The Feedfeed

It's the last episode for Jake Cohen as host of the Feedfeed! As Jake moves on, he chats with Julie and Dan Resnick, who will be taking over as hosts. Jake reflects on the last two seasons. pulling out the themes he's noticed. Julie and Dan discuss the direction in which the podcast will go in season three, focusing on home cooking and community driven conversations. Heritage Radio Network is a li...

Food writer and HRN Host of A Hungry Society , Korsha Wilson joins us to chat about her experience breaking into the food world. A graduate of the CIA, Korsha made her way into the world of media, now writing for Eater, NYT Cooking, and more. We discuss the power of Twitter in getting assignments, the current state of food media, and Korsha’s perspective when it comes to storytelling.  Want to sta...

Food writer and cookbook author Lindsay Maitland Hunt joins us to chat about her career in food media and how it led her on the search for gut help and writing her latest cookbook, Help Yourself: A Guide to Gut Health for People Who Love Delicious Food. A former editor at Real Simple and Buzzfeed, Lindsay discussed how she fell in love with the world of recipe testing and development and what goes...

Food writer and recipe developer Aaron Hutcherson joins us to chat about his career in food media. A former editor at Tasting Table and the Michelin Guide, we discuss what it takes to break into the food world and what changes need to be made in the industry. A current freelance food writer, we discuss what it looks like to pitch stories and how a good Twitter account can get your work. Past edito...

Sarah Passick, literary agent at Park & Fine joins us to chat about her role as a literary agent. From helping an author get a book deal, she walks us through how an agent is important to the process of producing a cookbook from managing their relationship with the editor to post-publication promotion and more. We discuss the landscaping right now for books and when it might be the right time...

Matt Broussard, known as A Cook Named Matt , joins us to chat about growing to over 2 million followers on TikTok. We discuss how he’s become such a force in such a short time and how that has flowed into his other channels. Matt talks us through the formats that work for him and what he wants to do with this new platform.   In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes a...

We're joined by winner of The Great American Baking Show, HRN host , and soon-to-be-cookbook author Vallery Lomas joins us to chat about her journey. Vallery talks us through her journey from lawyer to food personality. We discuss her upcoming cookbook and her advice around balancing editorial and sponsored content. The conversation turns to the current state of food media, discussing representati...

Former Buzzfeed Editor and author of the new Tasty Pride Cookbook Jesse Szewczyk joins us to talk about queer food and his journey breaking into the food media space. Jesse started writing for Buzzfeed taking on whatever they needed from him, expanding to take on larger packages with recipe development and video. From there, he guides us through how he pitched and produced this book with recipes f...

Meryl Feinstein of Pasta Social Club joins us to chat about building up a pasta-loving community. A former pasta maker at Misi in NYC, Meryl has found a community of pasta lovers obsessed with her takes on both traditional shapes and innovative preparations. She’s also caught the eye of many publications who often share her work on their social channels. We cover how she continues to learn more ab...

Cookbook author and food blogger Gaby Dalkin shares her journey to building a dedicated community with @whatsgabycookin . Gaby has built a dedicated fan base on social media and her website with California-inspired recipes and a distinctly gorgeous aesthetic. We discuss how Gaby grew that community and how she interacts with them daily even as she has grown. From there, we cover how she used this...

Cookbook author and blogger David Lebovitz shares his journey to becoming the beloved food personality he is today. We cover his entire career beginning with how he got a job at Chez Panisse as a savory cook and ended up as their pastry chef. From there, we break down his first cookbook and the comparisons in process to what that looks like now as he has just come out with his ninth. And of course...

In the first episode of season 2, we welcome cookbook author, food writer, and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons . Gail shares her journey into food starting as a writer in Toronto and taking on roles working for Daniel Boulud and Food & Wine Magazine. Now, you can see her serving as a judge on Bravo's Top Chef. We discuss her career and what it took to get her where she is today. Want to stay up to...

Feedfeed co-founders Julie and Dan Resnick chat about the start and growth of Feedfeed to the media brand it's become today. Many don’t realize that the Feedfeed was born out of a hashtag that served as a call to action for food lovers to share what they’re cooking and offer inspiration. From the two of them, the company has grown into a media powerhouse with test kitchens on both coasts and reach...

Video Producer at Eater and Co-Host of Eater's Digest , Daniel Geneen joins us to share his journey in food media. Beginning as an intern, Dan has worked his way up to being a producer and podcast host overseeing many of the videos Eater produces. We discuss what makes a compelling story and how do you tell that story on camera. As well, this is our first discussion on the show about other podcast...

Alison Spiegel, Digital Editor of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street talks us through her experience in food media spanning Huffington Post, Tasting Table, Food & Wine and now Milk Street. The discussion focused on what editors look for in pitches and what it takes to get a piece assigned. From there, we discuss her approach to editing stories and maintaining a writer’s voice throughout the pro...

From editor-in-chief of Epicurious and Food & Wine to a judge on Bravo's Top Chef, Nilou Motamed walks us through her career from being an unpaid fact checker to one of the top food and travel voices in media. This conversation covers what it took to build up a rapport with writers and how to lead a brand’s vision through execution. Now, Nilou spends her time applying that same attention to de...

Jessie Sheehan ( @jessiesheehanbakes ) and Jill Fergus ( @feedtheswimmers ) share stories from their careers spanning pitching food publications, taking on branded projects, writing cookbooks, making video appearances and everything in between. Both Jessie and Jill are editors of feeds at Feedfeed, giving them a seasoned look at the community of fellow content creators and the importance of commun...

Pastry chefs Miro Uskokovic of Gramercy Tavern and Hallie Meyer of Caffe Panna chat about how they use social media to drive sales, build buzz and grow community all around the love of desserts. Miro uses his social to promote specials and engage with a new generation of dessert lovers, bringing Gramercy Tavern into the digital space, while translating that virtual community into in person events...

Cookbook Author and Food Blogger Deb Perelman sits with us to discuss how she built up her beloved blog, Smitten Kitchen. Having a dedicated fan base, Deb walks us through her meticulous approach to recipe development, and her perspective on what was missing in the food space. From social media and a newsletter to cookbooks, we talk through how she allocated her resources and what content she enjo...

Chelsey White of @ChelSweets and Jessica Siskin of @Mister_Krisp sit down to talk about how they built up their followings making sweet dessert creations on Instagram. Chelsey, who has over 1 million followers on Instagram breaks down the goals she set to make the decision to pursue this full time. Jessica walks us through the process of how she was able to translate her success into a cookbook de...

Food & Wine 's Culinary Director at Large Justin Chapple sits down with us to tell us his journey into food media. He worked his way up in the test kitchen of one of the top food magazines after starting as an assistant behind the scenes for Food & Wine’s Annual Aspen Classic. We break down his approach to recipe testing and development from his experience both at the magazine, as well as...

Jeremy Jacobowitz of @BrunchBoys , one of the top food influencers on Instagram, joins us to discuss all things social media. The conversation covers growing a following and finding your place in the market, comparing what the space was like in the beginning of Instagram and what it looks like now. From there, we cover how to keep a community engaged, and how those communities vary between Instagr...

We go through the ins and outs of cookbooks with Clarkson Potter’s Editorial Director Raquel Pelzel and acclaimed cookbook author Adeena Sussman. We start off discussing the beast of a cookbook proposal that happens before you even get a book deal. From there, we break down what goes into a book start to finish, from how many times a recipe is tested to how you think about promotion. Having both w...

Feedfeed’s co-founders Julie and Dan Resnick discuss what it takes to build a food media brand from the ground up with Andrew Steinthal, co-founder and CRO of The Infatuation . This discussion with Andrew covers their experiences of creating digital food media companies starting with choosing the right hashtags (#feedfeed and #eeeeeats) and building community. From there, the conversation turns fr...

Recipe developers, cookbook authors and food styling icons Susan Spungen and Erin McDowell sit down to chat about what goes into the process of creating the perfect recipe and making it gorgeous. Susan comes from the realm of print media serving as the inaugural food editor of Martha Stewart living, transitioning to becoming one of the most well known food stylists in the game. Erin comes from the...