Why Food?
Do you daydream about dropping everything and opening a restaurant? Have you always wondered what it would be like to start your own line of condiments? So many trailblazers in the food world actually started their careers in entirely different fields. How did these folks decide to hit the brakes, start over, and become inspiring the chefs, entrepreneurs, farmers and activists they are today? Hear their stories and learn how you too can fulfill your food dreams. Join cohosts Vallery Lomas and Ethan Frisch on Why Food?
If you made a leap of faith to work in the food industry and want to share your story, please get in touch at [email protected].
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 176
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2021
Deb Perelman: Smitten Kitchen
Join us for a conversation with Deb Perelman, author of the legendary blog Smitten Kitchen. Deb is a self-taught home cook, photographer, and the creator of smittenkitchen.com, as well as the author …
00:44:28 |
Sat 06 Mar 2021
Heather Marold Thomason: Primal Supply Meats
Join us for a conversation with Heather Marold Thomason, butcher and owner of Primal Supply Meats. Primal Supply is a Philly-based butchery committed to whole animal practices and changing the local …
00:53:35 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
David Benzaquen: Mission Plant
Join us for a conversation with David Benzaquen, one of the world’s leading experts in the plant-based food industry and the founder of Mission: Plant, a holding company advancing the plant-based sec…
00:43:33 |
Fri 19 Feb 2021
Paige Lipari: Archestratus Books + Foods
Join us for a conversation with Paige Lipari, local hero and owner/cook of Archestratus Books + Foods in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Lipari is a Sicilian-American poet, music maker, cartoonist, and cook. H…
00:47:24 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Mark Bittman: Animal, Vegetable, Junk
Join us for a conversation with legendary food writer Mark Bittman to discuss his brand new book Animal, Vegetable, Junk, a history of food and humanity. Mark has been a leading voice in global food …
00:53:39 |
Fri 05 Feb 2021
Claire Schlemme & Caroline Cotto: Renewal Mill
Join us for a conversation with Claire Schlemme and Caroline Cotto, Cofounders of Renewal Mill. Committed to finding solutions at the intersection of food, sustainability, and accessible nutrition, R…
00:34:54 |
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Kiki Aranita: Poi Dog
Join us for a conversation with chef and entrepreneur Kiki Aranita. Kiki is co-chef and owner of Poi Dog, a Hawaiian restaurant and catering company that closed its Rittenhouse, Philadelphia location…
00:39:57 |
Fri 22 Jan 2021
Kate Sullivan: To Dine For
Join cohosts Vallery and Ethan for a conversation with Kate Sullivan. Kate is a four-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and creator/host of To Dine For on PBS. The show tells the story of creators an…
00:46:38 |
Sat 16 Jan 2021
Anjali Bhargava: Drink Resilience
Join us for a conversation with Anjali Bhargava, founder and CEO of Drink Resilience turmeric elixirs. A former portrait photographer, Anjali decided to launch her own turmeric power, sourcing fresh …
00:39:06 |
Thu 17 Dec 2020
Yorm Ackuaku: esSence 13
Join us for a conversation with Yorm Ackuaku, the founder of esSense 13. A platform dedicated to raising the profile of African food globally, esSense 13 has hosted events including the African conti…
00:47:18 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Zoe Adjonyoh: Zoe's Ghana Kitchen
Join us for a conversation with Zoe Adjonyoh, chef, author and food justice activist from London. Zoe is the founder of Zoe's Ghana Kitchen, the UK's first contemporary West African dining concept (2…
00:42:08 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
SOGA Design Collective: Photographing Food
Join us for a conversation with Sebastian & Guillermo, the duo behind acclaimed food photography studio SOGA Design Collective. SOGA Design Collective is a multidisciplinary design studio in Brooklyn…
00:39:28 |
Sun 29 Nov 2020
Barkha Cardoz: Making Masalas to Remember Floyd Cardoz
Join us for a conversation with Barkha Cardoz, wife of the late Chef Floyd Cardoz and architect of the new line of Floyd Cardoz Legacy Masalas in partnership with Ethan's spice company Burlap & Barre…
00:51:05 |
Thu 12 Nov 2020
An Dao & Peter Wei: Tiger Sate
Join us for a converstaion with An Dao and Peter Wei, spouses and cofounders of Pantry by Nature and Tiger Sate. They both have a medical research background, but when work was halted during the pand…
00:43:54 |
Thu 29 Oct 2020
John DeBary: The Restaurant Workers Community Foundation
Join Vallery and Ethan for a conversation with John deBary, co-founder and board president of the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation, a nonprofit focused on improving the quality of life of hosp…
00:51:17 |
Thu 15 Oct 2020
Kristen Miglore: Genius Recipes
Join us for a conversation with Kristen Miglore, Founding Editor of the website Food52. Kristen abandoned a career in economics in 2007 to work in food media, tackling a master's degree in food studi…
00:48:25 |
Thu 08 Oct 2020
Tiffany Langston: Tiffany Tastes
Join us for a conversation with Tiffany Langston! Tiffany is a storyteller, content creator, and digital strategist with over a decade of experience at the intersection of the nonprofit and philanthr…
00:49:19 |
Thu 24 Sep 2020
Sylvie Charles & Liselle Pires: Just Date Syrup
Join us for a conversation with Sylvie Charles and Liselle Pires, founders of Just Date Syrup. Sylvie is a medical doctor who, after experimenting with low-sugar achaars and chutneys, turned the date…
00:48:46 |
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Kim & Vanessa Pham: Omsom
Join us for a conversation with Kim and Vanessa Pham, sisters and co-founders of Omsom, a new brand of Asian pantry staples. As first-generation Vietnamese-Americans and the daughters of refugees, Va…
00:51:22 |
Thu 10 Sep 2020
Simone Cormier: Spices for Whole Foods
Join cohost Vallery and Ethan for a conversation with Simone Cormier, National Spice Coordinator for Allegro Coffee, a subsidiary of Whole Foods Market. Simone is a chef, writer, avid traveler and Wh…
00:44:52 |
Thu 03 Sep 2020
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