Meat + Three

Restaurants all over the world have been forced to close their doors or shift to takeout-only service in the wake of COVID-19.  This week we learn how a range of food workers have adapted to the pandemic.  Jenny Goodman and Alex McCrery from Opening Soon discuss mental health in the food industry with Kat Kinsman, senior editor Food and Wine Magazine. Lisa Held from The Farm Report and chef Spike Gjerde speak about how farmers have responded COVID-19. Snacky Tunes’ Darin Bresnitz interviews Helen Rosner of The New Yorker about her efforts to support restaurants and how listeners can help.  We finish with a segment from a special episode of The Line where host Eli Sussman talks to chefs and restaurant owners from across the country, like Hannah Jacobs of Babydudes, about the difficult decisions that COVID-19 has forced them to make.  Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

Whether you’ve been stepping up your home gardening, relying on pantry staples, or ordering in during your quarantine - it’s a good time to consider the amount of food going in and out of our homes. For that reason, this week’s show is all about waste. From “quarantine cuisine,” to a Michelin-starred restaurant that’s doing more with less, to a Bushwick City Council campaign tightly linked to a local compost center – our stories this week focus on learning and seeking creative solutions to food waste pain points.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

This week, we explore happy accidents: the unexpected, serendipitous moments that we don’t plan for and don’t often see coming. These happenstance occurrences shaped the food world by leading the way for new foods, new ways of cooking, and new careers. We have stories about the spontaneous fermentation of lambic beers, the microwave’s origin story, the career trajectory of bartender Sother Teague, and the mistake that led to the creation of America’s favorite breakfast cereal.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

COVID-19 is here, and as of this week, plans for reducing its impact are starting to affect Americans’ day-to-day lives. Hundreds of events have been cancelled or suspended, including SXSW and the remainder of the NBA’s season. The stock market is basically a financial roller coaster due to global uncertainty in the face of COVID-19, and President Trump instituted a ban on travel from Europe, with the exception of the UK. However, the virus continues to spread in communities across the country.In a public health crisis, it can sometimes feel like the food system is being reshuffled before our eyes. That’s why this week we are taking a look at how outbreaks, both past and present, shape the way that we eat.We have stories about COVID-19's effects on NYC's Chinatowns, how World Central Kitchen mobilized to provide emergency food logistics for the Diamond Princess in Japan, the locust plague wreaking havoc in East Africa and South Asia, and why food fraud is so dangerous and hard to detect.Meat and Three is powe

Here at HRN, the month of March has become inextricably linked with Charleston, South Carolina. This weekend, for the fifth year in a row, we’re taking food radio on the road to the Charleston Wine + Food Festival. We’re hosting interviews all weekend long from the Culinary Village. It’s a winning combination of great food, great weather, and great conversations.To celebrate HRN’s fifth year at Charleston Wine + Food, we compiled some of our favorite moments from last year featuring guests from across the Southeast. Tune in to hear from Jovan Sage, Matthew Raiford, Nate Collier, Matt & Ted Lee, Robert Stehling, Phil Rosenthal, Femi Oyediran, Miles White, and Matt Tunstall.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

This week on a special Super Tuesday-themed Meat and Three, we get ready for a big day at the polls by looking at the intersecting worlds of food and electoral politics.  We’ll bring you everywhere from Australian voting booths with a special sizzle, to a diner in New Hampshire that regularly plays host to future presidents.  First, Rowan O’Connell-Gates takes us to the campaign trail with a story about candidates’ attempts to woo voters with food.  Kevin Chang Barnum explores Australia’s voting laws and how they created a tradition known as democracy sausage.  The Speakeasy host Sother Teague compares recent politics to the cultural climate that led to prohibition.  Finally, Ruby Walsh explains the risks of eating in public as she examines how one photo derailed a British Labor Party leader’s career.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.  

A dessert with many names, baked and shared around the world, the King Cake is most recognized in the U.S. for its relationship with Mardi Gras. This week on a bonus episode of Meat and Three, we learn more about its origins, and treat ourselves to the decadent King Cake, not once, but twice. The HRN team overnights one directly from Randazzo in New Orleans and then learns how to make our own with Jake Cohen in The FeedFeed Test Kitchen. Lastly we hear from Chef John Caluda who has been making King Cakes since the '90s.

Valentine’s Day traditions are all about showing love to those closest to us. Whether you’re a romantic or a cynic, the holiday is inescapable and it is difficult to keep from indulging in one way or another.Our stories this week dig into some hard truths associated with Valentine’s rituals. Kevin Chang Barnum tells about the anxieties within the dairy industry. Ruby Walsh speaks to Tasha Marks, food historian and artist, about the legacy of the sugar sculpture. Jess Krainchich provides some hope in an interview with ethical chocolate company Fine and Raw. And finally, Kat Johnson travels to Alabama to bring us a story of an unusual delicacy: deer heart tartare.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

On January 31st, the United Kingdom officially withdrew from the European Union. As Britain leaps into the unknown, it leaves its population in anxious anticipation of the nation’s future. At first, this seismic shift in global politics may feel abstract. After all, most Britons resumed their usual routines on February 1st. But, slowly, citizens will see the consequences of Brexit - and, in all likelihood, food will be the first place that people will begin to notice changes. We talked to experts to find out how Brexit is shifting what the UK will eat and drink in the future.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast. 

At its core, food is fuel. Every living organism on earth relies upon some form of sustenance to get through the day. Today, humans have a very different relationship to food than past generations. On top of having access to virtually any food we desire, our understanding of nutrition has greatly expanded.In the olden days, it was normal for professional athletes to eat steaks and drink beers before their games. Now there's dozens of diets and nutritional ideologies wrapped up in the sports world. With all this information, the new question becomes: what information should we trust? We talked to all different types of athletes and several nutrition experts this week to find out the myriad ways that food is used to enhance physical fitness and performance.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

In this special bonus episode we're highlighting one of HRN's newest shows - The Feedfeed. The Feedfeed is the world's largest epicurean social media community, and we are so excited to partner with them on this new series.In this episode - recipe developers, cookbook authors and food styling icons Susan Spungen and Erin McDowell sit down to chat about what goes into the process of creating the perfect recipe and making it gorgeous. We cover everything from Erin's breathtaking New York Times pie spread to Susan's experiences food styling not one, but two Meryl Streep movies.Want to stay up to date on the latest The Feedfeed episodes? To hear more conversations with Jake Cohen, Julie & Dan Resnick and their guests innovating and disrupting Food Media, subscribe to The Feedfeed (it’s free!) on iTunes or Stitcher. If you like what you hear, please take a moment to rate + review us on Apple’s Podcast Store and follow The Feedfeed on thefeedfeed.com and Instagram @thefeedfeed. Thanks for tuning in!The Feedfeed

From still-life bowls of fruit and pastel paintings of cake – to sensually photographed peppers and iconic Campbell soup cans, food is one of our favorite things to portray and observe through the visual arts. It also plays a role in some of the earliest known artworks – where the animals painted on cave walls may have represented sources of food for early humans.This week, we look at the evolution of how the culinary and art worlds have become tightly intertwined. Stories focus on food sculpture, bread as art, the iconic works of Wayne Thiebaud, and how instagram has changed the way we share and consume food.You can find the entire series of Modernist Breadcrumbs here.And you can hear more from Michael Harlan Turkell's The Food Seen here.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

On our season five finale of Meat and Three, we take you where no other podcast has gone before… into the heart of The Lettuce Club. Kat Johnson gets some help from student journalist, Heidi Stang, to tell the story of a group of students at the University of Minnesota Duluth racing to see who can eat a whole head of lettuce the fastest.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast. 

Your host, Caity, has some big news to share!  You won’t be hearing from her as much on the upcoming season six, because she'll be on maternity leave. That's the inspiration for this week's episode: pregnant people are given a LOT of advice about what to eat, what not to eat, and how their tastes and bodies will change. There are suddenly so many rules and expectations – and a lot of conflicting recommendations –  that it can be really overwhelming.  Add to that your brain being piloted by a tiny alien, plus morning sickness, heartburn, and lots of other surprises, the act of nourishing yourself in pregnancy gets pretty complicated. This week, we tackle cravings, legends, and the myths and misunderstandings that land certain foods on the forbidden list.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

On this episode of Meat and Three we're embracing the wintry weather to bring you stories about extreme cold. Rowan O’Connell Gates starts us off, with an in-depth look at how and why some produce actually benefits from being exposed to the winter frost. Jessica Krainchich then takes us to Antarctica for a conversation with artist and pastry chef Rose McAdoo, who uses cakes as her canvas to speak about social justice. Next Ruby Walsh investigates military MRE’s (meals-ready-to-eat), designed to last in both the freezing cold and the blazing heat. Our last segment is a throw back to episode 27 of Meat and Three, “Dead of Winter”, when Nina Medvinskaya reported on the surprising industry of luxury ice.The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no better time to show your support for food radio by becoming a member! Lend your voice and help HRN continue to spreading the message of equitable, sustainable, and delicious food – together, we can change minds and build a better food system. Go to her

Passions flare hotter than a brick oven this week as we delve into tension spots in the food world – from the dining room to paperbacks.  Jessica Krainchich discusses seafood with an extra helping of murder alongside mystery author Shari Randall.  H Conley talks to both reviewers and chefs in a piece on the power dynamics of food criticism.  We hear Luke Griffin interview Nancy Torres, an activist who explains the impact that development has on our local Bushwick community.  Kevin Barnum finds himself in the thick of a classic culinary debate as he explores how New Yorkers react to Chicago-style deep-dish pizza.The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no better time to show your support for food radio by becoming a member! Lend your voice and help HRN continue to spreading the message of equitable, sustainable, and delicious food – together, we can change minds and build a better food system. Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate  today to become a crucial part of the HRN community.Meat and

This week, we bring you another episode of our new podcast, Hard Core. Tune in to find yourself transported to the Finger Lakes region of New York State to hear from many of the makers leading America’s cider revival. We’ll try to answer the question: Can you taste place? By diving deep into the meaning of terroir, we will work to pinpoint what makes the tastiest apple and how the cider industry can use regionality to its advantage.This is episode two of Hard Core. Click here to listen and subscribe to the rest of the series.Meat and Three and Hard Core are powered by Simplecast.  

From New Orleans to New York, great American Jazz cities are often known as much for their great eats as their late night Jazz clubs. Over the past few weeks, Heritage Radio Network has reached out to culinary-inclined Jazz establishments and Jazz lovers to hear about their relationship with music and food.  We listen to some classic tunes with Jessica Krainchich (who engineered and sound designed this episode) as she explores the culinary motifs that run through the Jazz oeuvre. Rowan O’connell Gates interviews Chef Mathew Rudofker to hear how the New York Jazz scene influenced his cooking career. Kevin Chang Barnum and Ruby Walsh examine the historical and modern links between food and jazz in New York and New Orleans – a delicious tangled web!This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

This week we are traveling all over the map to bring you stories about culinary diasporas. So, what exactly is a diaspora? What do we mean when we talk about it in the context of food? The term diaspora refers to a group of people with a shared heritage who have spread around the world. The term comes from the ancient Greek word for “to scatter about”, and that’s a pretty handy image for what we’re talking about in this week’s episode. Scattered people carry the seeds of their culture, spreading the ingredients, flavors, and techniques of their homeland across the globe. Whether it’s a salted street pretzel or a heaping plate of fried okra, the so-called American dish that you are digging into was probably brought over from a far-away place. We’re tracing these foods from their native country all the way to our plates in the States to find out how cuisines transform when they travel.First, we hear from culinary historian Michael Twitty, whose book The Cooking Gene explores the tangled roots of what we now cal

Hard Core is a new series from Heritage Radio Network taking a close look at the rebirth of American cider! Over the course of six episodes we’ll break through folksy stereotypes to gain a deeper understanding of where the cider industry began and where it’s headed. Hear from orchardists, cider makers, policy experts and academics to learn about everything from the science of fermentation, to the magic of terroir, and the challenges of breaking into the beverage market.This is episode one of Hard Core. Click here to listen and subscribe to the rest of the series.Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.