Bite Podcast
1) Many Restaurants May Never Re-Open After Coronavirus
Today we bring you a bonus episode from our sister show, The Mother Jones Podcast. The coronavirus pandemic is devastating the hospitality industry. Millions of Americans are in lockdown. Events are b...Show More
2) Sami Tamimi on the Delicious Complexity of Palestinian Food
On this episode, we hear from chef and writer Sami Tamimi, Yotam Ottolenghi’s partner and author of the new cookbook Falastin that brings you right into the center of one of the globe’s most hotly con...Show More
3) Elderberries Don’t Boost Your Immune System, and Other Coronavirus Myths Debunked
Our inboxes have been filled to the brim with advice from people peddling vitamins, herbs, and diets—all claiming that the product that they were hawking would help supercharge the body’s defenses to ...Show More
4) Why We Need Black-Owned Food Media
“When we don’t own our media, we will not own our messages,” says Stephen Satterfield, the founder of the food culture magazine Whetstone, and one of the only Black owners of a major food publication....Show More
5) Chef Dominique Crenn on Eating as Activism—and the Secret to Phenomenal Sandwiches
Dominique Crenn famously nabbed her first cooking job, at the legendary San Francisco restaurant Stars, without ever having gone to culinary school. She went on to become the first female chef in Nort...Show More
Chef Dominique Crenn on Eating as Activism—and the Secret to Phenomenal Sandwiches
33:54 | Jul 10th, 2020
6) Swollen Hands, Rampant Contagion, No Sick Days: Processing Chicken During a Pandemic
Meatpacking plants across the United States have become coronavirus hotspots—and workers at chicken plants are particularly vulnerable. Caitlin Esch, a senior producer at Marketplace, digs into the hi...Show More
Swollen Hands, Rampant Contagion, No Sick Days: Processing Chicken During a Pandemic
25:26 | Jun 26th, 2020
7) White People Own 98 Percent of Rural Land. Young Farmers Are Asking for It Back.
Black families own just one percent of the country’s arable land. But that’s despite the fact US agriculture has deep roots in African traditions. Leah Penniman, author of the book Farming While Black...Show More
White People Own 98 Percent of Rural Land. Young Farmers Are Asking for It Back.
25:30 | Jun 12th, 2020
8) A Science-Loving Chef's Guide to Eating Safely Right Now
Whether you’re in lockdown or beginning to ease your way back into public life—you still need to eat every day. And the questions are still swirling: Are groceries safe? Should I reheat food when I br...Show More
9) How Does Your Pandemic Garden Grow?
Quarantine has prompted a burst of gardening activity around the country; some people have even likened it to the 1940s Victory Garden movement. In a third-floor apartment in Queens, two roommates hav...Show More
10) Should Restaurants Be Saved?
Restaurants run on social contact and razor-thin profit margins. So COVID-19 stopped them cold, and brought them to the brink of financial ruin. In today's episode, Tom Colicchio—owner of Manhattan re...Show More