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Frankfurter, wiener, glizzy, hot dog - whatever you call it - the food is a global staple and has become an American icon. It’s time to celebrate National Hot Dog Month on Meat and Three! While the tubed food is pervasive throughout the rest of the world, it is a multi-billion dollar industry in America. Whether hot dogs are kosher or vegan, hailing from Coney Island or Chicago, we’ll take a look at their history and how they are made and consumed today. Travel back all the way to the stone age, get an education from Hot Dog University, and even take a trip to a hot dog factory floor!Further Reading:Bruce Kraig is an emeritus professor of history at Roosevelt University in Chicago and the author of two books on hot dog history: Hot Dog: A Global History, and Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America.Read Frederick Kaufman’s book, A Short History of the American Stomach and his wonderful articles: The Secret Ingredient about kosher food and Fat of the Land about hot dogs. John Carruthers is a journalist, cook,

What can a nascent fruit tree tell us about camaraderie? How can increasing investments alert us to the challenges of capitalism? Meat and Three explores what HRN’s shows are saying about growth. We’ll nurture curiosity in the garden, weigh the pros and cons of the fake meat industry, and consider the role of restaurants in gentrifying neighborhoods. Further Reading and Listening:Learn more about starting your garden journey on Feast Yr Ears episode 202: Garden Now!Enjoy our episode about peaches on our podcast for kids: Time for Lunch episode 7: Peaches!Dive deeper into ideas about combating gentrification through intentional hospitality on Tech Bites episode 250: Put the Giving Into Thanksgiving With the Neighborhood’s Table. Find The Neighborhood’s Table Community Survey Results here.Listen to the full episode of Tech Bites episode 248: The Age of Unprecedented Investment in Food Tech with Rachel Konrad to hear more on investment in food tech. You can read more of Alicia Kennedy’s writing on her blog, “Fro

Exclusivity and inclusion can greatly influence our relationships with food, and even create fanatic communities around certain food brands. But we’ve been wondering, what’s the line between what’s trendy and cult-y? We take a hard look at that question and how it plays out in our consumption today. Plus we discover some surprising connections between familiar food brands and fringe religious groups and far-fetched beliefs about health, wellness, and nutrition. Further Reading and Listening:Interested in learning more about the Rancho Gordo Bean Club? Check out their website.Carlnita Greene, Tina Sikka and Leighann Chaffee all contributed chapters to Food Cults: How Fads, Dogma, and Doctrine Influence Diets (2016), a book edited by Dr. Kima Cargill, a professor of psychology at University of Washington whose research focuses on nutrition and overeating.Learn more about the psychology of eating from Chaffee’s most recent book, co-authored with Stephanie p. da Silva and released in January 2022.And, read more f

For the past two years, the news has been stark and at times, downright terrifying. War, disease, supply shortages – but these matters do not exist in a vacuum. These global concerns have trickle-down effects on industries across the board, including the food world. From food recalls to fast food worker strikes to global shortages, we look to shows across our network to uncover the history, legislation, and key issues behind headline news and how it relates to what we eat. Further Reading and Listening: Learn more about the founding of the FDA on A Taste of the Past episode 346: Poison Squad: Founding of the FDA and about the FDA’s present short-comings on What Doesn’t Kill You: episode: 364: Explosive Report on How the FDA is Failing Our Food System. You can read Deborah Blum’s book Poison Squad here or watch the film about it here.Dig deeper into the history of, and current controversies surrounding OSHA on What Doesn’t Kill You Episode 316: Where is OSHA in meatpacking?Listen to the full episode of What Do

We’ll introduce you to incredible organizations combatting hunger and homelessness in the LGBTQ+ community and take stock of queer culinary spaces that are safe, joyful, and liberating. Join us for an episode all about Pride as we dig into the rich intersection between food, drink, and the LGBTQ community.Further Reading:Learn more about the work that the Brave Space Alliance does here. To learn more about the Los Angeles LGBT Center Culinary Program and find out how you might enroll in it, visit this website, visit the Liberation Coffee House and their Anita May Rosenstein campus or contact them here.For more on Ginger’s check out their instagram page. For more information on the work being done by the Lesbian Bar Project to document and support lesbian bars across the country, click here. HAGS will be opening on July 20th! Keep an eye on their website to get your reservation and follow their restaurant’s journey on Instagram. Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionet

Laugh out loud as we explore the world of comedy through food. We discuss what makes food fights funny, jump on the imposter cakes bandwagon, and devour some truly absurd meals before sitting down at the dinner table for hilarious punchlines.Further Reading and Listening:Hear more jokes on Time For Lunch.Dr. Robert King is a film historian and professor of media at Columbia University. To learn more about his work, go here. The Netflix series, Is It Cake? will blow your mind. Here is also the kettle imposter cake that HRN’s intern Kiara Thomas was so shocked by. Giselle also mentions the #everythingiscake on TikTok, go down that rabbit hole - you won’t be disappointed.Dennis Lee is a staff writer at the take out. Check out his writing here. And explore his blog “Food is Stupid” here. To listen to the full episode featuring Katie Workman on My Family Recipe, go here. Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

Celebrate and honor Juneteenth on this episode of Meat and Three! We’ll discuss the culture, food, and history of this important holiday that recognizes the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Learn about soul food with a creative twist, discover the food history behind the holiday, and be inspired by a chef giving back to his community. Further Reading: Pre-order Nicole’s new book, Watermelon & Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations. Listen to Nicole’s interview on our own HRN’s A Taste of the Past this June! Check out the June 2011 and 2013 Hot Grease episodes you heard. Start your soul food journey with Adrian Miller by checking out his James Beard Award winning book Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time.Learn more about Smoky Johns and Brent Reaves on the restaurant’s website and Instagram.Follow Chef Chris Williams's work in Houston on Lucille’s and Lucille’s 1913’s websites.  Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today

There’s no question that the Southeast Asian diaspora has influenced American dining. Pad Thai has become as ubiquitous as the hamburger. But what food, flavors, and culinary traditions are yet to become mainstream? And what stories remain to be told?Influence is not exerted one way. Many Southeast Asian chefs who influence their communities are influenced by them in equal measure. Whether it’s incorporating local ingredients, feeling inspired by family heritage, or building a loyal following even as challenges like Covid persist, exchanges of knowledge and delicious bites abound. In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, we’ll introduce you to influential chefs, entrepreneurs, and artisans who are bringing creativity and commensality to their work.Further Reading and Listening:Listen to Yia Vang’s full interview on Snacky Tunes Episode 426.Learn more about Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja.If you want to support Daniel’s project and enjoy Southeast Asian flavors in a chocolate shell online and

How does what we eat impact who we become? This episode of Meat and Three explores what diet can tell us about the biographies of famous chefs, writers, and iconic locales. We’ll hear about how Sylvia Plath’s private recounting of her meals became a Twitter sensation. Then, we’ll talk with another writer looking to recreate some other famous literary foods. We’ll also consider how Julia Child’s life story and legacy is being re-developed for a new generation of audiences. Plus, a story about how a city’s history can be viewed by its food.Further Reading and Listening:- Eric Kim’s debut cookbook, Korean American: Tastes Like Home is out now. He was interviewed on Inside Julia’s Kitchen.- For more about what Sylvia ate, follow @whatsylviaate on Twitter. And check out Rebecca Brill’s writing here.- You can check out The Paris Review to read an archive of Valerie Stivers’ work.- Listen to Inside Julia’s Kitchen. You can hear more of Daniel Goldfarb here and more of Blake Davis here.- Check out the Big City Food B

Come along for a food (policy) tour of HRN’s home city and state of New York. We speak to a local Queens business owner about how to-go cocktails saved his business during the pandemic and we’re introduced to an organization that’s helping street vendors bounce back from their financial losses. We hear from residents from the Big Apple who are hoping that curbside composting comes to their neighborhood. Plus, we talk with a professor at Cornell University, whose research on soil health and climate smart farming educated lawmakers to pass the New York State’s Soil Health and Climate Act. Further Reading:To learn more about the new to-go cocktail policy, check out EaterNY’s full report here.  If you were intrigued by Mojitos Restaurants 20 different mojito flavors here’s their website and they’re located on the corner of Northern Boulevard and 81st Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. Read about the legislation Intro 1116-B here. Explore the work of the Street Vendor Project here.Find a GrowNYC Food Scrap Dro

Enjoy a meal in different magical worlds this week on Meat and Three. We discuss some of the fictional foods that populate the books and movies we grew up with and ignite the curiosity of your inner child. We drop in on a dinner series inspired by literature, make the butterbeer that Hogwarts students and teachers love to sip on, and learn how to recreate edible creatures found in video games. Further Readings and Listening:To hear more about Kate Young's thoughts on food and fiction, listen to episode 48 of Meant to Be Eaten to learn more.Keep up with Chef Evan Hanczor and his dinner series here!To learn more about Victoria Rosenthal and her recipes, visit her blog Pixelated Provisions or reach her at pixelatedprovisions@gmail.com. Additionally, find out about her cookbooks and purchase them here!Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

We examine the forces and individuals that have shaped food culture, investigate how our tastes change with age, and ponder how taste is evaluated by arbiters like the Michelin Guide and food media. Chef Val Cantu of Californios, the only two-Michelin-star Mexican restaurant in the world, addresses racist stereotypes around Mexican food. We speak with author Mayukh Sen about his recent book, Taste Makers, which tells the stories of seven immigrant women who have influenced American cuisine. A brief look at the history of the Michelin Guide reveals the organization’s involvement in French colonialism, and accusations of cultural bias in the star selection process. Plus, we learn how our physical senses of taste and smell change over time.Further Reading:If you are interested in dining at Californios, you can make reservations here. Read more about Mayukh Sen’s book,Taste Makers, here.For more information on the history of the Michelin Guide, go here. And for more on the history of Michelin in Vietnam, check th

We report on Ukraine using food as our lens, from on the ground relief efforts to mounting concern about international food shortages. We hear from World Central Kitchen’s CEO who is stationed in Lviv helping to equip restaurants with ingredients and serve refugees hot meals. In New York City, we visit Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen where Ukrainians in the diaspora are coming together to process current events and make varenyky. Plus, we analyze the effects of the war on the “breadbasket of the world,” exploring how farmland in Ukraine is faring and how farmers around the world may respond. We’ll see that how and what we eat can be a source of scarcity and comfort, of fear and of hope. Further Reading:To support the work of World Central Kitchen, you can donate here. Follow the work that Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen does on Instagram and TikTok. Learn more about the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club here. For a brief history of the Ukrainian Famine, also known as Holodomor, read here.Take a deep dive on how the war will

Food and religion collide in many ways - from fasting to feasting and through strict rules, symbolic dishes, and traditional foodways that span across centuries. Today, we look closely at this relationship, examining what holy texts and historical circumstances can tell us about how we eat today. We explore the legacy of Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, look at the Impossible pork dilemma for those who abide by halal or kosher restrictions, travel to the Garden of Eden to see if there was any meat, and get to know the devil’s relationship with dieting. Further Reading:This episode featured Meat and Three bonus episode, Fasting and Feasting in Quarantine. Find Jeffrey’s company, the Gefilteria, here and check out his book, the Gefilte Manifesto here.To learn more about Jonah Goldman’s coverage on Impossible Pork not being certified by OU and IFANCA, read his article in The Counter.Victoria Moran is an American author and speaker, specializing in both spirituality and veganism. Check out her cookbook, The Main Street

It’s maple harvesting season! Find out about this Northeastern staple this week, as we take a deep dive into the delicious syrup we all know and love. We’ll visit a maple festival and pageant in Upstate New York, discover the challenges harvesters face as our climate changes, and learn about a recent conflict between Indigenous farmers and the Detroit police that had maple at its crux. Further Reading and Listening:This year’s Maple Queen Pageant will take place on Friday, April 1st, 2022. It will kick off the CNY Maple Festival’s 50th year. You can learn more on the festival’s Facebook page or at http://www.maplefestival.org. You can order Dave’s maple syrup at https://hillsborosugarworks.com. You can also find them @hillsborosugarworks on Instagram.In 2018, Dr. Tim Perkins, the director of the UVM Proctor Maple Research Center presented several studies on maple production and climate change, one of which predicted that the number of suitable sugaring days in the Lake Champlain Basin would decrease due to cl

Spring is coming to the Northeastern US and this season HRN is premiering some exciting new podcasts. This episode of Meat + Three is packed with sneak peeks into our fresh-out-of-the-oven podcasts. Each show is dedicated to serving us quality food for thought that you can’t order anywhere else. Further Listening:Spill & Dish: This episode featured Episode 2: Tapping In with Laura Sorkin, Runamok. Subscribe to Spill & Dish wherever you get your podcasts (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS).No Farms No Future: To learn more about No Farms No Future host, John Piotti and his set mission for American Farmland Trust, listen to Episode 1: Meet Our Host, John Piotti. Subscribe to No Farms No Future wherever you get your podcasts (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS). ShiftWork by RWCF: This episode featured Episode 1: An Industry Mental Health Check-In and Episode 2: Real Talk on Racial Justice in Restaurants. Subscribe to ShiftWork by RWCF wherever you get your podcasts (Apple Podcasts | Stitc

The HRN team is heading down south to South Carolina to attend the Charleston Wine + Food Festival again. In honor of HRN’s return, we’re revisiting some of our favorite moments from the 2020 festival. While two years (and a pandemic) have passed since our last trip to Charleston, these conversations about sustainability, inclusivity, and the joys of eating still resonate. Further listening:Follow Heritage Radio Network on Tour and don’t miss our upcoming interviews from Charleston Wine and Food Festival 2022. (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS)Plus here are the Heritage Radio Network on Tour episodes you just heard excerpts from: -Episode 350: Amy Mills at Charleston Wine + Food 2020-Episode 359: Glenn Roberts + Brian Ward at Charleston Wine + Food 2020-Episode 356: Chefs Fatmata Binta and Digby Stridiron at Charleston Wine + Food 2020-Reem Assil at Charleston Wine + Food 2020-Episode 337: Eric Asimov at Charleston Wine + Food 2020Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heri

In honor of Black History Month, we’re centering stories about Black and African American history, culture, and food. Discover the cross-continental history of rice farming, investigate the nuances of soul food, meet Black pitmasters working to make BBQ a more inclusive space, and reflect alongside an entrepreneur about the effects of the BLM movement on Brooklyn businesses. Further Reading:This episode featured Season 2, Episode 4 of Fields. You can listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts! (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS)You can also subscribe to Fields on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode!  (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS).Go here to learn more about Soul food and Southern food. To find out more about Adrian Miller’s journey with Soul food, click here and to hear more of his interviews on Soul and southern food, click here and here.Learn more and apply to Kingsford Grilling’s Preserve the Pit Program here. Read more about Dr. Howard Conyers, his res

From the ground under our feet to the composition of earthenware, dirt is everywhere. It’s a home for subterranean creatures and it’s at the root (literally) of our food system. This episode shares stories of people who eat the earth as well as others who meticulously wash their produce. We take a look at the science behind soil carbon capture and hear about how one community farm is conserving water. Further Reading:For more of Dr. Sera Young’s work on geophagy, check out Craving Earth: Understanding Pica: The Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk and her paper, “Why on Earth? Evaluating Hypotheses About the Physiological Functions of Human Geophagy.” And, to dive deeper into “Geophagy: An Anthropological Perspective”, go here.To learn more about pesticides on fresh food and vegetables, check out this report published by the Journal of food and chemical toxicology. More about food poisoning and bacterial contamination can be found here and here. Read the full study the University of Maine conducted on was

Meat and Three is taking a slightly different approach to Valentine’s Day this year. Instead of more stories about food and love, we’re delving into some culinary odd couples. Today, we pay tribute to some pairings that might be unfamiliar, like migas and rainy days. We’ll also hear about a book dedicated exclusively to food pairings, and some Valentine’s Day traditions from around the world. Lastly we’ll hear from two friends who forged a bond through cooking on TikTok.Further Reading:Visit Shemesh Kitchen’s TikTok and Instagram, both @shemesh.kitchen Learn more about María José Sevilla and her books hereFind out about The Flavor Bible hereTo read more about Brooklyn-based Sacred Vibes Apothecary and the work of herbalist Karen M. Rose, click here.Check out this study on the medicinal effects of hawthorn.Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.