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Why Food?

Do you daydream about dropping everything and opening a restaurant? Have you always wondered what it would be like to start your own line of condiments? So many trailblazers in the food world actually... Read more

Ranked #1

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Episode 52: Elena Liao: Brewing Up NYC's Best Oolong

Episode 52: Elena Liao: Brewing Up NYC's Best Oolong

Elena Liao knew something was missing. She had been in merchandise planning at some of the nation's best retailers for a... Read more

7 Aug 2018

57mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 30: Devika Kumar: Food Storytelling, From Family to Farms

Episode 30: Devika Kumar: Food Storytelling, From Family to Farms

Devika Kumar found herself at a crossroads after having her first child. She had successful career in investment banking... Read more

20 Jan 2018

47mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 16: Restaurateur Pt. 1 - Adam Eskin

Episode 16: Restaurateur Pt. 1 - Adam Eskin

As the founder & CEO, of Dig Inn, a successful farm to table restaurant group based in New York and Boston Adam Eski... Read more

9 Mar 2017

52mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 12: The Dairy Queen from Wall Street - with Homa Dashtaki of the White Moustache

Episode 12: The Dairy Queen from Wall Street - with Homa Dashtaki of the White Moustache

Homa Dashtaki is the owner of The White Moustache, a coveted New York producer of both Persian and Greek style yoghurts,... Read more

15 Dec 2016

43mins

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Shannon Roddy: How to Sell Food on Amazon

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Shannon Roddy is an Amazon expert, specializing in helping food business launch and scale on the Amazon marketplace. Joi... Read more

30 Jan 2020

49mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 100: From Legal Briefs to Recipes: Nisha Vora & Jessie Sheehan

Episode 100: From Legal Briefs to Recipes: Nisha Vora & Jessie Sheehan

Join co-host Vallery Lomas for a special conversation with former attorneys, Nisha Vora & Jessie Sheehan, as we cele... Read more

17 Oct 2019

52mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 56: Suzanne Cupps: From Corporate HR to Executive Chef

Episode 56: Suzanne Cupps: From Corporate HR to Executive Chef

Suzanne Cupps is the Executive Chef of Untitled and Studio Cafe in the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born and raised i... Read more

20 Sep 2018

49mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 72: Rose Previte: From Public Policy to Award Winning Restaurants

Episode 72: Rose Previte: From Public Policy to Award Winning Restaurants

Please join us in welcoming restaurateur Rose Previte to the studio! Rose spent her childhood helping her mother run her... Read more

21 Feb 2019

50mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 35: Jeremy Lyman: Changing New York's Coffee Culture With Service

Episode 35: Jeremy Lyman: Changing New York's Coffee Culture With Service

Jeremy Lyman began sketching floorplans of his future business at 16, but found himself only working on his "coffee proj... Read more

1 Mar 2018

56mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 92: Dan Giusti: From Noma to the School Cafeteria

Episode 92: Dan Giusti: From Noma to the School Cafeteria

Join cohost Ethan and guest Dan Giusti to hear his fascinating story, going from Head Chef at Noma to the founder of Bri... Read more

8 Aug 2019

58mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 23: Hannah Cheng - Mimi Cheng's

Episode 23: Hannah Cheng - Mimi Cheng's

From finance and fashion, Hannah and Marian Cheng left successful careers to bring traditional and healthy Chinese dumpl... Read more

1 Jun 2017

31mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 50: Garrett Oliver: From Rock Band Manager to Iconic Brooklyn Brewer

Episode 50: Garrett Oliver: From Rock Band Manager to Iconic Brooklyn Brewer

Garrett Oliver is the Brewmaster of the iconic Brooklyn Brewery and a world-renowned expert on beer, but few people know... Read more

19 Jul 2018

52mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 68: Alex McCrery & Jenny Goodman: From Kitchens and Pharmaceuticals to Restaurant Fashion

Episode 68: Alex McCrery & Jenny Goodman: From Kitchens and Pharmaceuticals to Restaurant Fashion

Join us for a conversation with Alex McCrery and Jenny Goodman: husband and wife, and cofounders of the groundbreaking r... Read more

24 Jan 2019

51mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 21: Coffee Connoisseur - Debbie Wei Mullin

Episode 21: Coffee Connoisseur - Debbie Wei Mullin

Debbie Wei Mullin is passionate about poverty alleviation. After visiting her relatives in Vietnam at 15 years of age sh... Read more

20 Apr 2017

30mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 108: Woldy Reyes: From Fasion to Fashionable Food

Episode 108: Woldy Reyes: From Fasion to Fashionable Food

Join cohost Ethan for a conversation with Chef Woldy Reyes, founder of catering company Woldy Kusina. Woldy came to New ... Read more

19 Dec 2019

49mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 105: Benjamina Ebuehi: From Education to the Great British Baking Show

Episode 105: Benjamina Ebuehi: From Education to the Great British Baking Show

Join cohosts Vallery & Ethan for a conversation with Benjamina Ebuehi, Quarterfinalist of the Great British Baking S... Read more

21 Nov 2019

55mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 10: The Curious Beginnings of Ample Hills with Husband and Wife co-owners Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna

Episode 10: The Curious Beginnings of Ample Hills with Husband and Wife co-owners Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna

Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna are the co-founders of the delicious, creative and playful ice cream company, Ample Hills... Read more

1 Dec 2016

34mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 31: Rob Laing: Agricultural Innovation Within City Limits

Episode 31: Rob Laing: Agricultural Innovation Within City Limits

Rob Laing was a successful tech entrepreneur in Japan when he first realized his stressful, nonstop lifestyle was leadin... Read more

4 Feb 2018

48mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 66: Chitra Agrawal: From Corporate Marketing to Indian Pickles

Episode 66: Chitra Agrawal: From Corporate Marketing to Indian Pickles

Chitra Agrawal has been cooking, teaching and writing about food inspired by her family’s recipes from India for ten yea... Read more

20 Dec 2018

5mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 107: Hannah Wong: From Academic Writing to Regional Vietnamese Cooking

Episode 107: Hannah Wong: From Academic Writing to Regional Vietnamese Cooking

Join cohosts Vallery and Ethan for a conversation with Chef Hannah Wong of Van Da, a modern Vietnamese restaurant in NYC... Read more

12 Dec 2019

53mins

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