Eat Your Words

Gluten free: love it or hate it the diet has changed the food scene in the last few years. Tune in to this week’s Eat Your Words as host Cathy Erway chats with Camilla Saulsbury, author of “Bob’s Red Mill Everyday Gluten-Free Cookbook: 281 Delicious Whole-Grain Recipes” about what it means to be gluten free. Even if you aren’t completely gluten free, Camilla explains that this cookbook also champions ancient grains that you can mix with your everyday diet. With more than 281 recipes in this new book that showcase the health benefits of a gluten free diet, the result is immensely delicious, creative and satisfying dishes. These sublime recipes are proof positive that good taste and gluten free options can be really tasty, too. After the break, Cathy and Camilla break down the gluten free sensation and agree that society has forgotten about the basics when it comes to grains. An easy and tasty way to expand your diet, this book is a great way to kick start a healthier life! This program was brought to you by Wh

Is it spring yet?! This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is optimistically talking spring vegetable gardens, specifically tomatoes, with “tomatomaniac” Scott Daigre. Every year, Scott hosts TomatoMania!, a traveling pop-up sale of hundreds of heirloom and hybrid tomato seedlings and has also recently released the new book “Tomatomania!: A Fresh Approach to Celebrating Tomatoes in the Garden and in the Kitchen.” In the book, Scott provides a peek into his Ojai, California, tomato patch and details a “reality gardening” approach to growing the world’s favorite summer treat. Tomatomania! walks readers through every step of the tomato gardening process, from the earliest planning stages to those final satisfying kitchen table moments of the season. Scott previews what to expect out of this year’s TomatoMania! event and leads an interesting discussion on tomato varieties and the ‘breeding’ process. Tune in and become a ‘maniac along with Cathy! This program was brought to you by the Tabard Inn. “Tomatoes

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is getting a head start to the growing season! Chatting small-scale agriculture and the book “Microfarming for Profit: from Garden to Glory” with author Dave DeWitt and Bee Ayer, collective member and co-farm manager at the Youth Farm at BK Farmyards in Brooklyn, NY. Dave’s book is an entrepreneur’s guide which profiles successful microfarms around the country, teaches how to sell what’s produced, and specifies value-added products that can quickly increase the farmer’s bottom line—on five acres or less. Bee adds thoughts on the matter as well from her experiences in urban and youth farming and brings up the discussion on whether to grow things for the community versus growing items that will yield a higher profit. Thinking about getting into small-scale agriculture? Tune in for a great show! This program was brought to you by Whole Foods Market. “There’s actually a lot of land in New York City that is pretty good for growing. There’s a lot of under-utilize

Guten tag! Sprechen Sie Deutsch? This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is talking to Jeremy Nolen, chef and author of the recently released “New German Cooking: Recipes for Classics Revisited.” Jeremy tells Cathy how he became interested in German cuisine and his process researching for the dishes, though he shares that many of the dishes are featured on the menu of his restaurant Brauhaus Schmitz in Philadelphia. Very cozy and homestyle, the book celebrates fresh vegetables, grains, herbs, and spices as obsessively as it does pork, pretzels, and beer. Jeremy goes on to preview recipes from his family table, inspired by travels in Germany, such as the fischgulasch. After the break, Cathy gets Jeremy’s background and learns that he’s basically been cooking his whole life. Tune in for an interesting show! Auf Wiedersehen! This program was brought to you by Visit Napa Valley. “There’s so many German 1850 influences in cooking like streusel, for one, is a tipping for pies, sauerkraut, hotdogs, hamburger

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is discussing women in food media with two members of the Heritage Radio Network family, Leiti Hsu, host of WORD OF MOUTH and Mary Izett, co-host of Fuhmentaboudit!. The group chats about the lack of women in the food industry and the idea of the glass ceiling for women in the industry. Leiti shares her thoughts on the matter in the context of booking guests for her show, while Mary relates with her experiences in the beer world. After the break, Cathy, Leiti, and Mary comment on their pet peeves in the food industry, such as sexist beer labels, the Skinny Girl brand of products, and celebrity women coming out with cookbooks though they have no real connection with the food. Tune in to see what these ladies are looking forward to in the future and how they see the industry changing for the better. This program was brought to you by Edwards VA Ham. Photo by idrunkthat.com “I would like women to feel more welcomed in the home-brewing and beer community, period.”

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway dials in to the United Kingdom to chat with author Martine Bailey about her unique perspective on food featured in her latest book. Inspired by eighteenth-century household books of recipes, the recent release of “An Appetite for Violets” allowed Martine to indulge in her obsessions with food, history and travel. As an amateur cook, she tells Cathy her background including winning the Merchant Gourmet Recipe Challenge and that she was a former UK Dessert Champion, cooking at Le Meurice in Paris. In pursuit of authenticity, she studied with food historian Ivan Day and experienced Georgian food and fashion at firsthand with an historic re-enactment society. Tune in to hear all about Martine’s unique novel! This program was brought to you by The International Culinary Center. “I’m an amateur cook who really had two parallel interests!” [2:40] “It fascinated me to look into the history of cookery and also try to learn to do it.” [6:08] —Martine Bailey on Eat Your

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is checking up on your New Years resolutions and lending a helping hand chatting with author Leda Scheintaub about her book “The Whole Bowl: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Soups and Stews,” co-written by Rebecca Wood. Gluten-free and dairy-free recipes and cookbooks abound these days, yet there’s not been a great book exclusively about soups and stews. Leda shares with Cathy just how she and Rebecca developed a delicious and satisfying set of recipes to fill this gap complete with more than fifty recipes accompanied by beautiful photographs, not to mention nutritious delights, ranging from staples like a hearty vegetarian stock that will be the base for many other soups to exciting new possibilities like Congee Five Ways or Quinoa Hokkaido Pottage. No winter’s day should be without a delicious bowl of great soup! Tune in to hear the background and fun details behind putting the book together. This program was brought to you by Whole Foods Market. “Start a bone broth ha

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway chats with authors Ramin Ganeshram and Sarah Elton about sustainable, fresh cooking directed at kids and cooking from scratch. Ramin’s book, “FutureChefs: Recipes by Tomorrow’s Cooks Across the Nation and the World,” is a collection of 150 recipes drawn from the experience and kitchens of young cooks all over America. The book brings real, cooking-obsessed tweens and teens to the page as relatable characters who span a diverse social and cultural experience. Sarah’s, “Consumed: Food for a Finite Planet,” points out that many have lost touch with the soil—few of us know where our food comes from, let alone how to grow it—and we are at the mercy of multinational corporations who control the crops and give little thought to the damage their methods are inflicting on the planet. Our very future is at risk, and the group discusses how the upcoming generations of kids are the key to turning this all around. Tune in to hear the authors’ accounts of getting kids invol

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is talking Bulletproof Coffee with nutritionist Stephanie Middleberg of Middleberg Nutrition and expert barista Amanda Whitt. Bulletproof Coffee is a branch of the Bulletproof Diet describes itself as a highly nutritious, anti-inflammatory diet powered by healthy fats. The coffee itself claims to make its drinkers feel noticeably better than normal coffee that can leave one feeling jittery and cranky. Additionally, instead of adding milk or cream to the drink, Bulletproof encourages the use of grass fed butter as a mix in. Talking about this trend in coffee as well as grass fed butter, the group dissects the taste, diet, and everything else Bulletproof. Is this just another passing fad or will Bulletproof go on to influence the way we eat and drink? Tune in for some great insight! This program was brought to you by Whole Foods Market. “I think this is on trend and it will come and go pretty quickly.” [18:35] “On trends, this is pretty much another high fat low c

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway kicks off 2015 talking pig with Jimmy Carbone of Heritage Radio Network’s own Beer Sessions Radio. Also the producer of Pig Island, New York City’s definitive annual pork fest, Jimmy teamed with James Beard Award winning cookbook author Rachel Wharton to create a cookbook full of porcine goodness. “I LIKE PIG” tells the story of small, family-owned pig farms and their journey to the big city marketplace where renown chefs create delectable pork dishes at the outdoor cooking festival, Pig Island. The group discusses how each year dozens of chefs gather to celebrate the tri-state area’s agricultural bounty. “I LIKE PIG” is a community cookbook, offering up the greatest hits of recipes from the first four years of Pig Island and includes recipes and tips for cooking pork dishes at home. Friend and Pig Island participant, King Phojanakong, chef-owner of Kuma Inn and Umi Nom, plus Chef Jacques Gautier of Palo Santo join the show to add to the pig enthusiasm. Tune in fo

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is closing out 2014 with two wonderful guests: Helen Rosner of Saveur and Eater and Sara Kate Gillingham of The Kitchn to talk about their respective new cookbooks. Helen shares that Saveur’s “The New Classics Cookbook” features more than 1000 curated global recipes in an essential collection for home cooks everywhere. This selection celebrates the brand’s authority, heritage, and depth of worldwide culinary knowledge in what will become an indispensable and treasured guide for everyone who relishes authentic cooking and, of course, the magazine’s standard of excellence. Sara Kate tells that “The Kitchn Cookbook: Recipes, Kitchens & Tips to Inspire Your Cooking” has 150 recipes with 50 essential lessons, as well as a guide to organizing your kitchen. The book also provides storage tips, tool reviews, inspiration from real kitchens, maintenance suggestions, 200 photographs, and a ton more. Tune in to hear the inspirations and process behind putting the books to

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is chatting with Malin Elmlid, author of “The Bread Exchange: Tales and Recipes from a Journey of Baking and Bartering.” An ode to a life warmly lived, Malin’s book tells the story of one woman’s hunger for greater meaning in her life and how it has been enriched by the sharing of her handmade bread. From her cozy kitchen in Berlin to a flat in London, from a deck in New York City to huddling around a tandoor in Kabul, she shares discoveries, stories, and recipes from her inspiring travels, and highlights it all for Cathy. A busy fashion-industry professional with a bread-baking obsession, Malin tells Cathy how she started offering her loaves to others in return for recipes, handmade goods, and, above all, special experiences that come from giving generously of yourself. Tune in for a great show! This program was brought to you by Brooklyn Slate. “When you bake with sourdough, the health benefits are huge.” “For me it has been the biggest lesson to really go int

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway welcomes author and blogger Erin Alderson to the program. Author of “The Homemade Flour Cookbook: The Home Cook’s Guide to Milling Nutritious Flours and Creating Delicious Recipes with Every Grain, Legume, Nut, and Seed from A-Z,” Erin talks to Cathy about how she became inspired to dedicate an entire book on making this staple ingredient at home. She goes on to explain how milling at home can be less expensive and healthier than buying pre-ground flours. Much of the flour that is sold in grocery stores has been stripped of its nutrients and has extra ingredients and preservatives added to prolong shelf life. Not only that, but some flours, like almond, can run as high as $15 per bag! Exploring the different ways to grind flour including electric and non-electric grinders, food processors, blenders, and even coffee grinders, Erin strives to make it easy for any do-it-yourself homemaker to have fresh flour whenever needed. Tune in for an interesting conversation! T

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is talking leftovers! Welcoming guest Eugenia Bone, author of the recently released book “The Kitchen Ecosystem: Integrating Recipes to Create Delicious Meals,” Eugenia chats about great ways to reuse ingredients that you might otherwise discard. “The Kitchen Ecosystem” says that the secret to great meals is this: the more you cook, the less you actually have to do to produce a delicious meal. The trick is to approach cooking as a continuum, where each meal draws on elements from a previous one and provides the building blocks for another. Eugenia shares with Cathy that synchronicity is what defines a kitchen ecosystem and talks about what has inspired her to write with this unique and thrifty perspective. This program was brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery. “Prior to World War II everybody cooked this way because the food they had was fresh… after, we had the onset of the industrial food revolution and as a result people started to buy products in the

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway welcomes Laura Zinn Fromm, author of the new book Sweet Survival: Tales of Cooking and Coping out now on Greenpoint Press. Laura is also an accomplished editor and former Business Week Magazine reporter, but now spends a good deal of time on her blog Flawed Mom and as a contributor to The Huffington Post. Talking to Cathy about her background and journey in journalism, especially how she found that writing about food and family reinvigorated her, she shares a few stories from Sweet Survival: Tales of Cooking and Coping. Laura goes on to chat about how cooking and food writing have helped her cope with stress and anxiety throughout her life, which is also a theme throughout her book. Tune in to hear Laura’s wonderful perspective on food, writing, and family. This program was brought to by Whole Foods Market. “We all sleep, we all go to the bathroom, and we all eat. But you’re not going to talk about sleeping or going to the bathroom, because they’re boring and ki

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway welcomes Deirdre Heekin to the show, talking about her new book, “An Unlikely Vineyard.” Kicking off the episode, Cathy asks Deirdre to elaborate on the wine world in Vermont, considering that she is one of the wine pioneers in that area of the country. She goes on to talk to Cathy about the conundrum of being certified as organic or biodynamic for the grower versus what it means for the consumer. Notably, Deirdre is the proprietor and wine director of Osteria Pane e Salute, an acclaimed restaurant and wine bar in Woodstock, Vermont. Deirdre and her husband, head chef of the restaurant, live on a small farm in Barnard, Vermont, where they grow both the vegetables for their restaurant and natural wines and ciders for their la garagista label. Tune in to learn all about the wine happenings in Vermont and to hear highlights from her new book! This program was brought to you by Rolling Press. “Research your wine like you’d research your food.” [17:35] “I say get you

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is talking with author Janna Gur about her new recipe book, “Jewish Soul Food.” Just in time for upcoming holidays, Cathy kicks off the show asking Janna why she decided to take on writing this book. She elaborates that she wanted to bring the ‘greatest hits’ of Jewish grandmothers to North American readers. Considering herself more of a curator of wonderful recipes at her disposal, she explains that she nearly prefers that title to cookbook author because the included recipes have been tried again and again and are not solely based on her personal tastes. Janna currently lives in Tel Aviv, Israel and sheds light on the environment there from the political turmoil to the cultural and culinary highlights. Tune in to hear all about the new book as well as the definition and differences between Ashkenazi and Sephardic cooking. This program was brought to you by Fairway Market. “The only way to really preserve a cuisine to cook it and find as many people as possible

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway welcomes Nick Balla and Cortney Burns of Bar Tartine restaurant in San Francisco. On the road talking about their upcoming cookbook “Bar Tartine: Techniques and Recipes,” Nick and Cortney share their inspirations for not only the restaurant but also what they decided to include in the book. Much of what the duo enjoy cooking has nostalgic memories attached and they elaborate that they pull culinary innovation from everywhere. Offering advice for the aspiring chef and restauranteur, Nick and Cortney go on to state that it is vital not to force anything and to do what you do, do it well, and make it delicious. Certainly this way of thinking has worked for their celebrated restaurant, and after the break Cathy gets the scoop on their ingredients, a lot of which are painstakingly made in house. Aged cheeses, spices, koji, and bottarga to name a few, are all processed at the restaurant and form the foundation on which the constantly evolving menu is built. The menu at

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is getting into the spirit of Cider Week! Welcoming James Beard Award winner and author of the new book “Apples of Uncommon Character,” Rowan Jacobsen, he and Cathy discuss that there is indeed life beyond Red Delicious, and even the Honeycrisp Apple. While supermarkets limit their offerings to a few waxy options, apple trees with lives spanning human generations are producing characterful varieties. Rowan explains during an in-studio apple tasting that such apples are now in the midst of a rediscovery. From heirlooms to new designer breeds, a delicious diversity of apples is out there for the eating. With guidance from Rowan’s book, readers can find 20 recipes, savory and sweet, resources for buying and growing, as well as a guide to the best apple festivals. Ring in fall and rediscover the apple in this episode! This program was brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery. “Fuji and Gala are on a world domination campaign.” [5:00] “The apple falls wicked far

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is talking with author Suzanne Cope about her new book Small Batch: Pickles, Cheese, Chocolate, Spirits, and the Return of Artisanal Foods. Along for the episode, Suzanne is joined by Laena McCarthy, Marisa Wu, and Brian Ballan, who are some of the producers featured in Suzanne’s book. Marisa Wu is a founder of Salty Road taffy, Laena is the founder of Anarchy in a Jar, and Brian Ballan runs A & B American Style condiments. All of these guys specialize in small batch food. Chatting about the boom of artisanal foods, they explain the concept of “co-op-etition.” This term refers to the small businesses working together and networking in order to help each come up in the food world. Also discussing what it really means to be considered artisanal, the topic of being officially certified as organic is touched upon, plus a lot more. Tune in to hear why these small batch businesses do what they do and what they have planned for the future. This program was brought to