Episodes

  • Double Episode – Third generation owner Dino Figaretti on his James Beard award winning Italian restaurant and importer Nate Bradley answers every question about olive oil

    Double Episode – Third generation owner Dino Figaretti on his James Beard award winning Italian restaurant and importer Nate Bradley answers every question about olive oil
    May 12 2026
    Dino Figaretti’s nearly 80-year-old Italian restaurant in West Virginia was born from his great grandmother’s homemade pasta sauce. Now it’s been named a 2026 James Beard America’s Classics award winner. And he’s burnishing the legacy and grooming his son to take over. Plus, the next generation of another family business, olive oil importer Nate Bradley, tells all about the ingredient nearly everyone uses and few know much about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • Husband and wife Johnny and Kasie Curiel on building a Michelin-star-winning restaurant empire in the blink of an eye

    Husband and wife Johnny and Kasie Curiel on building a Michelin-star-winning restaurant empire in the blink of an eye
    May 5 2026
    Johnny and Kasie Curiel met working in the restaurant business, got married, and opened a restaurant of their own. Then, they quickly began opening a series of restaurants, winning Michelin stars at two that don’t fit the Michelin mold within their first year-and-a-half. Johnny also won Michelin’s 2024 Colorado Young Chef award. Most of the couple’s restaurants feature regional cuisines from Mexico, where Chef was born, but they’ve now opened a Spanish restaurant, and they are expanding beyond Colorado as well, to Charleston and Austin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • Chef Kevin O’Donnell on cooking in Italy and France, then coming home to create “Freestyle Italian” cuisine in Rhode Island

    Chef Kevin O’Donnell on cooking in Italy and France, then coming home to create “Freestyle Italian” cuisine in Rhode Island
    Apr 28 2026
    Chef Kevin O’Donnell cooked his way through high school at mom-n-pop joints in Rhode Island, then began a career that took him to Italy and France, with a stint at New York’s Michelin-starred Del Posto in between. In France, the restaurant where he was Executive Chef was named Best Bistro in Paris. Now back in his native Rhode Island, he owns two restaurants, one featuring what he calls Freestyle Italian cuisine and one offering an inventive array of pizzas. He is currently a 2026 semifinalist for the James Beard award as Best Chef Northeast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • BONUS EPISODE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE REAL ORGANIC PODCAST

    BONUS EPISODE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE REAL ORGANIC PODCAST
    Apr 24 2026
    With the recent commemoration of Earth Day, check out the Real Organic Podcast hosted by Linley Dixon and Dave Chapman. This episode features James Beard Award-winning author Nancy Matsumoto, who discusses her new book Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Sisters Sally Kawa and Kari Kawa Harding on the responsibility of running a beloved 104-year-old restaurant and winning a James Beard award

    Sisters Sally Kawa and Kari Kawa Harding on the responsibility of running a beloved 104-year-old restaurant and winning a James Beard award
    Apr 21 2026
    Sisters Sally Kawa and Kari Kawa Harding are keeping a glorious past alive as the third generation in their family to own an Omaha, Nebraska legend, Johnny’s Cafe. The beloved local landmark, now 104 years old and famous for steak and prime rib, recently won a 2026 James Beard America’s Classics award. And no, their grandfather’s name wasn’t Johnny, but when he first bought what was then a bar, he didn’t have the money to paint over the name on the building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Chef Aaron Bludorn on building a restaurant empire in Houston after winning a Michelin star as an Executive Chef for Daniel Boulud

    Chef Aaron Bludorn on building a restaurant empire in Houston after winning a Michelin star as an Executive Chef for Daniel Boulud
    Apr 14 2026
    Raised in Washington state, trained at the Culinary Institute of America, Chef Aaron Bludorn held a Michelin star for five years as Executive Chef of Daniel Boulud’s Café Boulud in New York. Now he’s running a growing group of his own restaurants in Houston, Texas. His latest, Perseid, was named a Bon Appétit Best New Restaurant for 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Chef Katarina Petonito on juggling the menus for three different restaurants out of one kitchen and putting a Filipino spin on all sorts of dishes

    Chef Katarina Petonito on juggling the menus for three different restaurants out of one kitchen and putting a Filipino spin on all sorts of dishes
    Apr 7 2026
    Chef Katarina Petonito grew up in the food biz. Her parents had a grocery store and catering company and as a child she would hang out with them and play while they worked. When she got a little older, she helped out in the business. Then, she decided that she wanted to cook for a living, and now is the executive chef for a unique culinary hybrid—cooking for three different Washington, D.C. restaurants from the same kitchen. The cuisines include New American and Italian and often feature the Filipino flavors she grew up with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • Chefs Eric Patterson and Jennifer Blakeslee on leaving Las Vegas and a Michelin star behind to cook their own way in Traverse City, Michigan

    Chefs Eric Patterson and Jennifer Blakeslee on leaving Las Vegas and a Michelin star behind to cook their own way in Traverse City, Michigan
    Mar 31 2026
    Chefs Eric Patterson and Jennifer Blakeslee met in the kitchen of an haute cuisine landmark in Las Vegas. After winning a Michelin star there, the friends decided to move on to open a place of their own. They chose the town Jennifer grew up in, Traverse City, Michigan where Eric says the bounty of local ingredients is second only to California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins