A Hungry Society Podcast
1) "Black People Are My Jam" Chefs Sicily & Mavis Jay of Food + People
Today’s guests are chefs Sicily Sewell Johnson and Mavis Jay Sanders, founders of Food + People. Food + People operates on the belief “every community should have access to quality food and every pers...Show More
2) Chef Adrian Lipscombe on Legacy and the 40 Acres & a Mule Project
Chef Adrian Lipscombe, Texas native and owner of Uptowne Cafe & Bakery in Wisconsin, is a very busy woman. She’s a wife, mother of four, city planner and business owner and the founder of the 40 Acres...Show More
3) Derek Kirk on soulPhoodie and Building Community
Today’s episode is an interview with Derek Kirk, founder of soulPhoodie, an online community that celebrates black food and beverage culture. Derek founded soulPhoodie in 2016 to share timely and comp...Show More
4) Karla Vasquez on SalviSoul & Documenting the Salvadoran Diaspora
Today's show is an interview with Karla Vasquez, founder of SalviSoul, food writer, recipe developer, and food stylist based in Los Angeles. Karla’s writing has been published by The Los Angeles Times...Show More
5) DeVonn Francis on Being a Chef and Artist in Equal Measure
On today’s show I talk to chef, artist, model, photographer DeVonn Francis about food as art, the idea of expansiveness and hospitality. DeVonn runs Yardy, a pop-up series where he uses food, space, m...Show More
6) What Does This Moment Mean For Women-Run Businesses?
What does the COVID-19 crisis mean for women-run food businesses? On today’s show I speak with Shaolee Sen, CEO of Hot Bread Kitchen, about the unique challenges women-run and immigrant-run food busin...Show More
7) Irene Li on the Unsung Restaurants Fund & Having Hope
On this special show I speak with Irene Lei of Mei Mei Restaurant in Boston about what running her business has been like since the coronavirus crisis started and the Unsung Restaurant Fund, a fund th...Show More
8) Chef Erick Williams on Legacy & Virtue
In this special episode, I chat with chef Erick Williams, owner and executive chef at Virtue Restaurant & Bar in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighbourhood. Williams is a Chicago native with a storied career, ...Show More
9) Episode 71: Soul Food Sessions Pt. 2
Today’s show is going to be a continuation of the series of interviews from the Soul Food Sessions dinner which was held at the James Beard Foundation house in Manhattan earlier this month. Soul Food ...Show More
10) Episode 70: Soul Food Sessions Pt. 1
Today’s show is going to be a series of interviews from the Soul Food Sessions dinner which was held at the James Beard Foundation house in Manhattan earlier this month. Soul Food Sessions is a dinner...Show More