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 17: Food Author - Bianca Bosker
"I am obsessed with other people's obsessions" This quote sets the tone for how engaged and involved you become when you read Cork Dork. Bianca Bosker, previously the executive tech editor at the Huf…
00:41:10 |
Thu 23 Mar 2017
Episode 16: Restaurateur Pt. 1 - Adam Eskin
As the founder & CEO, of Dig Inn, a successful farm to table restaurant group based in New York and Boston Adam Eskin was thrown in the deep end right from the start.
With an Economics degree from B…
00:53:54 |
Thu 09 Mar 2017
Episode 15: Food Critic - Alan Richman
A winner of 16 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards during his 25 years as a food critic for GQ, Alan Richman is one of the most revered, yet controversial figures in the restaurant scene over th…
00:58:58 |
Thu 23 Feb 2017
Episode 14: Sommelier - Max Coane
Imagine if you're first restaurant job was at a two Michelin-starred restaurant and within that restaurant you were the Head Sommelier, quite the start in the industry.
Max Coane's life was dedicate…
00:47:53 |
Thu 02 Feb 2017
Episode 13: The Theatrical Chef with Chef Yo
Chef Yo graduated with a masters from the Theatre Directing program at Columbia University. A native of Thailand, he found himself working in Thai resturants in New York, climbing the ladder from bus…
00:42:43 |
Thu 12 Jan 2017
Episode 12: The Dairy Queen from Wall Street - with Homa Dashtaki of the White Moustache
Homa Dashtaki is the owner of The White Moustache, a coveted New York producer of both Persian and Greek style yoghurts, labneh and whey probiotic drinks. Homa started the company with her father aft…
00:45:01 |
Thu 15 Dec 2016
Episode 11: Jonathan Mendez of Saloniki Greek
Jonathan Mendez, co-founder of Saloniki Greek introduces us to his new restaurant and his previous career path as a lawyer. Saloniki Greek takes traditional Greek dishes with New England ingredients …
00:29:13 |
Thu 08 Dec 2016
Episode 10: The Curious Beginnings of Ample Hills with Husband and Wife co-owners Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna
Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna are the co-founders of the delicious, creative and playful ice cream company, Ample Hills. They both have past careers as teachers, Brian later went on to become a scre…
00:35:57 |
Thu 01 Dec 2016
Episode 9: From the Classroom to the Kitchen – Timothy Caspere
Timothy Caspare, the Chef de Cuisine at the trendy Italian spot Pasquale Jones, hasn’t always been a chef. On today’s show we talk about his time as an English teacher at a rough high school in New J…
00:38:31 |
Thu 10 Nov 2016
Episode 8: Wine Becomes Art – Alie Shaper
As the founder of Brooklyn Oenology, Alie Shaper has taken the centuries old wine concept of terroir and modernized it within the Brooklyn environment. Alie is a graduate of Engineering from Cornell …
00:50:06 |
Thu 03 Nov 2016
Episode 7: A Serial Investor Rooted in Nature – Shen Tong
Shen Tong is one of the most accomplished individuals I have met. It is simply not possible to bracket him in to pre- and post-food careers because he builds on his achievements instead moving from o…
00:43:21 |
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Episode 5: A Privileged and Humble Transition to Food – Vincent Mazeau
Vincent Mazeau recently traded his successful career as an artist and set designer of 15 years to start a new life, owning and operating his own restaurant, Cherry Point, in Greenpoint, with his part…
00:32:41 |
Thu 06 Oct 2016
Episode 4: The Land of The Happy Pear – David and Stephen Flynn
Stephen and David Flynn are twins and founders of The Happy Pear.
The Happy pear began twelve years ago as a fruit & veg shop in their hometown of Greystones, just south of Dublin, Ireland. In that …
00:47:19 |
Tue 04 Oct 2016
Episode 3: From Desk Jockey to Dough Bro – Ronan Greaney
"If you have a genuine passion for something, why not go for it?"
I'm back home in Galway, Ireland this week and while I was home I wanted to meet the guys who have set the restaurant scene a light …
00:37:03 |
Thu 29 Sep 2016
Episode 2: From the Opera to the Hive – Casey Elsass
"The one through line of my early twenties was that there was no through line." After many years of random jobs and a prolonged stint at the Metropolitan Opera, Casey made a pledge to himself that he…
00:41:13 |
Thu 22 Sep 2016
Episode 1: Social Justice to Food Justice – Martha Hoover
In this episode we meet one of the most inspirational restaurateurs in the States. Largely unknown because she doesn't operate in sexy markets like New York or LA, Martha Hoover is the CEO and founde…
00:42:33 |
Thu 15 Sep 2016
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