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On this episode of HRN Happy Hour, Caity's dear friend and former classmate, Maggie Tauranac joins us in studio! Kat recaps her trip to Slow Food Nations in Denver (click here to see and hear all the coverage) and we share some other headlines from around HRN and the food world!

After the break, we hear more from Maggie, who is now the Program Associate at GRACE Communications Foundation, which advocates for more sustainable alternatives to our current industrial food system. Maggie has an MA in Food Studies from New York University where she conducted an analysis on agricultural antibiotic overuse and strategies for reduction. With a particular interest in ethics in the food system, her focus is predominantly on policy/advocacy issues surrounding food justice and sustainability (with a side eye towards the meat industry). Prior to joining GRACE, Maggie worked in several capacities for NYU’s Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Department, including as a research assistant to food policy analysts and as an adjunct professor and teaching assistant. Maggie is lovingly engrossed with her CSA, and is really into composting. In her spare time, she likes bouldering, jumping into lakes, and putting things in color order.

We wrap up the episode with some trivia about one of Maggie's favorite food: the gooseberry!

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On this episode of HRN Happy Hour, Kat & Caity learn all about Australian café culture (and fairy bread) from Henry Roberts and Giles Russell, the Aussies behind Two Hands!

Two Hands is an Australian cafe and restaurant created by expats Henry Roberts and Giles Russell, with the goal of building a tight-knit community and bringing a piece of home to New York City. From the elevated coffee selection to the warm space and fresh cuisine, the concept provides a welcoming, relaxed vibe amongst the chaos of the city’s culinary landscape. The name is representative of the handmade nature of the concept, both the effort that went into creating its original location from the ground up and the care involved in the making of each dish.

Two Hands’ menu takes inspiration from Australian culture, serving nutritious and balanced foods that are meant to be enjoyed amongst friends. As a pioneer in the cafe space, Giles and Henry seek to create a new community space for their guests to escape to, as if they’ve been transported to an airy beachfront restaurant. In the last several years, Australian cafes have had a profound renaissance in New York, with Two Hands stepping out as the clear leader in the pack. Two Hands has been featured in notable media outlets including The New York Times, Bon Appetit, New York magazine’s Grub Street and Vogue.com.

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Kat and Caity are back in action this week, with special guest co-host Matt Wang. Matt, who owns Metropolitan Plate & Flame, takes us deep into the world of restaurant consulting with guests Mitch Cynamon and William Shear.

We've also got a quick preview of this weekend's Slow Food Nations festival in Denver (where we'll be interviewing everyone from a NASA engineer to a watermelon farmer).

And, as usual, we'll wrap up with some hard-hitting trivia. The subject: restaurants, of course!

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This week on HRN Happy Hour, Liz Mistick, Jordan Werner, Sarah McKeen, and Hannah Fordin are filling in for Kat and Caity. We’ve got all the usual hits, including show highlights from around the network, important events (like the recent Good Food Mercantile at the Brooklyn Expo and Kat’s upcoming trip to Slow Food Nations in Denver, CO) and an update on our Summer Drive.

After that, we talk Fourth of July. Even though it already happened, we’re still hung up on fireworks and BBQ. Jordan shares an interview with Amy Lipman, a food scholar and bonafide Hot Dog Expert, about the history of hot dogs and what they mean in American culture today. Then, Liz chats with our in-studio guest Talia Pollock about how to have a plant-forward Fourth of July. Talia is a food blogger, health coach, and host of her own podcast series The Party in my Plants Podcast.

And since it wouldn’t be an episode of HRN Happy Hour without trivia, we wrap things up and try to make Kat proud with a few zingers about Independence Day.

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Our guests today are Maury Rubin (City Bakery), Matt Wang (Plate & Flame), and John Spinks (a drama and English teacher turned visual artist). We're talking about everything from hot chocolate and cookies – to James Joyce's Ulysses and Bloomsday – to why Detroit is the next frontier for bakers and restaurateurs.

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Jordan Salcito is the founder of RAMONA and Bellus Wines and is the Director of Wine Special Projects at Momofuku. Today, she's sharing cans of RAMONA (lightly sparkling organic Sicilian wine blended with natural ruby red grapefruit) while we talk about her background in wine service and what's next in her mission to "free wine drinkers from rules, dinner tables, and bottle openers."

JoAnn "Flash" Fleming is HRN's Accountant and Board Member, but neither of those titles do her justice. She formerly hosted the show Flash Talks Cash right here on HRN. She's a born and bred New Yorker and we could listen to her tell stories about growing up, living, and working in this city for hours on end. JoAnn is here to tell us one of her greatest hits: the epic tale of her Best. Day. Ever.

Our theme song is “Suns Out Guns Out” by Concord America.

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This week on HRN Happy Hour, Kat and Caity are joined in-studio by two of our wonderful interns: Halley Crane and Hannah Fordin. They dish on what HRN is like behind-the-scenes and help us with HRN and food headlines. We also have Cynthia Cherish Malaran (aka DJ Cherish The Luv) in studio, who just returned from a "Music Missionary" trip to an orphanage in Ecuador. She tells us all about her trip and how she uses social media to raise awareness for causes and groups she feels passionate about.

Instead of Kat's usual round of trivia, the interns take over and ask the hard questions of Kat and Caity this week!

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On this week's HRN Happy Hour, Kat and Caity are joined by Patrick Martins, founder of HRN; plus special guests: Paul Lebeau, Managing Director of Wolfgang Mock; and Rob Elliot and Nathan Littlewood from Urban Leaf.

The show begins with rapid fire headlines from the past week across the network and a recap of Kat & Caity's trip to Charlotte, North Carolina that included the International Symposium on Bread at Johnson & Wales University.

The group has a quick chat with Executive Director of Citymeals, Beth Shapiro about the affect SNAP budget cuts will have on our communities.

Then, they spend some time talking to Paul, Rob, and Nathan about home milling and home gardening and how these practices are better for us.

AND since we always end the show with trivia, we have a mash-up of grains and gardening questions for our guests!

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This week on HRN Happy Hour, Caity and Kat are joined by Patrick Martins and two special guests: Daniel Holzman, co-founder and co-owner of The Meatball Shop; and Jamie McDonald, Co-Founder of The Brampton Lodge and Experience.

As usual, they kick off the show with rapid fire headlines from the past week across the network and share some highlights from last weekend's Food Book Fair. Then, Kat and Caity look ahead to their trip to Charlotte, North Carolina to interview local chefs and attend the International Symposium on Bread at Johnson & Wales.

We hear from Mike Dell and Kim Bagayawa who live in Toronto but are launching a project to send digital creators and storytellers to live in Central America. Learn more about Storytellers in Residence at storytellerinresidence.com.

During the second half of the show, we hear more from Jamie about The Brampton Lodge and Experience, which is like summer camp for adults who love food, and from Daniel about how he went from fine dining to opening The Meatball Shop.

Finally, since we always end the show with trivia, we’ve got some meatball-themed questions for the guys.

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This week on HRN Happy Hour, Kat & Caity are joined in-studio by Jordan Werner and Cynthia Malaran (AKA Reverend DJ Cherish the Luv). We recap a full week of season premieres here on the network, and then preview upcoming events including Food Book Fair, HRN On Tour in Charlotte, and the Bread Symposium.

We speak to Peter Reinhart, renowned baker, author, two-time James Beard Award Winner, and Chef on Assignment at Johnson & Wales University about what we can expect and look forward to at the Bread Symposium, what's shaping up to be the "TED Talk of Bread."

Then, we hear from Cynthia about her new show Wedding Cake here on HRN. As a resident wedding expert (she can DJ them, she can officiate them, she can even help you plan the perfect proposal), Cynthia tells us about the topics she's going to tackle all summer long with the help of other wedding industry pros.

To wrap things up, Kat challenges Cynthia, Caity, and Jordan (both Caity and Jordan are brides-to-be) to a round of challenging wedding traditions trivia.

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