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Tech Bites episodes

February 08, 2016 Episode 50: Culinary Agents Founder/CEO Alice Cheng
Getting that dream restaurant job used to mean trolling through craigslist, or waiting outside chef’s office every day for a week, hoping he’d notice your dedication and give you a shot. The tech age and Culinary Agents has changed all that. In-studio guest Alice Cheng, founder of Culinary Agents talks about her website that combines professional networking and profile matching, much like online dating. In this interview, Tech Bites has the breaking news on a brand new feature launching on Culinary Agents now.
“We have a new feature called ‘I Want To Work Here.’ It allows the talent to be proactive… It’s kind of the digital version of waiting outside.”
–Alice Cheng, Culinary Agents Founder/CEO on Tech Bites
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50 min
February 01, 2016 Episode 49: PRINT v DIGITAL
PRINT v DIGITAL. For the 2016 food writer, which is better? Is print still prestigious? Has digital media commoditized and devalued content? On this episode, in-studio guests Laurie Woolever and Melissa Clark discuss the SOTU for journalists and cookbook authors.
Laurie Woolever is a freelance writer and editor, and works for Anthony Bourdain under the catch-all title of “gatekeeper.” She has written for the New York Times, Lucky Peach, Saveur, GQ, Food & Wine, Wine Spectator, Los Angeles Times and more. Woolever co-authored the cookbook Appetites, to be published in fall 2016, with Anthony Bourdain.
Melissa Clark is at the New York Times, where she writes the popular Dining Section column, A Good Appetite. In addition, Clark has written 35 cookbooks, many of them in collaboration with some of New York’s most celebrated chefs. Her next cookbook, Dinner, will be published by Clarkson Potter in 2017.
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53 min
January 25, 2016 Episode 48: Potluck Video with Ali Rosen
Potluck Video is one of the top sources for fresh culinary video content online. Founder and host Ali Rosen joins us in-studio to talk about her journey from TV to online video and back to TV, and where she thinks the future of food video is headed.
“If there’s content you love creating, the barrier for entry is pretty low!” [11:00]
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47 min
January 18, 2016 Episode 47: Digital Media Boot Camp for Opening a Restaurant
If you own a restaurant or food business and want to run your social media, marketing and PR on your own – this boot camp episode is for you. In-studio guest Eva Karagiorgas, founding partner at Mona Creative, demystifies PR and marketing with pro-tips on how to run your business media like a boss.
“People need to get over the fear of social media or digital marketing – it’s a necessity.” [9:55]
“I will always recommend Instagram because it’s visual… There are millions of people using Instagram every single day and there are a lot of tools in Instagram that you can utilize to promote your brand.” [26:30]
–Eva Karagiorgas on Tech Bites

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52 min
January 12, 2016 Episode 46: Here Comes the Pitch: Dine Market
Dine Market is an online marketplace and app designed to bring restaurants and their vendors together on one platform. The value proposition for restaurant is saving time by putting all their transactions in one place, and saving money with price comparison-shopping. How does it play out for vendors? In-studio guests Dine Market CEO Guy Praisler pitches Dine Market to Catherine Greeley of Heritage Foods USA. Will the platform’s efficiencies and opportunity to reach a greater customer base equal the price of participation? John Koutsounadis of Valley View Produce, a Dine Market vendor, rounds out the conversation.
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49 min
January 04, 2016 Episode 45: American Food 2.0 with Mitchell Davis
On the premier episdoe of 2016 we’ll talk with Mitchell Davis, chief creative officer USA Pavillion at Expo 2015 Milano, about American Food 2.0, the six million+ visitors to the USA Pavillion (including Secretary John Kerry and FLOTUS Michelle Obama) and the future of the world’s food.

“Old world and new world are just names, but they are perfect metaphors for the day to day experience.” [28:00]
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50 min
December 14, 2015 Episode 44: 2016 Predictions with Dana Cowin
For the last episode of 2015, the always brilliant Dana Cowin, of Food & Wine Magazine and Chefs Club International, joins us in-studio to talk future trends and stories for 2016. Spoiler alert for the new year? We hope so!
Photo credit: John Kernick
“I love the way technology can help address climate issues. The apps people are developing for saving water, reducing some stress on the planet — I think we’ll see a lot of that in the food tech space [in 2016].” [36:00]
“I think this idea of engineering food is going to become more and more critical. You want really smart people doing it.” [38:00]
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51 min
December 07, 2015 Episode 43: JKL & Jack Recap 2015 – A Year of Tech Bites
The penultimate episode of the year. _ Tech Bites _ host Jennifer Leuzzi and engineer/musical director/contributor Jack Inslee, recap the good, the bad and the selfies of 2015. Special call-in guests from episodes past: Eater’s Ryan Sutton, Yahoo Food’s Gillie Houston, and Paul K. Alexander.
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58 min
November 30, 2015 Episode 42: Recipe for a Hack
Rez Hound and Last Minute Eatin’ are two online services, built to extract the primo reservations inside the OpenTable system. How’d they do that and why is it free? In-studio guests Reed Kavner, creator of Rez Hound and Jason Davis, creator of Last Minute Eatin’, talk coding, data and capturing that unicorn – the 8pm table at Minetta Tavern.
This program was brought to you by the Christmas Tree Farmers Association of New York.
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56 min
November 23, 2015 Episode 41: Put the Giving into Thanksgiving
Use your tech to do some good on this special holiday episode of Tech Bites. We’ll look at the transformation of the canned food collection to virtual food drives and digital philanthropy with in-studio guests Anthony Butler, Executive Director St. John’s Bread & Life. Make it a real black Friday – and keep your favorite organization out of the red.
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48 min

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