Eat. Drink. Think.

In this episode of Eat. Drink. Think., host Amy O’Neill Houck speaks with Julia Turshen, a cookbook author and recipe developer, teacher, writer, and podcaster.

Her last book, Simply Julia is a bestseller. Julia’s newest book, What Goes with What is hot off the presses, and is a collection of 100 recipes, but more than that, it’s a visual guide to putting meals together and a method for cooks of all experience levels to get more comfortable using their personal taste and intuition.

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In this episode of Eat. Drink. Think. we speak with culinary historian Sarah Lohman, author of Endangered Eating, a culinary travelog with a distinct purpose: telling the story of foods and food traditions that are in danger of disappearing. We talk about how Sarah found these vanishing foods, and how eating these endangered foods may or may not be the key to saving them.

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Steve Sando, the self-proclaimed bean freak and founder of Rancho Gordo, joins host Amy O’Neill Houck to talk beans. Drawing from 25 years of experience in growing, sourcing, and cooking beans, Sando shares recipes, tips and entertaining anecdotes that will have you reaching for your own beans to boil. We dive into his latest project, The Bean Book, a combination of guide and cookbook featuring 100 recipes. Tune in as we explore what Sando calls his "Bean Strategy."

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In this episode of Eat.Drink.Think. sponsored by the Farmers Market Coalition, host Amy O’Neill Houck speaks with Sagdrina Jalal and Nino Budabin McQuown about the farmers market movement, and how markets can be a place of empowerment and connection for everyone, but especially folks from marginalized communities. We talk about the delight of growing and sharing food to feed one another and discuss the upcoming 25th anniversary of Farmers Market Week and how market goers and managers can take action.

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In this episode of Eat. Drink. Think., we interview Austin Frerick, an expert on agricultural and antitrust policy, and the author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry.

The book uses the idea of “barons”—individuals and families who have surprising, outsized control in the food industry—to share the danger that monopoly poses not only to our food system but to our democracy. Frerick’s compelling book tells the stories of our industrial food system braided with accessible threads on the history of antitrust policy, agriculture and more, while offering some hopeful solutions to the seemingly intractable problem of corporate consolidation.

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In this episode of Eat.Drink. Think., Marion Nestle, author of Slow Cooked, A Memoir in Food Politics, returns to Eat. Drink. Think. to help us think critically about food policy and politics. We talk about following the money when scientific studies are used as food marketing tools, and she gives us practical tips to navigate the news and identify what food system changes will rely on policy versus individual actions.

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Sixteen years after the first film was released, Food, Inc. 2 comes “back for seconds” to reveal how corporate consolidation has gone unchecked, leaving a highly efficient yet shockingly vulnerable food system dedicated to profit over people. In this episode, host Amy O’Neill Houck talks with producer Michael Pollan and co-director Melissa Robledo about how innovative farmers, food producers, workers’ rights activists, and prominent legislators are facing these companies head-on to create a more sustainable, equitable future. Food, Inc. 2 is now available for screening on your favorite streaming service.

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Andi Murphy joins host Amy O’Neill Houck for a conversation about food in Native America. Andi is the creator, host, and producer of the “Toasted Sister Podcast,” an award-winning show that documents the Native American Food Movement. She’s also the senior producer of the “Native America Calling” radio program, a one-hour national radio show about Indigenous issues and topics where she produces and hosts a food focused show every month called “The Menu.” We get into a nuanced look at food sovereignty as well as an update on hot new restaurants, Indigenous chefs, and cookbooks.

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In this episode, host Amy O’Neill Houck speaks with Elizabeth Whitlow, executive director of the Regenerative Organic Alliance, an organization working to create a new certification standard for food, textiles, and personal care ingredients. We unpack what exactly is “regenerative;” how it serves eaters, workers, animals, and the planet; and whose responsibility it is to create and maintain standards. 

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We kick off 2024 with a conversation with Tracey Ryder, co-founder of Edible Communities. Host Amy O’Neill Houck interviews Tracey for an update on the nearly 80 publications in the network, and they talk about the role Edible Communities can and does play in telling the stories of what we all eat, and why that storytelling matters. Hear about what new magazines are coming to readers in 2024 and an update on Edible Communities’ foray into television production.

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