Epicurean Unicorn: Recent Episodes
Braden, Amanda & Connie
A podcast from food industry professionals all about the food industry, food trends, and anything else we find delicious!
Connie spoke with Maria Cho, the CEO of Triplebar, all about her fascinating work and how her company works in the food industry.
You can find more about Triplebar on their website
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Braden hosts a conversation with special Guest host Brendan who spoke to Branden and Amy two of our summer interns from Johnson & Wales. Enjoy!
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We are excited to share an episode recorded by two of our summer interns, Brendan and Alex all about fruit and fruit fillings. Enjoy!
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We sit down and talk about Zhixin's passion for food, how she got into the industry, and what she saw at the IFT Conference in Chicago.
Zhixin will be leading the IFT Philadelphia chapter for the upcoming year so if you have questions on this or anything food science related you can reach here at:
zwang@puratos.com
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We sat down with Chef Elliott from the Pennsauken School District to learn about the bakery school program and all the great work he does with the students there.
You can find more on the School District here and more on the bakery school program here.
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We talk with one of our bakery school interns Matthew about his journey into the industry and his experience in the bakery program in high school.
For more on Bakery Schools go to: https://www.bakeryschoolfoundation.com/
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Enjoy this conversation we had back in 2021 with two awesome and funny gentlemen.
You can find their work at:
https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/we-got-this-with-mark-and-hal/
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We speak with Chef Esther McManus about her career and how she went from not cooking as a girl in Morocco to professional chef and baker in Philadelphia. Thank you to Chef Fran Costigan for introducing us to Chef Esther.
You can find Chef Esther's episode of Baking with Julia and her Moth episode here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHdLgEjx5KA
https://themoth.org/storytellers/esther-mcmanusuip
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The title says it all. Welcome back (if for however brief a time) Connie!
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We speak with Casey Chumrau the CEO of the Washington Grain Commission. We learn all about grain and how local and national commissions work with farmers.
You can find out more about the Commission at:
https://wagrains.org/
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Time for Braden's favorite topic- A.I. We spoke with Fisayo Oluwadiya about her new product which uses A.I to help recommend your next great dining experience.
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https://www.resactly.com/
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We are happy to welcome Kelly Patraju as one of our newest co-hosts. Welcome Kelly! Kelly interviewed the world's only sourdough librarian- Karl De Smedt. Karl was in New Jersey to share about the 10 year anniversary of the Sourdough Library.
Find out more about Karl and the Library here:
https://www.questforsourdough.com/puratos-library
https://sourdoughlibrary.puratos.com/en/
https://www.puratos.us/en/about-puratos/our-commitments/next-generation/product-heritage/sourdough-library
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I sat down with Michelle Sacchetti and Tom Del Rossi from Puratos to talk about our journey of implementing Trust and Inspire. Make sure you listen to our episode with David Kasperson to fully enjoy this episode as it is a followup and dives into the journey and work it takes to bring an organization on a trust and inspire journey.
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We get insight into what return guest Jeff Akin has been up to since his last appearance and what he has learned about leadership.
Find more about Jeff here
Jeff's Other Podcast
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We spoke with David Kasperson a Director at Franklin Covey's Global Trust Practice and co-author of Trust and Inspire. You don't want to miss these insights on leadership from David!
Learn more about David and the great work he and the team at Franklin Covey do around the future of leadership.
David on Linkedin
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We spoke with Jillian Donie a CIA student and Puratos Intern. She also likes Star Trek! We learn about what an education is like in the culinary arts and play a fun game involving a very old book that no baker should be without.
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We spoke with Fred Wasiak the President and CEO of the Food Bank of South Jersey. Fred shares about their mission and how everyone can be involved. We also learned a lot about the YMCA. Tune in to hear how that came up.
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https://foodbanksj.org/
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We spoke with Beth Karam-Putt from Erika Record about her journey as a pastry chef and how she landed a job helping companies find just the right equipment for their baking, pastry, and chocolate needs.
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https://erikarecord.com/
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We are back for a 2023 wrap-up to clear the slate of tasting items and share what direction we are going in for 2024.
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We talked with Tarsha Joyner about her journey from foster care to parent, artist, bakery owner, TV Competition Star, and so much more. Her journey is amazing so you don't want to miss this conversation.
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https://mrsjoys.com/
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We spoke with Patrick Honeywell the corporate chef at Le Chef Bakery about his life and how he went from traveling to an Alaskan gold mining camp to being a sucessful pastry chef and business person.
Thank you Patrick and you can see more of what he does at Le Chef at:
https://www.lechefbakery.com/
Find his podcast here:
https://bleav.com/shows/bleav-in-chefs-special/
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We spoke with Tom Ranc, President of JAC North America all about JAC and their very interesting history and all about bread slicers.
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https://www.jac-machines.com/us/
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Connie recaps and shares about her trip to the IFT FIRST convention that took place last month in Chicago.
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Here is part of an unaired conversation with Chef Fran Costigan - Enjoy
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We learn about the century egg from Connie and how she made one and how Braden successfully didn't taste it.
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We spoke to Kayla Croshaw better known on TikTok and Instagram as Kayla Doughshaw. Look her up. You won't regret it. Seriously we will wait while you go check her videos out.
We would also like to apologize for all the noise Connie makes when recording. We are considering replacing her with a bull and recording from a china shop. it would be less noisy.
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In honor of Father's Day coming up this Sunday we have a special bonus episode with a special bonus guest host. Wishing all the dads a wonderful day!
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We spoke with Pedro Sousa from Puratos Canada about how he landed in our great neighbor to the north and his exciting journey in the world of the pasty arts.
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We spoke to Jessica Formicola of Savory Experiments all about her journey and her creative endeavors. It was a great conversation with so many wonderful stories and we even met her cat!
Find Jessica at:
https://www.savoryexperiments.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SavoryExperiments
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https://twitter.com/Savory_Cooking
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We sit down with Founder and CEO of Une Femme Wines Jen Pelka to talk wine and what it takes to grow a successful business and the power and challenges of being women led and working primarily with other women led businesses.
Find all things Une Femme here:
https://unefemmewines.com/pages/press
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We speak with Ari Tulla of ELO Health about food as medicine and living a healthy lifestyle.
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https://www.elo.health/articles/
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We speak with Ellie the founder and CEO of Cocoa Press. Ever wonder what it takes to build a company while engineering a machine and learning the material science behind chocolate? Well then this is the conversation for you!
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https://cocoapress.com/pages/contact
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We spoke with Coinneach MacLeod all about baking, Scotland and Euro Vision!?! He is a great guy and a talented baker. Check him and his books out (and maybe stay for the photos of his adorable dog).
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https://hebrideanbaker.com/
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we speak with (reformed) pastry chef Monica Glass about her journey and how and why she has transitioned into a more wellness focused mindset and way of working. Enjoy this conversation with a wonderful chef and human being.
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https://chefmonicaglass.com/
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Join us and hear from Yumi Komatsudaira the author of the cookbook Japanese Superfoods and the President of K Seaweed. We learn all about sea vegetables and everything you can do with them plus great stories from the making of her book and growing up in Japan.
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https://kseaweed.com/
K-Seaweed Co (@k_seaweed) • Instagram photos and videos
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We spoke with podcaster and filmmaker Reyshan Parker about his journey and how he shares the stories of service industry professionals.
Find all about Reyshan and his Beyond the Check series and podcast by Googling his name!
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We learn what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur plus the fascinating science behind the declious drink kombucha with Courtney Lorenz of Cultured Kombucha. Courtney also gets personal as to the struggles female business leaders go through to succeed.
You can find Courtney at:
https://www.drinkcultured.com/
Social Link are all on her site
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We sat down and spoke with chef and cookbook author Lei Shishak about her new book on plant based eating and he journey from bakery owner to cookbook author and everything in between.
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https://leishishak.com/
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Connie and Braden wrap up the year by antagonizing each other with mystery food and poorly written baking advice. They also share their 2022 podcast highlights and what they will be up to for the holidays.
Thank you all for listening and have a wonderful holiday season and Happy New Year!
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We talk all about overcoming the fact we don't know what we don't know (The Dunning-Kruger Effect) with Deagon Williams from Culinary Business Strategy.
Find everything she is up to here:
https://www.culinarybusinessstrategy.com/
Don't forget you can check our Trek Talks 2 and support a great organization in the Hollywood Food Coalition:
https://hofoco.org/
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We are joined by Sarah Coughlin the sensory manager at Puratos! We talk what it takes to run a sensory panel, why we do it, and some fun stories about when they go wrong.
We are also very happy to share that Trek Talks 2 is happening and you can help a great charity that works to solve hunger and food insecurity. The Hollywood Food Coalition. Go here to find more information.
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We spoke with Tim Bucciarelli from Ironplane all about e-commerce and what it takes to get that food you buy online from the warehouse to your house.
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https://www.ironplane.com/tim
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-bucciarelli
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https://twitter.com/ironplane?lang=en
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We sat down with cookbook author and all around awesome person Patricia Tanumihadia to discuss the art of Asian cooking and developing recipes specifically for the Instant Pot.
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https://ediblewords.com/
Instagram- @ pickles.and.tea
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We sat down and spoke with Dave Hoffman about supply chain and the logistic porcess of getting your food from point A to point B.
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We spoke with Chef Dennis Littley of Ask Chef Dennis all about his inspiration, story, and how he got to be the chef answering questions and helping people learn to cook.
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https://www.askchefdennis.com/
https://www.instagram.com/askchefdennis/
https://twitter.com/AskChefDennis
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We sat down with Anthony Day of the Sustainable Futures Report to discuss who we can all move the needle in a positive direction for both people and plant.
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https://sustainablefutures.report/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sustainable-futures-report/id313473372
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We spoke with Chef Matt Basile about his journey in the food industry and how his non-traditional path has led to his success.
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Instagram @chefmattbasile
Chef Matt Basile is adding his most exciting title yet to his repertoire as a food entrepreneur: Co-Founder and Creative Firestarter for Alchemy Grills. After over a decade disrupting the food industry by creating Toronto’s most recognizable food truck brand, Fidel Gastro’s, then Bar Lisa Marie, a Queen West gastro-pub and brunch hotspot and also hosting the reality TV Show Rebel Without a Kitchen, Matt is combining his talents as a chef, content creator and expert with live-fire cooking to disrupt the barbecuing and live-fire cooking landscape as we know it. Over the last year and a half, Matt, along with two seasoned entrepreneurs have been cooking up something big behind the scenes and now they’re ready to launch Alchemy Grills. The Alchemy allows for the first time ever, the home cook to smoke low and slow down in a smoker box compartment, and hot and fast on the upper plancha grill at the exact same time, on the exact same unit, without having one temperature impact the other - all powered by charcoal and wood. From prototyping, recipe development for an accompanying line of bbq rubs and sauces, stylish merch to the sleekest bbq you have ever seen, Matt’s ethos to always be different sets Alchemy Grills apart.
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Lee Sanders from the American Bakers Association joins us to share the work she does to help give the baking industry a voice in Washington D.C.
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We were joined by Nick and Matt from the Appliance Educator podcast to talk about interesting ice cream machines so you can start making the best food ever at home!
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Connie and special guest Amanda B. spoke with author and expert on salt rising bread Genevieve Bardwell .
Find her book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Rising-Bread-Heartfelt-Appalachian/dp/1943366039
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We spoke with Marissa the Director of Certification and Education for the RBA and Heather a Certified Master Baker and culinary educator at Schoolcraft College. They share the mission of the RBA and what the journey to becoming a certified master is all about.
Find the RBA at:
http://www.retailbakersofamerica.org/
Find Schoolcraft College at:
https://www.schoolcraft.edu/academics/culinary-brewing-hospitality/
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We spoke with Bo Babaki all about vegan cheesemaking and his journey to create The Conscious Cultures Creamery.
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https://theconsciouscultures.com/
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We speak with Jane Z. host and founder of the Farm to Future Podcast, about the history of acorn foraging and acorns as food.
Find Jane and her podcast here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/farm-to-future/id1540200066
Instagram: @farm.to.future
Read her children's book here!
https://issuu.com/janezy/docs/nutty_futures_book_final
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We speak to Tristan Noyes the Executive Director of the Maine Grain Alliance about local grain economy, heritage grains, the kneading conference, and maltsters!
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https://kneadingconference.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mainegrainalliance/
Instagram- @mainegrainalliance
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We spoke to Chef Fran Costigan all about plant based desserts. Thank you Chef Fran!
Find here work here:
https://francostigan.com/
On all social media @goodcakesfran
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We speak with leadership expert Jeff Akin about the pillars of great leadership and as an added bonus we learn all about food on submarines.
Find Jeff at:
Starfleet Leadership Academy
Twitter: @SFLApodcast
Instagram: @jefftakin
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We spoke with Matthew Kaplowitz of Trek Untold who has an interesting past and was a food critic in New York City.
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Trek Untold
Twitter & Instagram- @trekuntold
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We sit down and talk with Rabbi Chuck Briskin of Shir Ami all about Passover.
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In this week's episode John and Norm politely discuss a topic they have been waiting to touch on since the start of the show. Buckle up because it is going to be a fun ride!
We sit down to learn what it takes to get fruit from the orchard to your plate! Thank you to Grant and Chantal from Peterson Farms for taking time to educate us.
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http://www.petersonfarmsinc.com
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We sit down with the President of Puratos U.S. Andy Brimacombe to talk all about the company's new purpose.
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We interrupt your usual broadcast to bring you a conversation about beef with Scott Lively the author of For the Love of Beef and founder of Raise American.
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We talk with Molly Schuyler all about her career as a competitive eater!
Find videos of Molly and her amazing eating abilities:
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We talk with Dan Kurzrok the Chief Grain Officer (CEO) and cofounder of Regrained. We learn all about how to eat your beer and the power of spent grains from the brewing process.
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Enjoy this bonus episode all about the Mission to Mars project.
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Space Bakery Episode:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-episode-space-bakery-mission-to-mars/id1523500120?i=1000493756668
That special guest host- Daniel the 9 year old is back to rapid fire facts and prove not everything on the internet is as it seems! Enjoy entering the mind of a third grader :)
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We talk with our very own Meg Schneider all about our market trend survey (Known around Puratos as Taste Tomorrow). Thank you so much Meg for educating us about what food trends are happening now and are going to happen in the future!
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We learn all about a multicultural Thanksgiving celebration from one of our coworkers. Thank you Nisa!!! Then we have a special surprise for you (disclaimer we did give the folks involved in that special surprise an off air heads up). Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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We sat down and spoke with Amber Lambke the Founder and CEO of Maine Grains. Her and her company do amazing work in the area of locally grown and milled grains from their mill in Skowhegan, Maine.
You can find out what Maine Grains is up to:
Twitter & Instagram @Mainegrains
Mainegrains.com
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We learn all about coffee with Nadav Mer the owner of Morning Bell Coffee Roasters. Connie might have also had too much coffee.
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Twitter @PuratosUSA
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We sit down and talk with Paul Shapiro the CEO of The Better Meat Co. all about what they are doing to create a more sustainable food system. Paul shares a wide range of facts (and Dad jokes) with us. Enjoy!
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https://www.bettermeat.co/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bettermeatco/
@BetterMeatCo- Twitter
@thebettermeatco- Instagram
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We speak with pastry chef, chocolatier, sales person, and all around great human person Etienne Corbet about how he found himself in the pastry arts, his path to where he is now, and his passion: sustainable chocolate.
We speak with Jeff Yankellow from King Arthur Baking all about flour. How it's processed, how it's used, and trends in baking.
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Instagram @Kingarthurbaking
Twitter @kingarthurflour
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Twitter @PuratosUSA
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We sit down with author Karl Beckstrand who writes books for children with a focus on immigrant and multicultural stories with a heavy slant toward food. We discuss how important it is for media to represent the way the world is and what a big part food has played in his writing and inspiring the stories he tells.
Find Karl at:
https://premiobooks.com
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Instagram @PuratosUS
Twitter @PuratosUSA
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We sit down with the Puratos V.P of Human Resources, Barry Thrutchley and discuss the important of employee health and wellbeing as well as changes to what employees are looking for in a a great company to work for.
Enjoy this conversation we had with John Champion from Mission Log all about food. It was inspired by the Deep Space Nine Episode Blaze of Glory. Check out everything John is up to at:
https://www.roddenberry.com/entertainment/#podcasts
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Comedians Mark Gagliardi and Hal Lublin join us and attempt a friendly takeover of the show. Despite their unsuccessful attempt they hang around for a wide ranging conversation about food. Then they inspire us to share professional insights on sensory analysis, bananas, and flavor chemistry. We also have a special guest, a real live Philadelphia Health Inspector, join us to share some insights on food safety in bakeries.
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We Got This with Mark and Hal
Twitter:
@hallublin
@MarkGags
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@hallublin
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We sit down with Peter Yuen a world renowned expert in the art of viennoiserie.
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@baker_peter_yuen
@puratosus
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@bakerBrayBray47
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We sit down with Sean Folkson from Nightfood to discuss better nighttime snacking options.
https://nightfood.com
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See how Puratos is reinventing indulgence:
https://www.puratos.us/en/reinvent-indulgence
Braden's son joins the show to share facts and the history of pizza as well as try and derail the conversation as much as possible. Aren't kids great? :)
Follow Braden on Twitter @BakerBrayBray47
Follow Puratos @PuratosUSA
We speak with author, world traveler, and all around amazing person Simone Knego about all the foods she has encountered on her global adventures.
Find Simone at:
https://simoneknego.com/
Instagram- @authorsimoneknego
Find her book here
Follow Braden on Twitter- @bakerbraybray47
We speak with Kriss Harvey about the importance of continuing professional education and his passion- chocolate.
Find andSons:
https://and-sons.com/
Instagram- @and.sons
Find Kriss at:
Instagram- @krissharv3y
Follow Braden on Twitter @bakerbraybray47
Sarah is back! We talk all about the celebration to end Ramadan and the celebration of the sacrifice of Abraham.
Cookie Recipes
https://cleobuttera.com/middle-eastern/fabulous-kahk-eid-cookies/
https://cleobuttera.com/cookies/the-perfect-ghorayeba/
Jerusalem: A Cookbook
https://www.amazon.com/Jerusalem-Cookbook-Yotam-Ottolenghi/dp/1607743949/ref=asc_df_1607743949/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312142549358&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10994829662225075792&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007206&hvtargid=pla-452061928758&psc=1
We learn all about the Johnson & Wales 2021 Bread Symposium (open to all this year) from Peter Reinhart. We also have to talk with Peter about Pizza and Philly!
https://breadsymposium.com/
Follow Braden on Twitter @BakerBrayBray47
We learn all about Ramadan from Imam John Starling of GCLEA. We also learn about his love of the banana sandwich.
https://www.gclea.org
We sit down and talk with the only sourdough librarian in the world, Karl De Smedt. We talk about his quest for sourdough, his work at the sourdough library, and his passion for all fermented foods.
You can find Karl:
@the_sourdough_librarian
on Instagram and Twitter
Check out the sourdough library here:
https://sourdoughlibrary.puratos.com/en/
Braden has also finally joined the rest of the world. You can find Braden:
@BakerBrayBray47 on Twitter
Have a baking question you want us to handle? Now you can tweet it to Braden and get the help of team unicorn.
We have a far reaching conversation about food with John Champion. John is a passionate lover of food and shares his knowledge on the past, present, and future of food. In our wrap up discussion we also learn some AMAZING news about one of our hosts. You seriously will want to hear what is shared- it is an awesome announcement and we just can't wait to share it with everyone!
Check out John's work at:
https://podcasts.roddenberry.com/
@Jchamp72
@slowmogentleman
We sit down with ASB Innovation Award winning food scientist Amanda Ballentine to discuss pastry formulation and ingredient functionality.
Amanda talks to 2017 World Pizza Champion Will Grant about his career, sourdough, and school. If you are in the Seattle area check out Will's restaurants:
https://www.thatsasome.com/home
https://www.sourdoughwillys.com
The hosts take on a fascinating listener question to find the best baked good for the day.
This week we go behind the scenes to see what happens and what goes into creating a digital sales meeting.
the three hosts have a very special episode with just them to talk about some really old foods that have been found and some fun fermented foods.
A wide ranging conversation about the world of baking and pastry with Antoine Rondenet to ease us all into 2021. Remember to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and in 2021 if we get 500 reviews Braden will sing (bring your earplugs) on the show.
A Swedish Chef stops by to chat about St. Lucia day and the foods surrounding the celebration in Sweden. Also remember one ounce is 28.35 grams- this is very important to the episode.
For more information on St. Lucia Day check this out.
We chat with Jaina Wald about Chanukah and her traditions for this holiday. We learn the best way to have latkes and the best currency for playing dreidel. For further reading on the Chanukah story you can head here.
We're surprised to learn about what type of holiday decorations Braden has(but are we really?) and we talk with Bart Thorne the VP of Sales for Empire Bakery about everything he has seen in 30 plus years in the baking industry.
You can check out what Bart works on now at: http://www.empirebakery.com/#intro
We start with a Thanksgiving Fact-Off and then talk with Amal Chatterjee Jr. about his experience moving to America and celebrating Thanksgiving.
Braden explains why you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet, Amanda solves a listener problem, and Connie says bye. We also talk with Eric Wesner about the chocolate making process and our favorite documentaries.
We sit down with Edward Balderrama who grew up in his family's bakery to talk about Day of the Dead and how to remember those who have come before and honor them.
We speak with Sloan Bennett about Baker Online. A service to connect bakeries and customers and helps bakeries move sales online.
Bakeronline.com
Chocolatiersonline.com
https://www.puratos.us/en/digital-services1/bakeronline
We speak with Filip Arnaut and Lucie Beckers about project Space Bakery. We are joined by a special guest host Richard Gersper.
https://www.puratos.com/news/Bake_bread_on_Mars
We speak with 4 amazing members of our team about their heritage and the history of Hispanic Heritage month. Many delicious and fun topics are discussed and here are the links to them all:
Fiestas Patronales (Patron Saint Festival)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiestas_patronales_in_Puerto_Rico
Pernil Asado (Roast Pork Shoulder)
http://www.elboricua.com/pernil.html
Heladeria Lares (that amazing ice cream shop I told you about)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Ice-Cream-Shop/Heladeria-Lares-Oficial-390277911039439/
https://www.thespruceeats.com/pandebono-colombian-cheese-bread-3028980
https://tasty.co/recipe/salvadoran-pupusas-as-made-by-curly-and-his-abuelita
https://festivalcervantino.gob.mx/
and Molletes: https://g.co/kgs/hXdTTA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanajuato_City
In this bonus episode we discuss Jewish food culture and what it means for breaking the fast of Yom Kippur.
In our first bonus episode we star to explore holidays from various cultures around the world and discuss how food plays a part in them. First up Rosh Hashanah; the Jewish New Year being celebrated on September 19th and 20th 2020.
We learn Connie may or may not know Sourdough Person, Amanda loves a good hockey fight, and Braden baffles hi co-hosts with another un-obscure cultural reference. Amanda has a conversation with James Beard nominated Chef and author Jason Licker about his experiences as a global executive pastry chef and his new book, Baking with Licker, which if full of classic desserts with Asian accents.
The Unicorns manage to stay on track while avoiding the Kraken and learning what the most despised pastry by Amanda and Braden is. They also welcome Sylvestre Awono an expert in fermentation and sustainable chocolate to discuss his time growing up on a cocoa farm and learning the power of fermentation.
Our hosts help with baking fails, continue to form the myth of their sourdough superhero and then have a conversation with Chef Jacques Torres about sustainability and chocolate. You can find more on Chef Torres at https://mrchocolate.com/
We answer some questions, get a bit off topic, and talk to Jason Tucker about working with a sourdough starter. You can see Jason share more tips and tricks at https://www.youtube.com/user/PuratosUSA
The Epicurean Unicorn team answers your voicemails and helps solve what you did to that bread, or pastry, or chocolate. Then we have a conversation with Alex De Los Reyes an expert on the trend of health and well-being in the food industry and what that means for the future of food.