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Welcome to the second episode of The Future Of Food Is You mini-series in which host Abena Anim-Somuah introduces us to emerging voices and innovative creatives in the world of food, drink, and social media. Today’s guest is Abi Balingit, also known as The Dusky Kitchen. Abi is a Filipino-American baker with a day job in the music industry who has raised money and awareness for national and local causes through her pasalubong dessert boxes. Abi and Abena talk about her baked goods, her upcoming cookbook, and her predictions for the food world. Don’t miss Abi’s message for herself 10 years from now on The Future Of Food Is You voicemail. 

Thank you to Cypress Grove, maker of award-winning American goat cheese, for supporting The Future Of Food Is You. For recipes, pairings, and a store locator, head to cypressgrovecheese.com. 

Check out Cherry Bombe’s 2nd annual Cooks & Books festival line-up here, happening Nov. 5th & 6th at Ace Hotel Brooklyn!

The Future Of Food Is You is a production of Cherry Bombe magazine. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here. This mini-series is recorded at CityVox Studio in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tralala.

More on Abi: Instagram, Links, Website, Pre-order her book here
More on Abena: Instagram, The Eden Place

Happy Diwali! Chef Maneet Chauhan joins us today to talk about her favorite holiday and how she and her family will be celebrating the festival of lights and the Diwali foods they’ll be making. Maneet is a popular Food Network personality, appearing on everything from Chopped to Guy’s Grocery Games, and a founding partner of Morph Hospitality, which includes Chauhan Ale & Masala House, Chaatable Indian Street Food, The Mockingbird, and Tànsuǒ in Nashville. She joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about her journey from a young cook in India to Culinary Institute of America student to beloved food TV star and now a partner in the largest brewery in Tennessee, and why it’s important to say “yes” more than “no” when opportunities present themselves. 

Check out Cherry Bombe's 2nd annual Cooks & Books festival line-up here, happening Nov. 5th & 6th at Ace Hotel Brooklyn! 

Radio Cherry Bombe is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La. 

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More on Maneet: Instagram, Website

We’re launching a new Radio Cherry Bombe mini-series today—The Future Of Food Is You! Over four episodes, dropping each Thursday, host Abena Anim-Somuah will introduce us to emerging voices and innovative creatives in the world of food. For our first episode, Cherry Bombe founder Kerry Diamond welcomes Abena and learns more about her passion for community, her love for pop-ups and new food ventures, her global mindset, and what her brand The Eden Place is all about. 

Then, Abena kicks off The Future Of Food Is You with Sarah Teich, director of marketing at the hospitality agency Oyster Sunday and the founder of Produce Parties. Sarah and Abena talk about food and marketing trends, her work with restaurants, and the company she created to build community via seasonal fruits and vegetables. Sarah makes a few predictions and leaves a message for herself 10 years from now on The Future Of Food Is You voicemail. 

Thank you to Cypress Grove for sponsoring The Future Of Food Is You mini-series. For recipes, pairings, and a store locator, head to cypressgrovecheese.com. 

Check out Cherry Bombe's 2nd annual Cooks & Books festival line-up here, happening Nov. 5th & 6th at Ace Hotel Brooklyn! 

The Future Of Food Is You is a production of Cherry Bombe magazine. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here. This mini-series is recorded at CityVox Studio in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tralala.

More on Sarah: Instagram, Produce Parties, Oyster Sunday
More on Abena: Instagram, The Eden Place

It took a little while before award-winning writer Osayi Endolyn answered her calling, but the food world is fortunate she did, as she’s put a number of thoughtful projects into the world. In addition to articles and essays for the likes of Time, Food52, and Oxford American, Osayi has co-authored two special books: The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food with Marcus Samuelsson, and Black Power Kitchen with the Bronx-based collective Ghetto Gastro. The latter was just published by Artisan and it’s a tour de force of art, cuisine, culture, and creativity. 

Osayi joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about the process behind the books and how to bring participants’ voices forward in literary collaborations. She also shares early food memories and the path that got her where she is today. 

Don’t miss Part 1 of today’s show with the co-founder of Ghetto Gastro, Jon Gray, out now. Listen to both episodes wherever you get your podcasts. 

Ghetto Gastro would love for you to buy a copy of Black Power Kitchen from a Black-owned bookstore, like The Lit. Bar in the Bronx. 

Check out our 2nd annual Cooks & Books festival line-up here, happening Nov. 5th & 6th at Ace Hotel Brooklyn! 

Our podcast is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La.

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More on Osayi: Instagram, Website
More on Ghetto Gastro: Instagram, Black Power Kitchen

Jon Gray is the co-founder of Ghetto Gastro, a 10-year-old culinary-and-arts collective from the Bronx that has the goal of nourishing the world while celebrating Black food and culture. Their debut book, Black Power Kitchen, is one of the most anticipated cookbooks of the fall, but it is way more than a collection of recipes, as Jon explains. He also shares some stories from his own life, the inspiration his mother has provided over the years, and how the culinary world drew him in. 

In the second half of the show, Jon talks about Ghetto Gastro’s expansion into the packaged food business with their Wavy Waffle Mix, Sovereign Syrups, and kitchen appliances with the line called CRUXGG that’s found everywhere from Target to Williams Sonoma. 

Don’t miss Part 2 of today’s show with Jon’s co-author, the award-winning writer Osayi Endolyn. Coming soon! 

Ghetto Gastro would love for you to buy a copy of Black Power Kitchen from a Black-owned bookstore, like The Lit. Bar in the Bronx. 

Check out our 2nd annual Cooks & Books festival line-up here, happening Nov. 5th & 6th at Ace Hotel Brooklyn! 

Our podcast is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La.

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Want to come to Jubilee 2023? Snag early-bird tickets here!

More on Jon: Instagram
More on Ghetto Gastro: Instagram, Black Power Kitchen

Janet Hayes started her job as CEO of Crate & Barrel Holdings in August 2020, right in the middle of the pandemic. The retail industry veteran looked at it as an opportunity to connect with the company’s customers more deeply and leaned into the idea of “courage over comfort.” Host Kerry Diamond interviews Janet at her office in Crate & Barrel headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois, and the two discuss Janet’s early days as one of six kids, her career in retail, what attracted her to Crate & Barrel, and what advice she has for entrepreneurs. They also discuss Crate & Barrel’s new collaboration with Athena Calderone of Eyeswoon. 

More on Janet: LinkedIn, Crate & Barrel, the Athena Calderone collection

Check out our Cooks & Books line-up here, happening Nov. 5th & 6th at Ace Hotel Brooklyn! 

Radio Cherry Bombe is a production of Cherry Bombe Magazine. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La. Thank you to Tom Brown of Innova Digital and sound mixer Kelly Askam of Mind Exchange Music LLC for engineering this episode.

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When chefs and life partners Rita Sodi and Jody Williams opened their Greenwich Village restaurant Via Carota in 2014, they had no idea what was to come. They didn’t know folks would one day clamor to get in, The New Yorker would christen their spot “New York’s Most Perfect Restaurant,” or that their Insalata Verde would become the ne plus ultra of simple green salads. But just as Rita and Jody fell in love with each other, their fans fell in love with their restaurant. The two catalog all that is special about their spot in the new cookbook, Via Carota: A Celebration of Seasonal Cooking from the Beloved Greenwich Village Restaurant, and they join host Kerry Diamond to talk about it. 

Find out how Rita and Jody met, their different paths to the kitchen, and what’s next for their lovingly tended restaurant group, which also includes Bar Pissellino, The Commerce Inn, I Sodi, and Buvette. 

Also, catch Rita and Jody in person at Cherry Bombe’s 2nd Annual Cooks & Books festival in conversation with Ruth Reichl. It’s taking place Saturday, Nov. 5th, at the Ace Hotel Brooklyn. Click here for tickets and to reserve a personalized copy of their books. Cooks & Books is taking place the weekend of Nov. 5th and 6th and features talks, panels, and demos with your favorite chefs and authors. General public tickets go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 11th, at 9 a.m. EST. 

Radio Cherry Bombe is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La. 

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More on Rita: Instagram, I Sodi NYC
More on Jody: Buvette NYC, Buvette cookbook
More on Via Carota: Via Carota restaurant, Via Carota cookbook

Professor, author, and food marketing watchdog Marion Nestle was a late bloomer. As she explains, she didn’t make her mark professionally until her groundbreaking book Food Politics was published in 2002. Marion was 66. “That’s kind of late to get started,” she tells host Kerry Diamond. In Marion’s new memoir, Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life In Food Politics, she looks at the societal and familial forces—and the personal hang-ups—that stood in her way. 

Don’t miss this revealing conversation with one of the most inspiring individuals in the food world. Marion also talks about the NYU food studies program she helped launch, the food policy changes she would make if she were President, and the reasons she finally decided to write a memoir. 

Learn more about Marion’s book tour here. 

Our podcast is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La.

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More on Marion: Instagram, Food Politics, Blog

Molly Yeh has come a long way since starting her blog, My Name Is Yeh. She moved to Minnesota, got married, became a mom, and filmed 12 seasons of her Food Network show, Girl Meets Farm. She’s also penned two cookbooks, including her latest, Home Is Where The Eggs Are, a heartfelt and often humorous look at her life and the recipes she creates. 

Molly’s grand adventure continues with Bernie’s, a restaurant that she and her husband are opening in a historic spot in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Bernie’s will feature Molly’s favorite baked goods, local produce, and the kind of Midwestern classics you can’t find in restaurants, like cookie salad. 

Molly chats with host Kerry Diamond about her reasons for wanting to open a restaurant, the inspiration behind her new book, and her favorite foods—from power bagels to granola bars to halva. 

Our podcast is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La.

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More on Molly:
Molly’s cookbook tour
Instagram
Bernie’s restaurant
Molly x Ground Up Marzipan with Sprinkles Nut Butter
Molly x Hebel & Co. Peanut Butter Chocolate Crisp Halva

One of our favorite guests, Nigella Lawson, stops by for a quick chat about her upcoming North American tour in support of her latest book, “Cook, Eat, Repeat.” Her 16-city tour kicks off Nov. 7th in Boston and you can snag tickets here. Nigella and host Kerry Diamond also talk dried herbs (they’ve gotten much better, swears Nigella), her Chicken in a Pot with Lemon & Orzo, and what books she’s reading and loving. 

In the second half of the show, we have a special talk from our Jubilee 2022 conference in New York City. Cheryl Day, the beloved baker behind “Cheryl Day’s Treasure of Southern Baking” and co-owner of Savannah’s Back in the Day Bakery, speaks about finding her calling and honoring the legacy of the women in her family. Introducing Cheryl is Executive Pastry Chef Caroline Schiff of Gage & Tollner restaurant in Brooklyn.  

If you’d like to join us for Jubilee 2023, you can buy an Early Bird Ticket at cherrybombe.com. Jubilee 2023 is taking place Saturday, April 15th, at Center415 in New York City. 

Our podcast is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La. 

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More on Nigella: Instagram, website, tickets for Nigella’s North American tour
More on Cheryl: Instagram, Cheryl Day’s Treasury of Southern Cooking, Back in the Day Bakery 
More on Caroline: Instagram, The Sweet Side of Sourdough, Gage and Tollner