Sammie Paul is the Chief Operating Officer at MEANS Database, a nation-wide communication platform that reroutes excess food from restaurants & grocery stores to local food pantries, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters. She is passionate about public health policy, travel, and finding the best new restaurant wherever she is. She talks to Chef Clarke about her travels, lava-hot chai in India, food waste in the US, and wood-fired bagels in DC.