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
Episode 37: Michele Tanenbaum: Fusing Cookies with Design Aesthetic
Michele Tanenbaum was burnt out after spending decades in the fashion industry. She began to experiment with making sweet treats for both humans and canines as a gift for her friends - and quickly th…
00:56:00 |
Fri 16 Mar 2018
Episode 36: Dianna Daoheung: Bringing New Ideas to the Iconic NYC Bagel
Dianna Daoheung left a career in advertising because she wanted to work with her hands. She decided to challenge herself by enrolling in a culinary school's pastry program, where she found she loved …
00:52:59 |
Mon 12 Mar 2018
Episode 35: Jeremy Lyman: Changing New York's Coffee Culture With Service
Jeremy Lyman began sketching floorplans of his future business at 16, but found himself only working on his "coffee project" during bad days at work. He wanted to fill a hole in the NYC market for a …
00:58:20 |
Thu 01 Mar 2018
Episode 34: Andrew Jacobi: Building A Sandwich Empire With Braised Meats
Andrew Jacobi always flirted with the idea of starting a food business, but found himself chasing the competitive high of private equity after college. After yet another late night, he decided to thi…
00:54:33 |
Tue 27 Feb 2018
Episode 33: Matt Shapiro: Protecting New York's Street Food History & Culture
Matt Shapiro was in law school when he read about a Midtown street vendor's cart being wrongfully confiscated by the police. He was immediately moved by the issue and began to work with the Street Ve…
00:47:39 |
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Episode 32: Ligaya Mishan: Telling True Stories About New York's Great Unsung Restaurants
Ligaya Mishan is the author of the New York Times' "Hungry City" column, where she reviews New York's "great, unsung" restaurants. Her career has taken her from an MFA in poetry to writing book revie…
00:52:10 |
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Episode 31: Rob Laing: Agricultural Innovation Within City Limits
Rob Laing was a successful tech entrepreneur in Japan when he first realized his stressful, nonstop lifestyle was leading him astray. After leaving his company, embracing a plant-based diet and takin…
00:48:30 |
Sun 04 Feb 2018
Episode 30: Devika Kumar: Food Storytelling, From Family to Farms
Devika Kumar found herself at a crossroads after having her first child. She had successful career in investment banking and an MBA from Harvard Business School, but she wanted to leave a legacy of g…
00:48:53 |
Sat 20 Jan 2018
Episode 29: Cushman Concepts - Nancy and Tim Cushman
With a love for good food and wine in comfortable and welcoming surroundings Tim and Nancy Cushman poured themselves and their finances in to their first restaurant, O Ya, in Boston, to create a spac…
00:54:47 |
Thu 03 Aug 2017
Episode 28: FoodyDirect - Brad Koenig
Have you craved New York bagels when you are on the west coast or needed the Caramel Pecan Pie from Blue Owl Bakery in Missouri? Brad Koenig was a lover of all regional foods and wanted access to the…
00:39:53 |
Thu 27 Jul 2017
Episode 27: William Dean Chocolates: Bill Brown
At the tender age of 46 Bill Brown tapped in to his creative mind which had been subdued for nearly four decades, his creations were chocolate. It took friends, family and colleagues by surprise that…
00:34:43 |
Thu 29 Jun 2017
Episode 26: Supercrown Coffee Roasters: Darleen Scherer
The DotCom Crash left Darleen unemployed and very uncertain of finding secure work. She took her savings and passion for excellent, transparent and sustainable coffee to Park Slope, Brooklyn to creat…
00:38:39 |
Thu 22 Jun 2017
Episode 25: Q Drinks - Jordan Silbert
With a belief mixers should be of equal quality and beauty as their alcoholic counterpart, Q Tonic was born. Twelve years later Q Drinks carries seven products that can be found in bars and homes aro…
00:45:50 |
Thu 15 Jun 2017
Episode 24: Restaurateur - Matt Abramcyk
After falling out of love with finance Matt dipped his toe in hospitality as an investor in one of the most revered cocktail bars in New York City, Employees Only. He then went on to make a name for …
00:52:48 |
Thu 08 Jun 2017
Episode 23: Hannah Cheng - Mimi Cheng's
From finance and fashion, Hannah and Marian Cheng left successful careers to bring traditional and healthy Chinese dumplings to New York City. In this episode Hannah Cheng comes on the show to chat a…
00:32:21 |
Thu 01 Jun 2017
Episode 22: Marc Glosserman - Hill Country Hospitality
With a self-described 'plain vanilla' upbringing in the suburbs of D.C. where at least one parent of each of his friends was a lawyer, it was almost set in scripture that Marc would follow a career i…
00:51:09 |
Thu 25 May 2017
Episode 21: Coffee Connoisseur - Debbie Wei Mullin
Debbie Wei Mullin is passionate about poverty alleviation. After visiting her relatives in Vietnam at 15 years of age she decided to dedicate her career to community empowerment and providing opportu…
00:31:33 |
Thu 20 Apr 2017
Episode 20: Home Cook - Donal Skehan
Donal Skehan has created a remarkable career for himself in the food world. As an author of seven cookbooks and the host to fourteen cooking shows in four countries he has showcased the power keeping…
00:51:47 |
Thu 13 Apr 2017
Episode 19: Farmer - Ben Flanner
In the concrete jungle of New York City agriculture is sparse but Brooklyn Grange have developed the worlds largest rooftop soil farms which produce over 50,000 lbs of organically cultivated produce …
00:37:57 |
Thu 06 Apr 2017
Episode 18: Food Academic - Darryl Mosher
This week I made the trip Poughkeepsie to chat with Darryl Mosher at the CIA campus. Darryl left a lucrative position at IBM in search of nature which led to a 70 acre family run farm. After two deca…
00:54:31 |
Thu 30 Mar 2017
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