Lettuce Wrap
We’re Christine Doerr and Tammy Tan: friends, food enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. Between us, we own three food businesses (including our shared-use commercial kitchen where this podcast is recorded), and have lots to say about food, the food business, and the people who work in our industry.
Join us each episode as we explore food and the food business with other entrepreneurs and food lovers, and share our decades of experience owning, running, and marketing our businesses.
New episodes are released on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Thanks for listening and subscribing!
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2020
7: My Kitchen as a Lab, with Guilianna Glassman of Alma Superfoods
Why does Guilianna of Alma Superfoods say “my kitchen is my lab”? And how did a dislike of peanut butter turn into a nut butter business? Guilianna grew up in the Peruvian Andes where she helped her…
6: The Business of Food Awards
The Good Food Awards Mercantile is the place to taste the future of food, from small, sustainable producers. We discuss the Good Food Foundation that puts it on, and chat with two Good Food Guild mem…
5: Most of Them Will Give Up, with Lu Den of Lulu Yum
Lulu runs a cake business, but is her ultimate goal to build a lifestyle brand? A self-taught baker and accidental entrepreneur, Lulu got her start making cakes for friends, who convinced her they we…
4: The Appreciation They Deserve, with Mark Priestley of Yummy Artisan Foods
Mark has the best job: he tastes award-winning, artisan-crafted olive oils, chocolates and honey, and shares his finds with the world. He leads us through a chocolate tasting, and chats about why he …
3: These Shows Stress Me Out
We pick our favorite shows, movies and documentaries about food and cooking, from old school classics to new school faves. And a few things we definitely do not like.…
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2: Not to Yuck My Mom's Yum, with Melanie Rogers of Slow Brine
Melanie has a pickle problem, and there’s only one way to solve it: More pickles! Can she pickle anything? We explore the difficulty of starting a food business when you have no experience, and getti…
1: A Crust and Fudgy Center, with Amanda Garcia of NeoCocoa
Amanda Garcia joins us to explore the value of attending school to get experience—and confidence—vs. getting into the industry early. Amanda—who fell in love with chocolate while attending pastry sch…
0: 0: We’re a Little Food Crazy (Pilot)
We're Christine and Tammy: friends, food enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. Between us, we own three food businesses, and have lots to say about food, the food business, and the people who work in our in…