, award-winning food and culture journal, comes out to Roberta’s to tell us about his unique magazine with spectacular design. We also have Caroline Russock in the studio, food writer for Philadelphia City Paper who tells us about some of the greatest sandwich spots in Philadelphia. After the break, Colin Self sings some tunes for us and we experie...

On this Mother’s Day episode of Snacky Tunes, Greg returns! He and Darin bring in food & drink writer Jordana Rothman. The group discusses everything from the James Beard Awards to Guy Fieri and everything in between. Tune in for this special hour-long interview about women in food, tortillas, the lime shortage, and much more! This program has been sponsored by Tekserve . “The think about cook...