Our Host, Tagan Engel co-hosted Seasoned on WNPR/CT Public featuring: Koshersoul Book from Michael Twitty - Black Jewish Queer Culinary Historian, Selene Tepatzi of Atticus Bakery on their Rosca de Reyes Mexican Three Kings Day bread, and Ony Obiocha & Adam Bitker on natural wines and @PalmWineUS meet ups.
A story short with Sandra and Miguel Pittman owners of Sandra's Next Generation Soul Food Restaurant in New Haven, CT. They share on their 32+ year journey as restauranteurs, being pillars in their community, and the family legacy they have fostered.
SEP 14, 2021
A story short with Ms. Kim, owner of the oldest Asian market in New Haven, CT where she's been running this neighborhood institution with her personal touch for groceries, cooking and community since 1985. She shares on her past, present, and hopes for the future.
SEP 14, 2021
A story short with Shilmat & Wub Tessema on serving up traditional Ethiopian food and culture at their restaurant since 1999 plus the 24/7 demands of the kitchen and raising a family of three (now grown) children.
SEP 14, 2021
Owners Miguel Xicohtencatl & Cecilia Serrano share on their journey to create this delicious Mexican fruit, juice, and take-out shop in the Fair Haven neighborhood of New Haven, CT.
SEP 14, 2021
A story short with Elisha Hazel & Qulen Wright, owners of Caribbean Style Vegan restaurant in New Haven, CT. Sharing their passion for serving up life-giving Ital food with local ingredients, and learning the business ropes along the way.
SEP 14, 2021
A story short with Francisco Mendez and Zenaida Muñoz on their experiences running their multiple Portabello Latin Food carts together with brother Carlos Mendez. They share on their evolution from cooks to cart owners, the Colombian style arepas they’re famous for, and what it’s like working out in the elements.
SEP 9, 2021
Digging into farm and food worker led organizing that’s multi-sector, multi-racial and has the power to transform our food system by prioritizing people and the planet. With guest Navina Khanna.
MAR 12, 2021
Melanie Allen, Program Director with The Black Farmer Fund speaks about their emerging and transformative investing practices for supporting Black farmers and food entrepreneurs.
FEB 19, 2021
Digging a little deeper into this Jewish festival of lights with rabbi in training May Ye; Illuminating injustices, sparking change, creating ritual with connections for Jews of Color, her journey and identity from secular Chinese American Jew into the rabbinate, and there's a little food talk too.
DEC 11, 2020
We love applesauce with latkes, but when kitchen inspiration hits, we do not deny. This tart apple slaw is a great match for some wonderfully fried latkes
Youth leaders Jeremy Cajigas and Jamila Washington of the Citywide Youth Coalition in New Haven, CT share their perspectives on organizing protests for liberation and black lives, defunding police, anti-racist organizing, and the importance of music and dance in the fight for freedom and #BlackJoy.
JUN 26, 2020
Chef, Urban Planner, and Black foodways sustainer Adrian Lipscombe shares on the Juneteenth holiday past and present, her move from Texas to Wisconsin, and the importance of rooting her restaurant in community.
JUN 19, 2020
CT Chefs Avi Sazpiro of Roia Restaurant, Raquel Rivera of A Pinch of Salt Culinary Education & Catering Company, and Chef Aaron Lee of Yale University Dining & Heartfelt Catering speak to the many ways this pandemic is impacting their work and communities.
MAY 15, 2020
A one bowl wonder of a cake. No eggs, butter, or milk needed and it’s super delicious.
Some tips to make cooking in quarantine a little easier. Includes info on prepping food for the week, 4 ways to cook dry beans, roasting veggies, green sauces, and more.
Quick and delicious recipes to make cooking up more beans really easy. From a 10 second sauce to DIY Bean Burgers, these real life bean meals are straight from our quarantine kitchen to yours.
Insights on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic from a wholesale produce distributor, an urban farmer / food justice educator, and tips on cooking in quarantine.. With guests Maria Desarbo of Carbonella & Desarbo’s , Disha Patel of Common Ground High School & Urban Farm , and host Tagan Engel.
APR 17, 2020
APR 17, 2020
Fab culinary duo Liz Alpern & Jeffery Yoskowitz of The Gefilteria sit down (pre Covid-19 quarantine) to nosh and kibbitz about old family recipes, the wide spectrum of Jewish ethnic cuisines, Asha-normativity, producing tons of great gefilte fish each year, liberation stories, and passover traditions.
APR 3, 2020
Chef, activist, and author Bryant Terry on his newest plant-based cookbook Vegetable Kingdom - cooking for his kids - uplifting Black and Asian food traditions - and collective actions to transform our "messed up food system".
MAR 13, 2020
Decadent treats with no refined sugar, perfect for valentines day and sharing with your heart’s desire.
Two recipes for this extremely popular Puerto Rican coconut milk based holiday season cocktail - including Aida Casanova’s award winning version, and Addy’s Castillo’s family recipe.
This homemade coconut milk based cocktail is the pride of the Puerto Rican holiday season. Guests Addys Castillo, and champion coquito maker Aida Casanova talk family recipes, parranda (caroling) traditions, and the complexities and joys of Puerto Rican history and heritage.
DEC 13, 2019
Three women speak on the realities of hunger and poverty and their inspiring advocacy work to make lasting change through the group Witnesses To Hunger. With guests Susan Harris, Junie Cullum, and Wanda Perez.
NOV 29, 2019
Fall food adventures help heal depression, Chicken & Sweet Potato Dumpling soup, front porch living in the Hood, talking to strangers = fun food finds = dosa making and heirloom apple munching in VT. W/ guests Babz Rawls Ivy, Frankie Douglass, and Chef Stephen Ross.
NOV 1, 2019
Giselle Cando & Anajja Stevenson talk about starting their own businesses, working in community gardens, and life as teens in the world today. Feat. the Growing Entrepreneurs Program of the New Haven Land Trust.
OCT 18, 2019
Host Tagan Engel speaks about her recent trip to Berlin to partner with a group doing transformational education work around the Nazi death camp, Sobibor, her Grandparents escaped form in 1943.
OCT 6, 2019
Atticus Bakery & Bookstore manager Charlie Negaro Jr and baker Josh Kanter talk about their glorious infatuation with sourdough bread making & grain growing - two exceptional new ventures for this 2nd generation establishment in New Haven, CT.
SEP 20, 2019
A classic, deliciously revised with oats, dates, nuts, and coconut oil replacing the usual flour, sugar, and butter. So good and good for you.
An inspired Chef shares on his catering co, trying to get folks to try new healthy foods, his journey from Dishwasher to Sous Chef in Yale University Dining, and the stereotypes he faces as a young Black Chef.
JUL 12, 2019