CRAFTED

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CRAFTED episodes

November 11 Coffee, Pizza, & Wine: Jonathan’s Trip Report from Italy & NYC
Jonathan & Eli discuss some of the best places he visited and biggest takeaways from his recent trip.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Coffee In Italy (2:40)
Italian Wine (19:09)
Pizza (23:25)
Ceres Pizza (32:00)
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November 04 Making Truly Exceptional Chocolate w/ Askinosie Chocolate founder, Shawn Askinosie
What separates ‘good’ chocolate from truly exceptional chocolate? Today, we’re talking with the founder of Askinosie Chocolate, Shawn Askinosie, to explore the difference.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Background in Criminal Defense (1:55)
Life Advice & Guidance (9:07)
Why Chocolate? (16:17)
Working With Farmers (29:00)
Chocolate Production & Flow State (34:01)
Manufacturing Processes (37:26)
All Things Tempering (47:09)
Cocoa Growth Regions (54:33)
Bean Fermentation (1:01:15)
Chocolate University (1:06:19)
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1 hr 15 min
October 28 Keeping American Textiles Alive for 160 Years w/ Faribault Mill
Why does a wool blanket cost $200? After touring Faribault Mill, most visitors ask a different question: why doesn't it cost more? In this episode, Faribault’s CEO, Ross Widmoyer, explains the remarkably involved process of turning raw wool into a finished blanket, and how Faribault blends generations of textile expertise, old machinery, and modern technology to keep one of America’s oldest manufacturing traditions alive.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Faribault Mill’s History (3:11)
Ross Widmoyer’s Path To Textiles (4:44)
The Process of Textile Production (13:33)
Craftsmanship & Quality Control (28:19)
The Future of Textile Manufacturing (40:05)
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51 min
October 21 From a Chicken Coop to the Patina Thunderdome: Inside Nicks Handmade Boots
Nicks Handmade Boots makes a few hundred pairs a month, all by hand, and the number of possible boots on their website runs into the millions. For the customer, that means a boot built around your foot, your work, and your taste. For the shop floor, it means almost no two boots are built quite the same way. Today, Nick Jarrett and Lucas Grasberger walk Eli through how one of those boots actually gets made, from raw hide to finished pair.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Nick & Lucas’ Introduction to Bootmaking (2:02)
The History of Nicks Boots (5:33)
How Boots Are Made (9:12)
Leather Types & Sourcing (12:03)
Boot Lasts, Fit, & Customization (30:34)
Patina & the Thunderdome (46:33)
New Designs & Leather Experiments (50:02)
Expanding Into Leather Goods (55:53)
The Delta Arch insole (58:07)
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1 hr 5 min
October 14 Would Anthony Bourdain Hate the New Movie 'Tony'?
‘Tony,’ A24's new film, follows a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain through his first summer in a Provincetown kitchen. It's charming, it's well reviewed, and it might be exactly the kind of tidy origin story Bourdain would have hated.
Today, Eli’s friend and executive chef of Everett's 8800 at Big Sky Resort, Youssif El-Rakabawy, joins Eli to talk about ‘Tony’ and revisit Kitchen Confidential.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
First Impressions of Tony (4:22)
Bourdain’s Meaning to Restaurant Culture (11:13)
Kitchen Confidential & Restaurant Realities (21:43)
Bourdain’s Origin Story (37:49)
What the Film Gets Right (58:16)
Comparing Roadrunner and Tony (1:03:21)
Bourdain’s Legacy (1:11:38)
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1 hr 28 min
October 07 James Beard Awards VP, Dawn Padmore
In the American culinary world, winning a James Beard Award can change your life overnight. Today, Jonathan talks with the VP of the James Beard Awards, Dawn Padmore, about the origins & evolution of the awards; their current 'open call' season for submissions; and the impact of winning or being nominated for a James Beard Award.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
The James Beard Foundation (1:38)
Evolution of the James Beard Awards (3:19)
The 5 Award Categories (4:32)
Dawn's Background (10:42)
The James Beard Media Awards (14:26)
Culinary Diversity (16:04)
Coffee? (24:37)
The Nominations Process (26:01)
Where / How to Submit Your Nominations (43:13)
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47 min
September 30 The Roots of American Craft Distilling w/ St. George Spirits
Lance Winters has one of the stranger paths to becoming a master distiller: nuclear engineering, the Navy, brewing, and eventually showing up at St. George Spirits with a bottle of homemade whiskey.
Three decades later, Lance has helped shape St. George into one of America’s most influential craft distilleries. In this episode, Lance and Eli discuss St. George’s early days as one of the first American craft distilleries; what it means to create something new in established spirits categories; and the many methods and techniques St. George uses to achieve great distillation.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Lance’s Path to Distilling (2:05)
Origins of St. George Spirits (7:40)
Creating St. George’s Single Malt (21:28)
Bringing Back Absinthe (35:37)
Terroir Gin & Place-Driven Distilling (47:27)
The Future of St. George (1:06:58)
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1 hr 10 min
September 23 Slow Beer: Templin Family Brewing owner, Kevin Templin
How did Templin Family Brewing become one of the most respected breweries in the USA? Today, Eli talks to owner, Kevin Templin, about his approach to craft brewing, German brewing traditions, and what it takes to build a brewery where quality comes before speed.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
From Skiing to Brewing (1:14)
Regulations in Utah (5:15)
German Beers (7:25)
Sensory Evaluation (8:33)
Starting a New Brewery (10:21)
Fermentation (14:25)
Smoked Beers (20:15)
Wine vs. Beer (23:55)
American Light Lager (31:46)
The Art of Expanding (37:43)
The Importance of Glassware (41:22)
State of the Beer Industry (44:48)
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50 min
September 16 Becoming a Master Bladesmith w/ Zack Jonas
While most of us use knives every day without thinking much about them, Zack Jonas has spent his life thinking about almost nothing else. And today, the founder of Jonas Blade & Metalworks joins Eli to explain how a former philosophy major became one of just over 100 master bladesmiths in the mysterious world of Damascus steel.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Recent Knife Expo (1:42)
"Make and Take" classes (9:43)
The Path to Mastery (13:34)
Journeyman Smith (15:21)
Fit & Finish (25:11)
Master Smith Test (25:11)
Metal to Knife: Damascus (32:13)
Variances & Functionality (40:40)
Forging from Billets (45:07)
Acid & Patterns (56:24)
Edges & Sharpness (1:03:13)
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1 hr 14 min
September 09 The James Beard Foundation: Its Origins, Mission, & Current Work w/ JBF Vice President of Impact, Anne McBride
If you love great food and great restaurants, then you’re probably familiar with the extremely prestigious James Beard Awards. But there is more to the James Beard Foundation, and today, you’ll learn more about its origins, its mission, its work today, and you’ll get a fantastic history of American culinary culture from the JBF’s Vice President of Impact, Anne McBride.
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CRAFTED ep 115: James Beard Winner, Bucheron
TOPICS & TIMES:
What is the James Beard Foundation? (4:02)
Origins of the Foundation (5:49)
A History of ‘Fine Dining’ & American Culinary Culture (10:38)
Anne’s Background: from Switzerland to Louisiana (15:50)
How JBF Helps w/ the Business Side of Restaurants (27:54)
More on the Mission & Principles of JBF (40:45)
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1 hr 2 min

About CRAFTED

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CRAFTED is the podcast from BLISTER that dives deep into the craft world of beer, coffee, whiskey, watches, wine, and more. Our guests are some of the very best and most passionate brewers, distillers, winemakers, coffee producers, retailers, and founders that launched craft companies when success was unlikely, but their passion and principles caused them to forge ahead anyway. CRAFTED explores how things get made, and does so with the remarkable people that insist on making things well.