Best Korsha Wilson Podcasts (2024)

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Season Finale: True Cost Accounting w/ Lisa Held 38:53

3y ago38:53

38:53

We’re closing out the season with a look at “True Cost Accounting.” There is a growing movement to include “true cost accounting” or TCA when considering the cost of food -- which can be far more than what you pay in a supermarket. Our guest today, food journalist and The Farm Report host Lisa Held is quite familiar with that report and cited it in…

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A Small Step Towards Ending Hunger (Not Just Managing It) 50:30

3y ago50:30

50:30

Tom and Food Research and Action Center Ellen Vollinger and Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern discuss the historic permanent increase to the decades-old Thrifty Food Plan coming in October 2021. Follow Tom on Twitter and Instagram @tomcolicchio and share what you want to hear with hashtag #CitizenChef. Learn more about your ad-choices at https…

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Black Business Month w/ Korsha Wilson 26:06

3y ago26:06

26:06

Tom talks with food critic and A Hungry Society Podcast host Korsha Wilson about supporting black culinary artists and relishing American dining experiences. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Mental Health and Food Service Workers w/ Giving Kitchen 42:35

3y ago42:35

42:35

Tom and Giving Kitchen co-founder Jen Hidinger-Kendrick discuss the state of mental health in the restaurant industry, how the pandemic has added pressure and hardship to some circumstances, and what Giving Kitchen does to support people in the restaurant industry. We learn how Giving Kitchen reaches food service workers, and discuss common issues …

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Sowing Seed Stories w/ Hudson Valley Seed Company 30:39

3y ago30:39

30:39

Tom talks with Hudson Valley Seed Company Co-Founder and Creative Director Ken Greene about heirlooms, seed sovereignty and how seeds reflect human history. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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The State of Food Policy w/ Congressman Blumenauer 41:15

3y ago41:15

41:15

Tom and Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon discuss the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and have a wide-ranging discussion about where legislation around environment and food intersect. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Reclaiming Food w/ Justin Kamine of Do Good Foods 33:46

3y ago33:46

33:46

Reclaiming the food you threw away and up cycling it into nutrient-dense animal feed. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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The Future of Agriculture w/ Bowery Farming 28:06

3y ago28:06

28:06

Tom Colicchio and Bowery Farming's Irving Fain discuss the future of the food supply chain. Tom spotlights how the visionary's food company uses indoor farming technologies to grow nutritious food in a water-saving, pesticide-free environment. And they're not just growing food at Bowery Farming, they're also fostering avenues for people across the …

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Making a Difference, One Slutty Vegan at a Time 33:06

3y ago33:06

33:06

Sometimes our neighborhood eateries make us gather beyond the meal. In this episode, Pinky Cole of Slutty Vegan ATL joins Tom to talk about her plant-based pursuit of doing just that despite the pandemic. The entrepreneur and philanthropist explains how her suite of expanding vegan dining experiences feeds food insecure communities, and even fights…

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Cannabis Regulation and Food w/ Chef Andrea Drummer 40:56

3y ago40:56

40:56

Welcome back from a long holiday! Chef Andrea Drummer is the woman behind The Original Cannabis Cafe in West Hollywood, which is the first cafe in that city licensed to serve cannabis along with its menu. We’re going to talk to her about pioneering a new segment of the two industries, and how exactly one orchestrates pairings that feel more like or…

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Splitting a Chocolate Cake w/ Dr. Kathleen Merrigan 29:52

3y ago29:52

29:52

Kathleen Merrigan was the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture from 2009 to 2013 and is now the Executive Director at Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University. She is an advocate for organic farming, worked with former First Lady Michelle Obama on the Let’s Move campaign, and while working at the USDA she shap…

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Revitalizing Our Restaurants w/ Sen. Chuck Schumer 25:19

3+ y ago25:19

25:19

Welcome back to Citizen Chef! After wrapping last season, Tom Colicchio has been working tirelessly with the Independent Restaurant Coalition to lobby for funding to help save our restaurants. This week, catches up with one of the key allies of the bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. They discuss why the money is necessary to revitalizing t…

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Citizen Chef Season 2 Trailer 1:59

3+ y ago1:59

1:59

Chef Tom Colicchio (Top Chef) is back with conversations about the policies that shape how the U.S. food system works. Join Tom as we head into the summer with fresh takes on the future of farming, the restaurant industry and access to nutritious food during a pandemic. Follow Tom on Twitter and Instagram @tomcolicchio and share what you want to he…

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Citizen Chef Season 2 Coming Soon! 19:10

3+ y ago19:10

19:10

Citizen Chef will be back soon! Chef and food activist Tom Colicchio and executive producer Christopher Hassiotis catch up on the long year behind us and the work ahead. Follow Tom on Instagram and Twitter @tomcolicchio and tell us what you want to hear with #CitizenChef. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See …

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Tom Colicchio Visits The Why I'm Voting Podcast 12:36

4y ago12:36

12:36

Hey, Citizen Chefs! In case you missed it, here's a replay of Tom's guest appearance on iHeartRadio's Why I'm Voting podcast. Take a listen and don't forget to vote on election day 2020! If you want to change, preserve, or build a better America, there’s one easy way to make your voice heard: Vote. This year, iHeartRadio is teaming up with over 20 …

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Victory Gardens and Better Days Ahead 21:46

4y ago21:46

21:46

In early March, slim pickings on grocery store shelves, news of meat plant shutdowns, skyrocketing demand for food bank services, predictions of supply chain breakdown and food shortages drove many Americans to do what we haven't collectively done since WWII: plant home gardens. Tom checks in with journalist Morgan Levey about the boom in seed sale…

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How We Feed Our Students 39:01

4y ago39:01

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Tom Colicchio talks with "Free for All: Fixing School Food in America" author, Dr. Janet Poppendieck about the history and future of school lunch programs. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Reparations in the Food World 47:11

4y ago47:11

47:11

What do chefs and the food industry owe black Americans? Tom Colicchio talks with chef and historian Michael Twitty about the effects of racist systems on American foodways and how food and culinary history could be addressed through the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. Learn more about your ad-choices…

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A Primer on SNAP with Joel Berg of Hunger Free America 26:25

4y ago26:25

26:25

Americans aren't hungry because of drought or famine. Some say Americans are hungry because there isn't political will to make sure everyone is fed. How did we get here? In this episode, Tom Colicchio adds a chapter in his food policy primer season. He's joined by Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, who provides a short lesson in U.S. nutrition …

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Who Really Owns Food? 16:12

4y ago16:12

16:12

Tom chats with food and agriculture journalist Leah Douglas about the role of corporate concentration in the food system. Since April 2020, Douglas has mapped outbreaks of COVID-19 among workers at meat packing and meat processing plants across the nation. They discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought longstanding concerns around health and sa…

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"Black People Are My Jam" Chefs Sicily & Mavis Jay of Food + People 1:31:17

4y ago1:31:17

1:31:17

Today’s guests are chefs Sicily Sewell Johnson and Mavis Jay Sanders, founders of Food + People. Food + People operates on the belief “every community should have access to quality food and every person deserves the dignity of a hot meal composed of ecologically responsible ingredients that nourishes their body from the inside out.” On the show we …

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COVID-19 and Food Suppliers 50:36

4y ago50:36

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Small food suppliers like oyster farmers and cheesemakers are really who set restaurants apart. In most cases, a majority of what they produce is sold to restaurants. But with the pandemic, many restaurants have closed -- and when restaurants close these small businesses are left without a market. Tom Colicchio talks to Peter Stein of Peeko Oysters…

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Immigration Pt. 2: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Spotlight 28:18

4y ago28:18

28:18

In this stripped-down episode, Tom Colicchio talks to Gerardo Reyes Chavez of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers about the work leading towards systemic solutions to end modern-day slavery and put a stop to crimes against growers across the food system. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/list…

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Immigration Pt. 1: Criminalized Work and the Chicken We Eat 32:51

4y ago32:51

32:51

Tom Colicchio talks to Dr. Angela Stuesse (Scratching Out a Living: Latinos, Race, and Work in the Deep South) and investigative reporter Alissa Zhu about the largest single-state immigration enforcement operation in our country's history, and the conditions workers in poultry processing plants often work in. Learn more about your ad-choices at htt…

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Chef Adrian Lipscombe on Legacy and the 40 Acres & a Mule Project 1:00:14

4y ago1:00:14

1:00:14

Chef Adrian Lipscombe, Texas native and owner of Uptowne Cafe & Bakery in Wisconsin, is a very busy woman. She’s a wife, mother of four, city planner and business owner and the founder of the 40 Acres & a Mule Project, which she launched in June to preserve, research and celebrate Black foodways. On today’s show we talk about the goals of the proje…

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Captives at Sea and the Fish We Eat 32:29

4y ago32:29

32:29

Tom Colicchio and Ian Urbina of The New York Times talks about the people behind the fish on your plate and the stories in his book, The Outlaw Ocean. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Disaster Relief Pt. 2: From 'Food Line' to Front Line 21:37

4y ago21:37

21:37

In this no-frills episode, Tom Colicchio hands the mic over to two guests whose experiences collecting MRE's in so-called food lines have lead them to careers on the front lines of disaster relief. First, we hear a first-person account from Blaine Fisher, a Louisiana native and former paramedic who now teaches Emergency Management at Tulane Univers…

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Derek Kirk on soulPhoodie and Building Community 51:31

4y ago51:31

51:31

Today’s episode is an interview with Derek Kirk, founder of soulPhoodie, an online community that celebrates black food and beverage culture. Derek founded soulPhoodie in 2016 to share timely and compelling content about all facets of Black foodways in a way that is fun, intelligent, nerdy, and at times provocative. Derek is a graduate of North Car…

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Disaster Relief Pt. 1: World Central Kitchen Spotlight 33:17

4y ago33:17

33:17

Who's making sure people eat during times of disaster? In part one of our episodes looking into disaster relief, World Central Kitchen CEO Nate Mook joins Tom to examine how our governments respond with food aid in localized catastrophes like we saw in NYC after 9/11 and in global emergencies like COVID-19. They also discuss how to incite lasting c…

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Food Is Politics: A Primer 25:25

4y ago25:25

25:25

Sure, Chef Tom Colicchio is an Emmy-winning restaurateur but he’s also a food advocate on a mission to improve our food systems. In this first episode, Tom talks about his vision for the show and the way the pandemic has highlighted the delicate and inflexible nature of the American food web. Tom calls up friend and food policy go-to, Dr. Marion Ne…

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Introducing: Citizen Chef with Tom Colicchio 1:35

4y ago1:35

1:35

Tom Colicchio has issues with food! This podcast is about what we eat, where and who it comes from, and the politics, decisions, policies and people that shape our food system – with the goal of turning curious listeners into more informed, engaged citizens. Led by restaurateur and Top Chef host Tom Colicchio, the podcast delves into policy, labor,…

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Karla Vasquez on SalviSoul & Documenting the Salvadoran Diaspora 57:36

4y ago57:36

57:36

Today's show is an interview with Karla Vasquez, founder of SalviSoul, food writer, recipe developer, and food stylist based in Los Angeles. Karla’s writing has been published by The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue and Eater LA among other publications and her recipe development work has been on Buzzfeed Tasty and Tastema…

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DeVonn Francis on Being a Chef and Artist in Equal Measure 56:34

4y ago56:34

56:34

On today’s show I talk to chef, artist, model, photographer DeVonn Francis about food as art, the idea of expansiveness and hospitality. DeVonn runs Yardy, a pop-up series where he uses food, space, music and art to explore Blackness, queerness, immigration and more. He’s a first-generation Jamaican American and his cooking is influenced by the Car…

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What Does This Moment Mean For Women-Run Businesses? 32:29

4+ y ago32:29

32:29

What does the COVID-19 crisis mean for women-run food businesses? On today’s show I speak with Shaolee Sen, CEO of Hot Bread Kitchen, about the unique challenges women-run and immigrant-run food businesses face at this time. Hot Bread Kitchen is an organization in Harlem that’s a culinary incubator program and workforce development program that tra…

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Irene Li on the Unsung Restaurants Fund & Having Hope 30:27

4+ y ago30:27

30:27

On this special show I speak with Irene Lei of Mei Mei Restaurant in Boston about what running her business has been like since the coronavirus crisis started and the Unsung Restaurant Fund, a fund that she and a friend started to highlight the immigrant owned and run restaurants in Boston. Photo courtesy of Irene Li. A Hungry Society is powered by…

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Chef Erick Williams on Legacy & Virtue 38:22

4+ y ago38:22

38:22

In this special episode, I chat with chef Erick Williams, owner and executive chef at Virtue Restaurant & Bar in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighbourhood. Williams is a Chicago native with a storied career, and this year was named a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation Award: Best Chef Midwest. On the show we talk about why Chicago is such a great …

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Episode 71: Soul Food Sessions Pt. 2 38:02

5y ago38:02

38:02

Today’s show is going to be a continuation of the series of interviews from the Soul Food Sessions dinner which was held at the James Beard Foundation house in Manhattan earlier this month. Soul Food Sessions is a dinner series that started in Charlotte, North Carolina as a way to acknowledge and support people of color in the culinary arts, restau…

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Episode 70: Soul Food Sessions Pt. 1 57:53

5y ago57:53

57:53

Today’s show is going to be a series of interviews from the Soul Food Sessions dinner which was held at the James Beard Foundation house in Manhattan earlier this month. Soul Food Sessions is a dinner series that started in Charlotte, North Carolina as a way to acknowledge and support people of color in the culinary arts, restaurant and hospitality…

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Episode 69: Jose Garces on Protecting Undocumented Restaurant Workers 38:52

5y ago38:52

38:52

Today’s guest is Jose Garces, Father, farmer, food and drink lover, restaurateur, James Beard Award winner, author and Iron Chef. A second-generation Latin American, Garces was born to Ecuadorian parents and raised in Chicago. His culinary passion was cultivated at a young age by his paternal grandmother,, who taught him the Latin way of cooking. A…

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Episode 68: Professor Krishnendu Ray on How Food Culture is Shaped 49:51

5y ago49:51

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Today's guest is Krishnendu Ray, Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at NYU. He was a faculty member and the Associate Dean of Liberal Arts at The Culinary Institute of America and is the author of The Migrant’s Table (2004), The Ethnic Restaurateur (2016), and the co-editor of Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food and South Asia …

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Episode 67: Top Chef Junior Rahanna Bisseret Martinez on the Next Generation of Chefs 35:37

5y ago35:37

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Today’s guest is Rahanna Bisseret Martinez, a talented fifteen-year-old chef and finalist on Top Chef Junior. Rahanna has been featured on the Today Show and has cooked in some of the best kitchens in the world including Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse in Berkley California, Nina Compton’s Compere Lapin and Emeril Lagasse’s self named restaurant in New …

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Episode 66: Chef Chris Scott on Soul Food and his Culinary Career 49:13

5y ago49:13

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Chef Chris began his culinary career in Philadelphia when the city was in the midst of a culinary revolution. He worked alongside notable chefs such as Al Paris, Michael Solomanov, and with the Starr Restaurant Group as sous chef to Franklin Becker and Marcus Samuelsson. After honing his skills in Philly for 15 years, Chef Chris moved to New York C…

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Episode 65: Michael W. Twitty on Culinary History and More 53:02

5y ago53:02

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Michael W. Twitty is a culinary historian and food writer from the Washington D.C. area. He blogs at Afroculinaria.com. He’s appeared on Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimmern, Many Rivers to Cross with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, and has lectured to over 400 groups. He has served as a judge for the James Beard Awards and is a fellow with the Souther…

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Episode 64: Lazarus Lynch on Son of A Southern Chef and Cooking with Soul 48:47

5y ago48:47

48:47

"Lazarus Lynch is an entrepreneur, chef, musician, author and multi-media host. He is a two-time Chopped champion, host of Food Network Digital’s Comfort Nation, and author of the cookbook, Son of a Southern Chef: Cook with Soul. Born and raised in New York City, Lazarus learned to cook at an early age under the tutelage of his late father, who sha…

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Episode 63: On Leah Chase and Creating a Legacy 41:26

5y ago41:26

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This episode is part-interview with Zella Palmer, educator, food historian, author and filmmaker who serves as the Chair and Director of the Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African-American Material Culture in New Orleans. This episode is also a tribute to the late chef, Leah Chase and a discussion of her legacy and impact on New Orleans …

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Episode 62: Mashama Bailey and Johno Morisano of The Grey on Business Partnerships and Expectations 1:07:42

5y ago1:07:42

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Today’s show is an interview with chef Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano, the duo behind The Grey and Grey Market in Savannah, Georgia. The Grey is located in a former Greyhound bus station on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Savannah which operated until 1964, through the Jim Crow era, segregating black and white passengers. Today this space…

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Episode 61: Chef Leigh-Ann Martin talks Trini upbringing meets NYC 44:53

5y ago44:53

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Chef Leigh-Ann Martin talks Trini upbringing meets NYC Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Chef Leigh-Ann Martin lives in the New York City area creating dishes merging her Trini upbringing with NYC’s culinary landscape. She currently contributes to Ark Republic. She is also the curator of a private dinner series called “A Table for Four” and h…

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Episode 60: Clay Williams on Photographing Food and Co-founding Black Food Folks 47:24

5+ y ago47:24

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Clay Williams is a Brooklyn-based photographer specializing in food, drinks and events. He photographs assignments for The New York Times, The James Beard Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. Clay is a member of the board of Slow Food NYC and with Colleen Vincent is a co-founder of Black Food Folks, a fellowship of Black professionals in food me…

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Episdoe 59: Omar Tate of Honeysuckle talks Blackness in Food 56:35

5+ y ago56:35

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Chef Omar Tate has spent the last ten years in the restaurant industry working in some of the best restaurants in New York City and Philadelphia including A Voce, Fork, Meadowsweet, Runner and Stone, and Russet. He finds the intersection of science, art, craft, and the physicality of line cooking to be unique and the most alluring aspects of the pr…

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Episode 58: Peru Special Part 2: Chef Diego Munoz 40:32

5+ y ago40:32

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Today’s guest is Diego Muñoz, the legendary chef behind some of Peru’s best restaurants who grew up in Lima. Chef Diego is a graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu in Canada and Paris, and worked at some of the best restaurants in the world including the late El Bulli. Back at home in Perú, he led the operation of Astrid & Gastón on the move to Casa Moreyr…

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