Every good Rom-Com starts with a “Meet Cute” story. And what could be cuter than a first date story that revolves around food?
In this episode we share two: a cheese-infused one from Sarah and Chris Blackburn, who met, married and are now the publishers and editor of Edible Boston; and one from Dena and Noah Kowaloff. This one features an unlikely star: broccoli. Let’s have a listen.
In this episode we'll hear from the President of the Greater Boston Food Bank, Catherine D'Amato and from Northeastern University's Dining Director, Maureen Timmons. Most of us are inspired to cook meals for those we love. And then, there are those who choose to feed the many. They are a different breed.
In this episode we’ll hear from the President of the Greater Boston Food Bank, Catherine D’Amato and from Northeastern University’s Dining Director, Maureen Timmons.
Most of us are inspired to cook meals for those we love. And then, there are those who choose to feed the many. They are a different breed. Gracious, committed and generous. Why do they do it?
To us, they are exceptional heroes, especially in this time when food insecurity is soaring, and supply struggles to keep up with crushing demand. We cannot allow hunger cannot be the new normal.
Catherine' D’Amato
Catherine D’Amato is the president and CEO of the Greater Boston Food Bank, one of the largest and most effective Food Banks in the United States. Lauded for her extraordinary executive abilities and vision as well as her huge heart, Catherine is charged with figuring out how to feed hundreds of thousands of neighbors in need every day, which has risen multifold during the Covid-19 crisis. Destiny and the example of parents and grandparents overcame the of a California girl who dreamed of becoming a rock and roll singer, became a “professional food banker”. For information on how to help, visit www.gbfb.org
Maureen Timmons is the Director of Dining Services at Northeastern University. This means she oversees 31 different dining locations on campus that collectively serve 20,000 guests per day! Well known as a progressive in the world of college dining, during her twenty-year tenure at the university, Maureen has been “dedicated to amplifying co-creations between dining services, students, faculty and staff to enrich the overall educational experience.” Hear more from Maureen Timmons by listening to her TED Talk
Maureen Timmons
This episode features food writer and columnist, Mike Floreak –– and me, your host, Louisa Kasdon
We’ll each share a story about what happens when you love food. And your mother or mother-in-law could care less.
Mike Floreak on his mother-in-law, Mary: “Food was just one of the things Mary found disappointing. Like the people she met at Walmart. And my wife’s haircuts.”
Louisa Kasdon on her mother, Muriel Kasdon:
“We used to tell people not to eat anything at my mother’s house. Not the cottage cheese with the blue scooped out. Not the tomato paste left over from the Depression…If she could have fed us Special K and frozen potpies from her favorite Jewish butcher every night, that would have been fine with her.”
Listen as Annie B. Copps, senior editor of PBS food and Yankee Magazine, tells her funny story about her Valentine’s Day antics that led her to begin her very own Singles Awareness Day (SAD) Valentines Day traditions.
Annie reminds us that cooking lavish, romantic meals for those that we love—even platonically—is a wonderful gift to them, and us.
Renowned Chef, Jasper White, shares his experience with a very cranky customer, Andy Moes, and how they quickly became best friends.
Andy was the co-host of the Joe and Andy Show and listen to this podcast episode to hear how Andy pranked Jasper to make him look like the Ebineezer Scrooge of Thanksgiving.
Jasper celebrates his late, beloved friend and their antics together in this touching story.
Join Lydia Shire and Will Gilson as they talk about how intertwined food and love can be, sometimes in very surprising ways.
Hear Lydia talk about how bringing a buttercream cake to a job interview landed Lydia her first restaurant job at Maison Robert where she worked with Julia Child and within three years, she became head chef.
“If this olive-skinned man who smelled like a pack of Marlboro cigarettes told me I needed this rice dish in my life, imagine if I could bring it back to the United States and use it to charm women?”
Will Gilson tells his story about discovering the perfect risotto recipe in Italy as an angst-filled teen helped him shake off the emotional turbulence of his parent’s divorce. And eventually helped him meet the woman of his dreams.
