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In this episode, I chat with Melanie Wong. Melanie Wong is a Registered Dietitian and cook leveraging food and nutrition knowledge with culinary skills to help people foster healthy relationships with food and their health. She is a firm believer in enjoying food and understanding how it got on your plate. When she is not eating, thinking, or writing about food you can find her dancing or tending to her garden.

We have reached episode 100! Thank you all so much for the opportunity to create this podcast and community. In this episode, I chat about the journey to 100, give some thanks, and then let cooks share why they feel it’s so important to talk to one another.

On this episode I talk with Editor of Plate Magazine and cookbook author, Chandra Ram. We talk about the future of the magazine, her career, and how putting the magazine together works.

On this episode, I chat with Founder of Buffalo Eats, Donnie Burtless. We talk about his creation of the food blog and podcast, why Buffalo is a great dining city, and his journey on promoting the food industry here for the past eleven years.

On this episode, I chat with Amethyst about what it means to be a well rounded Chef. We then get into the social justice issues we are facing, and how we can improve moving forward.

On this episode I discuss how cooks feel unheard in the industry, and why it is integral to talk to them more. I then talk about why now is the time for you to start the process of change you want to see in the industry.

On this episode, I chat with Zuriel Barradas. He is the owner of the Nomad, a pop up taqueria. We chat about his journey to building brand awareness through his food, and also his passion for being a Chef.

On this episode I chat with the Bevin4mers. 4 friends in the service industry who have come together to share their knowledge of beverages, they speak about their respective niches in the beverage industry and share a lot of great knowledge. We talk about their preferences, stigmas related to certain alcoholic beverages, and much more!

On this episode I chat with Gabriel Concordia. Gabriel’s love for travel and food has brought him to food-centric places around the world.

Armed with degrees in Culinary Arts and Applied Food Studies from CIA, Gabriel has worked in several restaurants. He has cooked in the kitchens of Minibar by Jose Andres and Hartwood, and worked in the dining rooms of Blue Hill at Stone Barns and Pineapple and Pearls. In addition, he is a freelance food writer and occasionally teaches cooking classes.

From his experience, Gabriel sees the issues of how we eat. In response, he has built relationships with other chefs, agriculturists, and food scientists to learn innovative and sustainable solutions to improve local food systems.

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On this episode, I chat about the idea of strength. I touch upon how we must utilize this time to assess that strong Chefs are ones who create the atmospheres of well being for themselves and the ones they lead. I then go into how this should be awarded. Finally, I chat about how YOU can find your strength, and make the most of this time. Stay safe!