David Dolginow is the co founder/ owner of Shacksbury Cider based in VERGENNES, Vermont. He has help build Shacksbury with his co founder Colin Davis to be a forward thinking modern company with a stone ethos of collaboration partnering with all sorts of other producers, artists and farmers…and they have forged a new partnership with Krista Scruggs…

Jeremiah Stone is the chef/partner at Contra, wild air, and una pizzaria napoletana. He and his partner Fabian Von Huuske just released their first cookbook, “A Very Serious Cookbook.” I was in NYC and went to the slick, new una pizza and talked shop, the cookbook, and collaborations. BUY “A VERY SERIOUS COOKBOOK”:: https://www.amazon.com/Very-Seri…

I went to London and I met up with Mike Knowlden and Josh Pollen from Blanch and Shock. They have a studio kitchen that is the hub for research on lots of different creative food projects they have going on . They also use the space to host monthly dinners, workshops, tastings and a range of other events. They are very interested in what they call …

Ethan West owns and operates The Republic Of Vermont in Goshen, VT. He taps 4,000 sugar maples and has an apiary in the Champlain Valley. His maple products are all certified organic and his honey is raw and treatment free. We get into everything that goes on during the sugaring season, and what it takes to keep an apiary happy and healthy. We also…

Rowan Jacobsen is a James Beard Award Winning author of seven books, and writes feature articles for Outside Magazine, Harpers, Mother Jones, Vice, Lucky Peach, Food and Wine and many more! Visit his website to read some of his feature articles::::::::::::: RowanJacobsen.com FOLLOW ROWAN ON:: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rowanjacobsen HIS BOOKS ARE…

Jamie Bissonnette is a cook. He’s a cook’s cook. He hustles. He gets in it. He works hard and he loves it. He won the James Beard award for Best Chef in the Northeast, he was the Food and Wine People’s Best New Chef. He is killing it. He is the chef partner of Toro in boston, NYC, Bangkok, and Dubai, Coppa in Boston and Little Donkey in Cambridge. …

I don't know much about wine. But I like to drink it every now and then. Most of the stuff that I like falls into what a lot of people are calling "Natural Wine". It's the hotness. SO I talked with David Mitchell from Miss Wines all about his definition and he talks about his passion for history and wine. In this conversation we get into it but wha…

John Wang is the Regional Director on the North Share for The Food Project. John is a member of the steering comitee and has been working to develop the newly launched Lynn Grows initiatve which is working to create a better food system in Lynn. https://youtu.be/9TrjW2Zghbk find out more on the Lynn Grows Website: https://www.lynngrows.org MORE ABO…

Anne is a four time women’s national spearfishing champion. There are meets that happen a few times a year where you go out the fish that you catch count as points. The meets are timed and the more fish you get, and the bigger fish, the more points you get. So she is good at spearfishing. I went to Anne’s house in Watertown on marathon Monday to in…

This week we talk all about Peru! Mateo Campesino imports coffee beans and Cacao straight from the “eyebrow of the Jungle” right above the Amazon in the Andean mountains . Mateo goes to Peru and works with these remote farmers to help them refine their processes to increase the quality of the final products. His foal is to connect family farmers fr…

Eva Sommaripa owns Eva’s Garden in Dartmouth, MA. She grows Organic greens, herbs, and flowers and has been doing it for around 40 years! She is an original. Spending time with her and soaking up her energy and vibes makes me feel like the world is a beautiful place and only makes my love for food and cooking and my sense of wonder and love for lif…

My guest on Cooking Up A Podcast this week is Matt Linehan from Sparrow Arc Farm in Copake, NY. Matt is farming just about 200 acres just past the Berkshires. He started farming in Unity, ME on just an acre hustling down the 5 hour drive to Boston selling mostly arugula in 2006. He knocked on restaurants doors with his products and built it all up …

The guests this week are Kevin O’Donnell and Michael Lombardi JR, the chef partners of SRV restaurant in Boston’s South End. They are not notch cooks and chefs, they have cooked in restaurants together in Italy, Paris, and New York City. They now are at home in Boston and they are killing it. Best New Restaurant nomination from the James Beard Foun…

Bill Perkins owns the Agricultural Hall in Jamaica Plain. http://aghall.com Bill is a bee keeper, urban agriculture enthusiast, and all all around inspiring and genuine person who loves bringing people together and growing a community around food and urban agriculture. Check out the Agricultural Hall's website for upcoming workshops and things happ…

Jeremy Sewall is the chef owner of Island Creek Oyster Bar, ROW 34 and Les Seblons, which was recently nominated for a James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in the country. His company now has has hundreds of emplyees and he uses his size and buying power to support local farms, fisherman, provide new oppurtunities to his staff, and get involve…

This week is all about the magical mushroom kingdom. I interview Tyler Akabane, he is a mushroom extrodinaire. He forages, leads educational foraging walks with a dinner hosted by a local chef, sells mushrooms to Boston restaurants, and is a good friend and and all around rad dude. We talk about how he cooks mushrooms at home, what he has going on …