Episode 1: Food Book Fair 2017 preview edition, feat. Nicholas Morgenstern...
On today's episode of Recommended Reading, we preview the sixth annual Food Book Fair with our special guests — and #FBF2017 collaborators — Nicholas Morgenstern, founder of Morgenstern's Finest Ice...
View ArticleEpisode 2: #FBF2017 Wrap-Up, Independent Magazines, Multi-Media and More,...
On today's episode, we welcome Stephen A. Satterfield — founder of the newly launched Whetstone Magazine, digital media producer, food writer, poet, ATLien and "the other Steven/Stephen Satterfield" —...
View ArticleEpisode 3: Politics and Pleasure, Poetry and Community Radio: Riding the Raft...
Today on #RecommendedReading on we chop it up with dear friend, reformed photo agent, visionary labrador of Table on Ten, and man of many hats and talents, Julian Richards. We'll talk about how to...
View ArticleEpisode 4: Grub Street Diet with Sierra Tishgart
This week on Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair, we flip the script and interview Sierra Tishgart, senior editor of New York Magazine's food blog Grub Street. We dish about what's playing on Hot97...
View ArticleEpisode 5: Around the World with Christine Sahadi Whelan of Sahadi's and...
On this week's show, we welcome to the studio Christine Sahadi Whelan — one of the third-generation owners of Atlantic Avenue's Middle Eastern-and-beyond bulk-bin fantasia — to chat about what she's...
View ArticleEpisode 6: Chewing the Fat with Mark Rosati, Culinary Director of Shake Shack
On this week's show, we sit down with Mark Rosati, Culinary Director of Shake Shack (dream job, am I right?!). We'll sink our teeth into the evolution of Shake Shack from a Hot Dog cart in Madison...
View ArticleEpisode 7: Food Book Fair 2017 Keynote Panel: What We Talk About When We Talk...
On this week's show, we kick it back to the keynote panel of Food Book Fair 2017! "What We Talk About When We Talk About Eating" explored what it means to be engaged in the business, pleasure and...
View ArticleEpisode 8: Scraps, Wilt & Weeds
On today's episode, we talk "Scraps, Wilt & Weeds," meadows and more with dynamic duo — and new co-authors — chef Mads Refslund and forager Tama Matsuoka Wong. Join us as we chat with Mads and Tama...
View ArticleEpisode 9: Oaxaca Suculenta Roaming Dinner Preview
Get the scoop on "Oaxaca Suculenta" Thursday night's collaborative, roaming dinner at 99 Scott with event co-hosts Jessica Chrastil of Pocoapoco and Nahvae Frost of Eleven36.
View ArticleEpisode 10: Food Book Fair meets Food Waste Fair
Today, on Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair, we are joined by the team from NYC's first annual Food Waste Fair including chef Mary Cleaver of The Cleaver Co. The event which will be held on July...
View ArticleEpisode 11: Cannabis: It's What's for Dinner
Today on Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair we explore the world of culinary cannabis with two leaders in the field — Warren Bobrow, author of Cannabis Cocktails and Jennifer Shelbo, former pastry...
View ArticleEpisode 12: Food, Fashion and Literature with Kimberly M. Jenkins and Yahdon...
We chop it up this week with Kimberly M. Jenkins, a professor of fashion history who specializes in "the sociocultural and historical influences behind why we wear what we wear," and Yahdon Israel,...
View ArticleEpisode 13: The One Where We Grill "The Grill"
On this week's episode of Recommended Reading, in the booth with writer and editor Joshua David Stein (a contributing editor at Food & Wine, frequent contributor to the Village Voice, the New York...
View ArticleEpisode 14: Food Book Bonanza: Paige Lipari of Archestratus Books & Foods and...
Bookworms and booknerds unite! We kick off the fall season with special guest Paige Lipari, owner and boss arancini cook of the food-and-books pleasuredome Archestratus. Recommended Reading is powered...
View ArticleEpisode 15: "The Women Who Made New York" with Author Julie Scelfo
#WomenDoingAmazingThings. We sit down with Journalist, Author and New Yorker Julie Scelfo to talk about her brand new book "The Women Who Made New York", which celebrates the women that define NYC...
View ArticleEpisode 16: Drinking with Experts: Thad Vogler and Megan Krigbaum
We're raising a glass with two of our favorite beverage authorities — Megan Krigbaum, contributing editor to PUNCH and author of The Essential Cocktail Book: A Complete Guide to Modern Drinks with 150...
View ArticleEpisode 17: Bitten 2017 Preview with Naz Riahi
We're thrilled to welcome Naz Riahi, founder of Bitten — an event series that brings together disruptors to talk all things fun, exciting and innovative in food — in advance of the New York conference...
View ArticleEpisode 18: We Swoon for Eye Swoon and #CookBeautiful
We welcome to the studio Athena Calderone, creator of lifestyle destination EyeSwoon and author of the brand new Cook Beautiful. We talk recipes, tablescaping (for real, for real), #swoontips, top...
View ArticleEpisode 19: #TablesofContents with Egg Restaurant
We're thrilled to be in the studio with Food Book Fair OGs Evan Hanczor and George Weld of Egg Restaurant, in advance of the latest installment of their #TablesofContents series. TOC started as a...
View ArticleEpisode 20: What is Jewish food?
We go beyond bagels and babka this week with Jewish Food Society, in a preview of its upcoming storytelling event Schmaltzy. We're joined by JFS founder Naama Shefi and Schmaltzy special guest Marissa...
View ArticleEpisode 21: Zingerman’s Bakehouse in the House
We welcome Amy Emberling and Frank Carollo, master bakers, co-owners of Zingerman's Bakehouse (part of the legendary Zingerman's family of businesses in Ann Arbor, MI, anchored by the world's best deli...
View ArticleEpisode 22: Palestinian Pop-up Preview with Chefs Amanny Ahmad and Ora Wise
We're next-level proud to be supporting an amazing crew of friends, comrades, chefs, and educators in a new series celebrating the cuisine and history of Palestine, popping up Nov. 13-14 at Dimes and...
View ArticleEpisode 23: Beyond "Sweetbitter" with Stephanie Danler
Bestselling author and #FBF2016 speaker Stephanie "Sweetbitter" Danler is in the HRN house! We're big fans of her debut novel — coming soon to a Starz channel near you in TV form — but we also can't...
View ArticleEpisode 24: Real Food Heals with chef/author Seamus Mullen
On today's episode of Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair, we're joined in the studio by chef, restaurateur, and author Seamus Mullen. We dive into his latest book "Real Food Heals" and talk all...
View ArticleEpisode 25: Sean Sherman and Dana Thompson talk "The Sioux Chef's Indigenous...
We're grateful to have hosted Sean Sherman and Dana Thompson, co-owners of The Sioux Chef, while they were on a whirlwind book tour earlier this fall for the best-selling — and beautiful, engaging, and...
View ArticleEpisode 26: Talking Shop with Author, New #Foodieodical Publisher Hetty McKinnon
We kick off the winter season with special guest Hetty McKinnon, cookbook author and founder of the gorgeous new food magazine Peddler. Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair is powered by Simplecast
View ArticleEpisode 27: Going All In with Alison Roman, Author of the New Cookbook...
Alison Roman — cook, writer and author of Dining In, joins us in the booth to dish on dinner parties (it's just having people over!), what makes a "highly cookable recipe", #SaltedChocolateChip...
View ArticleEpisode 28: Recommended Reading, Tres Leches edition, with Gerardo Gonzalez...
We talk to Gerardo Gonzalez and Carla Hougin, respectively the chef-owner and assistant general manager of Lalito, a crazy, sexy, cool lodestar of goodness in Chinatown that serves not only delicious...
View ArticleEpisode 29: We Are All In This Together with Pineapple Collaborative and Be...
Inspired, Ignited and Inclusive: We break bread (well, Roberta's pizza) with Atara Bernstein of Pineapple Collaborative and Erin Fairbanks of Be Kind Be Fierce — two initiatives that support, empower...
View ArticleEpisode 30: We Go "Between Harlem & Heaven" with Alexander Smalls
We welcome the inimitable Alexander Smalls: self-described "social minister," chef, restaurateur, opera singer, and creator of Minton's Supper Club and The Cecil in Harlem. Most recently, alongside JJ...
View ArticleEpisode 31: Book Club with Glory Edim from Well Read Black Girl
On this week's show, we're thrilled to welcome Glory Edim, the founder of the coolest book club (and festival) we know: Well Read Black Girl, "dedicated to the phenomenal Black women on our...
View ArticleEpisode 32: We say cin cin with Glou Glou's Jennifer Green
You say glou glou, I say glug glug: We say, YES to more natural, low-intervention wines with Jennifer Green, co-founder of Glou Glou Magazine (that's French, pronounced "glu glu" for utterly...
View ArticleEpisode 33: Sweet Heat with Casey Elsass and Bushwick Kitchen
This week on Recommended Reading, we are joined by Casey Elsass, founder of Bushwick Kitchen and creator of our favorite sweet heat Bees Knees Spicy Honey! We discuss all things Bushwick Kitchen,...
View ArticleEpisode 34: At the Table with Culinary Jill-of-all-Trades Mira Evnine
Multi-hyphenate culinary and design talent Mira Evnine joins us in the booth to chat all things around the table, plus her latest take on the community dinner party right here in Brooklyn. Recommended...
View ArticleEpisode 35: Taylor Chapman of NationSwell Council
We’re honored to welcome our dear friend, Be Kind Be Fierce founder — and former executive director of Heritage Radio Network! — Erin Fairbanks back into our cozy shipping container behind Roberta’s....
View ArticleEpisode 36: Mac Malikowski & Mouthfeel
This week, we welcome the creative mind and handsome human behind pioneering gay food magazine Mouthfeel. Tune in as Mac Malikowski gives us the download on the new Mexico City issue of the mag — which...
View ArticleEpisode 37: We ALL Pull Up a Seat at the Table with the Organizers of EATT
Okay, okay, ladies, now let's talk representation: Hello, world! We're especially excited to host Julia Turshen, celebrated cookbook author and founder of Equity at the Table — a new professional...
View ArticleEpisode 38: Recommended Reading Returns with 10 Years of Put A Egg On It
We love Put A Egg On It. (Note the "a," not "an," and say that ten times fast). This indie publication is one the OG food zines of this generation, inaugurators of Food Book Fair's signature...
View ArticleEpisode 39: Talking food, empowerment and for-us, by-us media with BLK...
This week we're very happy to be chopping it up with Cleopatra Zuli, educator, events curator, chef and one of the creative minds behind BLK PALATE, a production company and collective. Tune in as we...
View ArticleEpisode 40: Talking shop — and books — with chefs and new authors Jeremiah...
This week, we welcome Jeremiah Stone and Fabián von Hauske — gentlemen who have been described as a "wunderkind New York chef duo" for their first two restaurants, the tasting menu joint Contra and its...
View ArticleEpisode 41: The Art of Gay Cooking with Daniel Isengart
Performer, Director and Writer Daniel Isengart is in the studio! We'll chat about his books, "Queering the Kitchen: A Manifesto" and "The Art of Gay Cooking", an adaptation of The Alice B. Toklas...
View ArticleEpisode 42: Well-"Season"-ed with Nik Sharma
On today's episode, we welcome Nik Sharma -- photographer and writer behind the acclaimed blog A Brown Table, and new author of the cookbook "Season." We talk identity, bicultural living, and...
View ArticleEpisode 43: I Am a Filipino
We cook up a good time in the studio with restaurateurs Nicole Ponseca and Miguel Trinidad. Their new book, ""I Am a Filipino: And This Is How We Cook"", highlights modern Filipino recipes that...
View ArticleEpisode 44: All gold everything: Turmeric goddess Sana Javeri Kadri of...
We talk all things turmeric with Sana Javeri Kadri, founder (and "chief feelings officer") of Diaspora Co., the only direct-trade, single-origin turmeric company around. We chat about her new zine —...
View ArticleEpisode 45: It's all good with The Goods Mart founder Rachel Krupa!
Bi-coastal PR maven Rachel Krupa of Krupa Consulting joins us in the booth to chat all about her new brick and mortar project, The Goods Mart. "I’m shaking up the archaic 7-11 model with a fresh,...
View ArticleEpisode 46: Edouard Massih on good eats and good reads
On this week's show, Recommended Reading talks to Lebanon-born private chef and caterer Edouard Massih about what he's reading, watching and listening to — especially his recommendations for Middle...
View ArticleEpisode 47: Homemade Christmas with Yvette Van Boven and Oof Vershuren
Christmas comes early to Recommended Reading! Food writer, chef, columnist and television presenter Yvette van Boven joins us in the booth and it's the best present we could ask for. Together with her...
View ArticleEpisode 48: Going Solo with chef Anita Lo
Today on Recommended Reading with Food Book Fair, Michelin-starred chef Anita Lo joins us in the booth. Her new cookbook, "Solo" is a modern blueprint on cooking for one, peppered with humor and real...
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