Underground Airwaves

On this episode, we talk with Kris Soebroto about her work at Sisters of the Road Cafe. Sisters of the Road is a hot food barter cafe in Portland that offers healthy food options to the mostly underserved. They focus on creating an experience that allows for dining with dignity.  Music by Gull. Art by Stef Choi. For more information vist edibleportland.com.

Nicola Twilley, New York Times contributor and co-creator of the podcast Gastropod, makes refrigeration seem like the most fascinating subject in her story about visiting a banana ripening warehouse in New York City.  Music by Gull. Art by Stef Choi. For more information visit edibleportland.com.

Happy first Underground Airwaves of 2015!  On this celebratory episode we talk beer with Brian Yaeger, author of "Red, White, and Brew" and "Oregon Breweries." He tells us about his travels around Oregon to visit all the 192 breweries featured in "Oregon Breweries." Brian also talks about how meeting a donut maker taught him to appreciate the stories behind the food. Music by Gull. Art by Stef Choi. For more information visit edibleportland.com.

It's the final episode of 2014!  We talk with Jocelyn Tutak, a GIS Analyst at Ecotrust and the winner of the Experimental Ice Cream Social we held this past fall.  She talks with us about funky ice cream flavors, mapping out a more connected food system, and discovering her relationship with food.  Music by Gull. Art by Stef Choi.  For more information visit edibleportland.com.

On, this episode we talk with Katrina Blair about her book "The Wild Wisdom of Weeds: 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival." She talks about the benefits of the many plants we either overlook or consider a nuisance. In the story, she tells of one weed in particular and how it was able to teach her an unexpected lesson.  Music by Gull. Art by Stef Choi. For more information visit edibleportland.com.

Bandon, OR has had a long tradition of cheesemaking on the Oregon Coast.  Face Rock Creamery has recently opened in Bandon, producing high quality cheddar cheese and continuing the Bandon legacy.  Greg Drobot, president of Face Rock Creamery, is on this episode and talks about the history of cheese in Bandon and the various homecomings Face Rock Creamery has sparked. Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi.  For more information visit edibleportland.com.

Do you have chickens or goats in your backyard?  Aren't they great pets/urban livestock?  Well, you might be surprised to learn that pigs were the original city farm animals and that they were at the heart of a lot of controversy.  On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Catherine McNeur about her book "Taming Manhattan: Envrionmental Battles in the Antebellum City" about early city life.  A fair warning, a lot of early city life was about dealing with manure.  Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi.  For more information visit edibleportland.com.

Michael Mazourek, plant breeder and professor at Cornell University, was in town for a Culinary Breeding Network event called Variety Showcase.  At the event, farmers, seed breeders, and chefs came together to sample a number of plant varieties and have conversations about the future of plant breeding.  Michael talks about his work as a plant breeder as well as how the time he spent gardening in his childhood steered him towards the plants he is breeding today.  Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi. For more information visit edibleportland.com. 

On this episode we talk with the creators of Render Magazine, a new food and feminism quarterly.  Founder and creative director Gabi de Leon and executive director Danielle Knott talk about why feminism and food go hand in hand and what they want to accomplish with the magazine.  Gabi starts us off with a story about how a butchering class helped her get in touch with her own flesh.  Music by Gull. Art by Stef Choi. For more information visit edibleportland.com.

Sam Fromartz, author of "In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Bakers Odyssey", was recently in Portland reading at Powell's Books. I got a chance to talk with him about the book as well as his many experiences as an amateur baker. Music by Gull. Art by Stef Choi. For more information visit edibleportland.com.

This is the one year anniversary bonus episode!  Lola and I talk about our one year birthday party involving past guests and funky ice cream (it's scheduled for October 24th and you are invited!).  Then, the microphone is turned on me (Chris) as I tell a story about some sleuthing on a wilderness survival camping trip, involving a clarification phone call to my father.  Music by Gull. Art by Stef Choi.  For more information visit edibleportland.com.

Ian Harris, who recently wrote an article in Edible Portland about a trip he took with his son to the Oregon Badlands, talks about dutch oven cooking and the time he met Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi. For more information visit edibleportland.com.

In April, we set up the story recording booth at Cherry Sprout for their Earth Day celebration.  Several people stopped by to tell their stories including Jesse Sandoval, Emily Ball-Lumbard, and Larry Yes.  Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi.  For more information visit edibleportland.com.

Our guest is Stacey Givens, creator and owner of The Sideyard Farm and Kitchen. She talks about starting The Sideyard and the evolution the farm has undergone over the years. She also talks about childhood roadtrips that involved foraging for fresh foods as well as a little bit of trespassing. For more information, visit edibleportland.com. Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi.

What is the last thing you would expect to hear on a food story podcast?  I know, you probably wouldn't have said a professional storyteller, but that is precisely what we have in this episode.  Brian Rohr tells a riveting, old French story about an elderly woman and her apple tree.  For more information visit edibleportland.com.  Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi.

I visited ArborBrook Vineyards recently and talked to several winemakers from the Chehalem Mountains region.  On this episode of the podcast we hear stories and thoughts on the future of winemaking in Oregon from James Frey of Trisaetum, Sheila Nickolas from Anam Cara, and Todd Hansen from Longplay. For more information, visit edibleportland.com.  Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi.

Farm to table eating is exciting, inspiring, and addresses many of the problems of industrial agriculture but it has mostly failed to change the way we eat.  In his book, "The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food", chef and author Dan Barber discusses the next steps in creating a sustainable food system.  In this episode, we talk about the book and translating his experience in the Spanish Dehesa in upstate New York. For links and more information visit edibleportland.org.  Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi.

On this bonus we feature a couple of stories from the story recording booth at the recent Local Hero Awards.  Thanks to everyone who participated by either stopping by the recording booth or actually sitting down and recording a story.  For more information visit edibleportland.com.  Music by Gull.  Art by Steph Choi.

In this episode we have a story about growing up in an Ethiopian restaurant from Sam Andemariam.  Sam, along with his wife, has started the business "Mariam Foods", which specializes in Ethiopian inspired lentil dips.  For links and more information visit edibleportland.com.  Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi.

In this episode of the podcast, investigative reporter Christopher Leonard talks about a chance encounter while researching chicken farmers in Arkansas for his latest book "The Meat Racket."  For links and more information visit edibleportland.com.  Music by Gull.  Art by Stef Choi.