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Episode 10: The Curious Beginnings of Ample Hills with Husband and Wife...
Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna are the co-founders of the delicious, creative and playful ice cream company, Ample Hills. They both have past careers as teachers, Brian later went on to become a...
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Episode 11: Jonathan Mendez of Saloniki Greek
Jonathan Mendez, co-founder of Saloniki Greek introduces us to his new restaurant and his previous career path as a lawyer. Saloniki Greek takes traditional Greek dishes with New England ingredients to...
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Episode 12: The Dairy Queen from Wall Street – with Homa Dashtaki of the...
Homa Dashtaki is the owner of The White Moustache, a coveted New York producer of both Persian and Greek style yoghurts, labneh and whey probiotic drinks. Homa started the company with her father after...
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Episode 13: The Theatrical Chef with Chef Yo
Chef Yo graduated with a masters from the Theatre Directing program at Columbia University. A native of Thailand, he found himself working in Thai resturants in New York, climbing the ladder from...
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Episode 14: Sommelier – Max Coane
Imagine if you’re first restaurant job was at a two Michelin-starred restaurant and within that restaurant you were the Head Sommelier, quite the start in the industry. Max Coane’s life was dedicated...
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Episode 15: Food Critic – Alan Richman
A winner of 16 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards during his 25 years as a food critic for GQ, Alan Richman is one of the most revered, yet controversial figures in the restaurant scene over the...
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Episode 16: Restaurateur Pt. 1 – Adam Eskin
As the founder & CEO, of Dig Inn, a successful farm to table restaurant group based in New York and Boston Adam Eskin was thrown in the deep end right from the start. With an Economics degree from...
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Episode 17: Food Author – Bianca Bosker
“I am obsessed with other people’s obsessions” This quote sets the tone for how engaged and involved you become when you read Cork Dork. Bianca Bosker, previously the executive tech editor at the...
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Episode 18: Food Academic – Darryl Mosher
This week I made the trip Poughkeepsie to chat with Darryl Mosher at the CIA campus. Darryl left a lucrative position at IBM in search of nature which led to a 70 acre family run farm. After two...
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Episode 19: Farmer – Ben Flanner
In the concrete jungle of New York City agriculture is sparse but Brooklyn Grange have developed the worlds largest rooftop soil farms which produce over 50,000 lbs of organically cultivated produce...
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Episode 20: Home Cook – Donal Skehan
Donal Skehan has created a remarkable career for himself in the food world. As an author of seven cookbooks and the host to fourteen cooking shows in four countries he has showcased the power keeping...
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Episode 21: Coffee Connoisseur – Debbie Wei Mullin
Debbie Wei Mullin is passionate about poverty alleviation. After visiting her relatives in Vietnam at 15 years of age she decided to dedicate her career to community empowerment and providing...
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Episode 22: Marc Glosserman – Hill Country Hospitality
With a self-described ‘plain vanilla’ upbringing in the suburbs of D.C. where at least one parent of each of his friends was a lawyer, it was almost set in scripture that Marc would follow a career in...
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Episode 23: Hannah Cheng – Mimi Cheng’s
From finance and fashion, Hannah and Marian Cheng left successful careers to bring traditional and healthy Chinese dumplings to New York City. In this episode Hannah Cheng comes on the show to chat...
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Episode 24: Restaurateur – Matt Abramcyk
After falling out of love with finance Matt dipped his toe in hospitality as an investor in one of the most revered cocktail bars in New York City, Employees only. He then went on to make a name for...
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Episode 25: Q Drinks – Jordan Silbert
With a belief mixers should be of equal quality and beauty as their alcoholic counterpart, Q Tonic was born. Twelve years later Q Drinks carries seven products that can be found in bars and homes...
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Episode 26: Supercrown Coffee Roasters: Darleen Scherer
The DotCom Crash left Darleen unemployed and very uncertain of finding secure work. She took her savings and passion for excellent, transparent and sustainable coffee to Park Slope, Brooklyn to create...
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Episode 27: William Dean Chocolates: Bill Brown
At the tender age of 46 Bill Brown tapped in to his creative mind which had been subdued for nearly four decades, his creations were chocolate. It took friends, family and colleagues by surprise that...
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Episode 29: Cushman Concepts – Nancy and Tim Cushman
With a love for good food and wine in comfortable and welcoming surroundings Tim and Nancy Cushman poured themselves and their finances in to their first restaurant, O Ya, in Boston, to create a space...
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Episode 3: From Desk Jockey to Dough Bro – Ronan Greaney
“If you have a genuine passion for something, why not go for it?” I’m back home in Galway, Ireland this week and while I was home I wanted to meet the guys who have set the restaurant scene a light...
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Episode 4: The Land of The Happy Pear – David and Stephen Flynn
Stephen and David Flynn are twins and founders of The Happy Pear. The Happy pear began twelve years ago as a fruit & veg shop in their hometown of Greystones, just south of Dublin, Ireland. In...
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Episode 5: A Privileged and Humble Transition to Food – Vincent Mazeau
Vincent Mazeau recently traded his successful career as an artist and set designer of 15 years to start a new life, owning and operating his own restaurant, Cherry Point, in Greenpoint, with his...
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Episode 6: Trading Platinum Records for Michelin Stars – Ken Friedman
Ken Friedman had an illustrious career in the music industry for over twenty years. He managed bands such as The Smiths and UB40 and worked as a promoter for U2 and many other great bands in San...
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Episode 7: A Serial Investor Rooted in Nature – Shen Tong
Shen Tong is one of the most accomplished individuals I have met. It is simply not possible to bracket him in to pre- and post-food careers because he builds on his achievements instead moving from one...
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Episode 8: Wine Becomes Art – Alie Shaper
As the founder of Brooklyn Oenology, Alie Shaper has taken the centuries old wine concept of terroir and modernized it within the Brooklyn environment. Alie is a graduate of Engineering from Cornell...
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Episode 9: From the Classroom to the Kitchen – Timothy Caspere
Timothy Caspare, the Chef de Cuisine at the trendy Italian spot Pasquale Jones, hasn’t always been a chef. On today’s show we talk about his time as an English teacher at a rough high school in New...
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Episode 30: Devika Kumar: Food Storytelling, From Family to Farms
Devika Kumar found herself at a crossroads after having her first child. She had successful career in investment banking and an MBA from Harvard Business School, but she wanted to leave a legacy of...
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Episode 31: Rob Laing: Agricultural Innovation Within City Limits
Rob Laing was a successful tech entrepreneur in Japan when he first realized his stressful, nonstop lifestyle was leading him astray. After leaving his company, embracing a plant-based diet and taking...
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Episode 32: Ligaya Mishan: Telling True Stories About New York’s Great Unsung...
Ligaya Mishan is the author of the New York Times‘ “Hungry City column”, where she reviews New York’s “great, unsung” restaurants. Her career has taken her from an MFA in poetry to writing book reviews...
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Episode 33: Matt Shapiro: Protecting New York’s Street Food History & Culture
Matt Shapiro was in law school when he read about a Midtown street vendor’s cart being wrongfully confiscated by the police. He was immediately moved by the issue and began to work with the Street...
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Episode 34: Andrew Jacobi: Building A Sandwich Empire With Braised Meats
Andrew Jacobi always flirted with the idea of starting a food business, but found himself chasing the competitive high of private equity after college. After yet another late night, he decided to think...
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Episode 35: Jeremy Lyman: Changing New York’s Coffee Culture With Service
Jeremy Lyman began sketching floorplans of his future business at 16, but found himself only working on his “coffee project” during bad days at work. He wanted to fill a hole in the NYC market for a...
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Episode 36: Dianna Daoheung: Bringing New Ideas to the Iconic NYC Bagel
Dianna Daoheung left a career in advertising because she wanted to work with her hands. She decided to challenge herself by enrolling in a culinary school’s pastry program, where she found she loved...
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Episode 37: Michele Tanenbaum: Fusing Cookies with Design Aesthetic
Michele Tanenbaum was burnt out after spending decades in the fashion industry. She began to experiment with making sweet treats for both humans and canines as a gift for her friends – and quickly...
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Episode 38: Scott Norton: Bringing Personality and Charm to Condiments
Scott Norton began making ketchup in his college apartment almost 10 years ago. It was 4 years after Malcolm Gladwell wrote that Heinz could never be overthrown – but Scott didn’t buy it. So he and his...
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Episode 39: Meet Your Co-Hosts: Jenny Dorsey & Ethan Frisch
This episode, we’re taking a fun approach to (re) introduce ourselves – by each taking half an hour to interview the other host! First up is Ethan Frisch, Founder of Burlap and Barrel. Ethan started in...
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Episode 40: Kristin Canty: Fighting for the Right to Farm
When Kristin Canty’s young son developed severe allergies, she found relief by feeding him raw milk. She couldn’t have known that would start a lifelong mission of advocacy and activism through...
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Episode 41: Chi Bui: Uniting Chocolate and Olive Oil with Sustainability
Chi Bui led many lives before her current one in chocolate. Her well-to-do Vietnamese family fled their home city of Hue after the war; her parents lost everything immigrating to the U.S., but...
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Episode 42: Carolina Santos-Neves: Doing Good with Good Food
Carolina Santos-Neves started in data entry at epicurious.com but found herself spending more and more time thinking about the elaborate meals she was cooking for her friends. After several years, she...
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Episode 43: Dario Wolos: Serving Up Mexican Spirit from a Volkswagen
In the summer of 2005, Dario Wolos joked to his friends he would start a taco shop inside a Volkswagen, or “combi” as the locals called it. The name “Tacombi” was dreamt up, then promptly forgotten...
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Episode 44: Yana Gilbuena: Uniting the World Through Kamayan Dinners
50 Meals in 50 States. To most people, this seems a crazy idea; to Yana Gilbuena, a passionate Filipino chef who had just been laid off from her full-time furniture design job, it was just the kick she...
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Episode 46: Yuan Ji: Bringing Beautiful Mezcal from Oaxaca to New York
Yuan Ji is a former anti-trust attorney whose love for Oaxaca (and its mezcal!) inspired her to launch Erstwhile Mezcal. She’s partnering with master mezcaleros in Oaxaca whose families have been...
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Episode 47: Julian Plyter: From Classical Music to Ice Cream Sandwiches
After working for several years in classical music, Julian decided to enroll in culinary school to pursue a lifelong passion for pastry and baking. He worked in some of NYC’s best kitchens, eventually...
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Episode 48: Raquel Jacquez Sharp, Halima Marega & Isatou Sohona: Healthy Food...
Raquel Jacquez Sharp is an educator and activist around healthy food and the Communication and Partnerships Manager at the Sylvia Center. Join Raquel and two of her students, Isatou and Halima (both...
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Episode 49: Kerry Brodie: From Nonprofit Communications to a Nonprofit...
Kerry Brodie started her career in nonprofit communications before deciding to pivot to pursue her love of cooking. While in culinary school, she realized she could use the skills she was learning to...
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Episode 50: Garrett Oliver: From Rock Band Manager to Iconic Brooklyn Brewer
Garrett Oliver is the Brewmaster of the iconic Brooklyn Brewery and a world-renowned expert on beer, but few people know that he started his career as an international rock band manager and music...
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Episode 51: Joseph Yoon: From Managing Musicians to Cooking with Bugs
Joseph Yoon started his career in music but decided to pursue his love of cooking and became a private chef and caterer. It was while catering an exhibition with an artist friend that he cooked with...
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Episode 52: Elena Liao: Brewing Up NYC’s Best Oolong
Elena Liao knew something was missing. She had been in merchandise planning at some of the nation’s best retailers for almost 10 years, but she didn’t feel captivated by her work. As she looked for...
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Episode 53: Loren Brill: Baking Up A Better-For-You Cookie
Loren Brill was a young college graduate working as a yoga instructor when her world was turned upside down: she had cancer, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma to be exact. After the shock wore off, she sprung to...
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Episode 54: Nigel Sielegar: Beautiful Design and Beautiful Desserts
Nigel Sielegar is an web designer who on a whim decided to open a stand at the Queens Night Market, selling traditional Indonesian coconut desserts with his cousin. Within one year of launch, Moon Man...
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