Episodes
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In this week's episode, Stephen chats with art historian, author, and educator Shana Klein about politically charged fruit, what bananas have to do with coups and clothing stores, and her latest book The Fruits Of Empire: Art, Food, And The Politics of Race In The Age Of American Expansion.
Sharing her meticulous research, while examining traditional art history and empires (by highlighting overlooked perspectives from the margins), Klein helps shed light on the deeper interpretations and symbolisms in something as innocuous as a bowl of fruit in an oil painting.
Shana Klein is an award-winning assistant professor at Kent State University.
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We are back! And to welcome us back from hiatus, and joining Stephen in conversation, is Co-Executive Director for the Black Farmer Fund (BFF) Melanie Allen. The BFF is a community-led organization that helps fund and facilitate capital and networking opportunities for Black farmers, land stewards, herbalists, and other food actors.
Melanie sits on a variety of Advisory Boards, and in 2023 became a Castanea Fellow, joining a cohort of food systems actors and leaders across the country. Melanie Allen’s work at the BFF continues to propel dialog surrounding climate change, environmental justice, community investment fund models, and food sovereignty.
Stephen and Melanie chat about the astonishing work that the BFF has already achieved in its short time on the scene while sharing in the joy of witnessing the growing numbers of black agrarians.
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Have you ever been mesmerized by the food in TV and movie scenes? Or wondered what the process of creating those dishes is like? We have, so we asked Christine. Christine Tobin is a food stylist and culinary creative working in film, television, and editorial with a mission to bring stories to life through the beauty and culture of food.
Christine’s most recent work can be seen in the dishes and meals gorgeously and abundantly prepared on the HBO MAX’s hit show Julia, based on the life of Julia Child in the 1960s in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The second season of Julia aired on November 16th, and Stephen chatted with Christine about the significance Julia has had on Christine’s personal life, her career, and how she is bringing food to life on camera, personifying the dishes as their own character with their own identity.
You want to see more of Christine Tobin's work at https://www.christinetobin.com/
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Darra Goldstein is an icon in the world of food academia and publishing. She is the Founding Editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture and has published widely on literature, culture, art, and cuisine and is the author of six cookbooks, including recently released Preserved: Fruit and Preserved: Condiments all about the art of preserving. She currently serves on the Kitchen Cabinet of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and on the Advisory Board of the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.
On episode 14, Darra and Stephen chat about her time living abroad in Russia during the Cold War as a US Information Agency, how Russian literature helped shape her love of food, and falling in love with Georgia and Georgian cuisine. Darra shares her journey to launching Gastronomica, which mirrors Whetstone’s origin story in many ways.
You can learn more about Darra Goldstein's prolific body of work at https://darragoldstein.com/
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Michael Cruse has amassed a passionate following of wine lovers since he first launched Ultramarine, a wine light ruby in color and full of fine bubbles, in 2008. So much so that you now have to join a waitlist to get a bottle. Using sparkling wine to examine uniquely Californian soils, in 2013 Michael opened Cruse Wine Co. based in Petaluma, California.
In 2016 he was named the San Francisco Chronicle's Winemaker of the Year. He also happens to be one of Stephen’s favorite winemakers in the world.
On this episode, Michael shares the realities of running a successful craft wine business and what it takes to run an enduring company year after year.
If you want to try Cruse Wine yourself you can find them at https://www.crusewineco.com/
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If you’re not already familiar with rising star Ana Castro, here is your chance to get to know her. In 2021, Ana opened Lengua Madre in New Orleans with a vision to elevate our current understanding of Mexican cuisine. She is now in the process of opening her first first solo venture as chef-owner, called Acamaya, which will open in the spring of 2024 and feature coastal Mexican seafood.
Stephen chats with Ana about her experience with culinary school and whether the venture is worth it. When it comes to passing down culinary knowledge, Ana makes it clear she feels a passion and personal need to protect her recipes ensuring they are shared with the right hands.
Learn more about Ana Castro and Lengua Madre https://www.lenguamadrenola.com/
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Music by Catherine Yang
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Welcome back to season 2 of The Stephen Satterfield Show! This season we talk to some of the most dynamic people doing passion filled work in the food world.
We're especially thrilled to be starting off this season with the incredibly accomplished Roger Ross William, director of both seasons of High on the Hog. Roger is an Oscar, Emmy, and Peabody award winning director and producer, and the founder of the production company One Story Up. With the release of his first scripted feature Cassandro, The Supermodels on Apple TV+ and Stamped from the Beginning, based on the book by Ibram X. Kendi, on Netflix and season 2 of High on the Hog, Roger has a lot to share about his very fruitful fall.
We’re honored to have the opportunity to sit down with Roger and learn nuggets of expertise from him, what sparks his cinematic masterpieces, and recap the experience of filming High on the Hog.
If you have a question about the second season of High on the Hog, you can email them to [email protected]
Learn more about Roger Ross Williams work at rogerrosswilliams.com/
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Music by Catherine Yang
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Today’s guest is Chef Gregory Gourdet! This is a special episode for a couple different reasons, first and foremost, because Gregory’s restaurant Kann was very recently awarded Best Restaurant in the Country 2023 by the James Beard Foundation. Congrats Chef Gregory. Gregory is a chef of Haitian descent, and Kann is brilliant depiction of intention and skill.
Stephen and Gregory chat about Kann’s origin story, Gregory’s journey to sobriety, his time on Top Chef, the future of Kann’s direct-to-consumer coffee… and the best part, in which Stephens declare Portland, Oregon the very best food city in the USA.
Learn more about Chef Gregory and Kann work at https://kannrestaurant.com
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On today's episode, Stephen chats with Hanif Abdurraqib, an award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His newest release, A Little Devil In America (Random House, 2021) was a winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and the Gordon Burn Prize. In 2021, Abdurraqib was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.
Stephen and Hanif talk about his work as a poet, how he got his new role at the New Yorker and most importantly, what makes the perfect chocolate chip cookie. You can also check out Hanif’s passion project 68to05.com which is a music archival project full of essays and playlists.
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Giaae Kwon is a food and culture writer who divides her time between Brooklyn and Los Angeles and author of Decolonizing Korean Food in volume 11 in Whetstone magazine. It’s an incredible article and if you haven't had a chance to read it, you can find it on our website, whetstonemagazine.com.
Giaae and Stephen talk about the Korean dish kimbap and how many Korean dishes are often referred to as the Japanese version of a dish, that’s in part due to Japanese occupation and colonization in Korea. The Japanese occupation of Korea impacted food in many ways but two areas significantly, as Giaae writes: “Japan industrialized food, and it brought the West into the Hermit Kingdom, from building European-style department stores to making bread a more accessible part of food culture. As Korean agriculture and manufacturing were siphoned off to support Japan’s military, both directly and indirectly, Koreans’ access to their food began to change. Korean rice was exported to Japan; canning factories were established to can fish and beer for Japan’s use; and soy sauce was industrialized and made in a Japanese style.” Giaae writes at length about these shifts in foodways and identity in her article.
They also chat K-Pop and how music was greatly influenced by US Military and soldiers in Korea in the 1940’s.
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During and post pandemic, over 90,000 restaurants closed. On today’s episode Stephen chats with Reem Assil, chef and owner operator of Reem's California. Reem talks about her restaurant surviving the pandemic when so many shuttered, the fragility of the restaurant sector and the labor force, the ways people have been over-extended pre-covid and how Reem strives for employment equity through her restaurants.
Reem Assil is a multiple award-winning Palestinian-Syrian speaker & chef based in Oakland, CA working at the intersection of food, community, and social justice. With food as a tool, Reem uses Arab hospitality to build strong, resilient community.
Learn more about Reem at www.reem-assil.com
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On today’s episode of The Stephen Satterfield Show, Stephen speaks with the one and only Soleil Ho. Soleil is an opinion columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. Prior to that, Soleil was a game changing food critic for not only the Chronicle but ultimately our entire industry.
Soleil and Stephen talk about their rise in food media, changing social platforms, like TikTok and Twitter, AI and algorithms and what that means for the future of food writing, food media and aspiring writers.
Learn more about Soleil’s work at soleilho.com
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On today’s episode Stephen chats with Alicia Kennedy, an award winning writer from Long Island now based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Alicia and Stephen chat about food media, and the trials and tribulations of writing a book, especially one about veganism which is often seen as an unprestigious subject. Also the topic of fake meat, culinary tourism and how to travel with integrity and curiosity are discussed.
Alicia is the author of the forthcoming book No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating, available on August 15, 2023. On her weekly newsletter, From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, with over 25,000 subscribers she writes about food culture, politics, and media, has been mentioned by the New York Times, Vogue, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Eater among many others. And now she can add teacher to her resume as she’s teaching the culinary tourism course at Boston University’s gastronomy program this spring.
Learn more about Alicia’s work and her newsletter at www.aliciakennedy.news
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On today's show Stephen chats wine with someone we've admired in the wine industry for awhile, fellow sommelier, Femi Oyediran. Femi is the co-owner of Graft wine shop in Charleston, SC.
He found his passion for wine at a young age while working at the Charleston Grill and during his time there, he made the rare achievement of passing the first three levels of the Court of Master Sommeliers within two years. He is a two-time national finalist for the Chaîne des Rôtisseur's Best Young Sommeliers Competition. And in 2018 he was awarded Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s ‘40 Under 40’ and was selected as “Sommelier of the Year” by Food and Wine Magazine in 2019.
On this episode we chat about becoming a sommelier in a predominantly white space, his passion for music and pairings of music and wine, and our thoughts on the influx of a sober curious generation.
Learn more about Graft Wine Shop at www.graftchs.com
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Julia Fine is a writer and historian pursuing a PhD at Stanford in food and environmental history of the British Empire. Her work on the history of food, environment, and empire has been recognized by the Association for the Study of Food and Society, the Association of Food Journalists, and the World History Association. Before moving to California, she did public history work at museums in Washington DC.
Stephen and Julia chat’s about the herbal abortifacients is incredibly timely with the recent fall of Roe v. Wade as we learn the history of abortion practices. Julia co-authored an article “Pennyroyal, Rue and ‘Hickry Pickory’”Herbal abortifacients are deeply rooted in American history” which is published in whetstone magazine volume 11.
Julia is the first in a series of guests we’re chatting with who have written for volume 11, so if you check out the magazine you can read along as the episodes air.
Find the full article on our website.
Learn more about Julia’s work www.juliafine.com
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Stephen and Christa chat about her career shift to becoming a farmer after working as a healthcare professional, what inspired her love of agriculture, becoming an entrepreneur and the balance of motherhood, success and sacrifice. Since 2018, Christa has developed earth-born brands based in regenerative agricultural values with a goal of traceable and transparent origins of 100% Organically Dope foods. Viva Leaf Tea and FarmerJawn Agriculture are her original two ventures and she now operates a non-profit arm on multiple sites totaling 128 acres of land, with the mission is to train and educate the nation’s next Black and brown Agripreneurs.
Learn more about Farmer Jawn at farmerjawnphilly.com
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To start this show we couldn’t think of a better person to join Stephen than our good friend Sana Javeri Kadri, founder of Diaspora Co. a direct trade spice company working towards a radically equitable and sustainable spice supply chain.
Sana was born and raised in Mumbai, India. In 2017 she founded Diaspora Co and has grown the company to a nationally acclaimed spice brand that champions more than 150 regenerative family farms and 1200+ farmworkers with the aim of setting a new standard for what equity and culture in our global food system can look like.
On today’s episode we chat about what it’s like to own and operate a successful business, the challenges and demands of creating a social media persona and tokenism in the rise of celebrity making.
Learn more about Diaspora co at diasporaco.com
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The Stephen Satterfield Show launches April 12th! This is a show for the food curious, those who want to be inspired by change makers, activists, writers, entrepreneurs and be in the know on what’s happening in the world of food and drink. Every guest shares what has made their work and passion a success and why we should be paying attention. Join Stephen each week every week as we talk food culture, cuisine, and humanity.
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