A podcast from food industry professionals to share the latest news and trends through conversations with thought leaders who are shaping what we will all enjoy tomorrow.
The Epicurean Unicorn podcast is a delightful and educational exploration of the baking industry and the science behind our favorite foods. Hosted by Braden, Amanda, Conni, and featuring expert guest Alex de los Reyes, each episode is a casual and conversational discussion that makes learning about the industry fun and accessible. With its informal tone and informative content, this podcast offers a unique perspective on the nuances of baking.
One of the best aspects of The Epicurean Unicorn podcast is its ability to make complex topics relatable and interesting. The hosts have a great dynamic with each other and with guest experts, creating an engaging atmosphere throughout each episode. Their passion for baking and food science is evident, adding an infectious energy to the discussions. It's refreshing to listen to a podcast that doesn't take itself too seriously while still providing valuable information.
Another standout feature of this podcast is its focus on the science behind baking. From exploring how ingredients interact with each other to discussing the health benefits of certain products, The Epicurean Unicorn delves into the technical aspects that most baking enthusiasts would love to learn more about. This provides a deeper understanding of why certain techniques or ingredients are used in specific recipes, making it a must-listen for anyone looking to improve their own baking skills.
While there are many positive aspects of this podcast, one potential downside is that it may not appeal to those who are not already interested in baking or food science. The topics covered are quite niche, which could limit its appeal to a broader audience. However, for those who do have an interest in these areas, The Epicurean Unicorn offers a wealth of knowledge in an entertaining format.
In conclusion, The Epicurean Unicorn podcast is a delightful blend of fun and education for food enthusiasts and bakers alike. With its relaxed and conversational style, it feels like listening to friends chat about their shared passion for all things baked goods. While it may not be everyone's cup of tea, for those with an interest in the baking industry, it is a must-listen podcast that offers valuable insights and fascinating discussions.
Send us a textOur episode was invaded by two small family members sharing their favorite Passover foods. Find our previous bonus episode on Passover here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-episode-passover/id1523500120?i=1000556376509Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
Send us a textReturning guest Matthew Kaplowitz joins us for a special announcement about a new project he is working on. You can find information about Matthew and his projects as well as information related to his new endeavor here: Trek Untoldhttps://www.trekuntold.com/Press Record Studios https://pressrecordstudios.com/Trek Long Islandhttps://treklongisland.com/Star Trek Cookbookhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Star-Trek-Cookbook/Chelsea-Monroe-Cassel/9781982186289Themed Restaurants https://trekmovie.com/2008/07/06/trek-eats-a-look-at-trek-themed-eateries/Ethan Phillips' Cookbookhttps://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek_CookbookFind Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
Send us a textSloan is back for more and we learn about how a well known national brand got their start. References and further reading: https://americanbakers.org/news/women-baking-pioneers-did-it-their-wayhttps://www.foodandwine.com/cooking-techniques/baking/bread-bakers-around-the-worldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Silverton#:~:text=Nancy%20Silverton%20(born%20June%2020,breads%20in%20the%20United%20States.Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
Send us a textSloan is back with more stories. Thank you Sloan for these special episodes for Women's History Month. Resources and Further Reading:https://americanbakers.org/news/women-baking-pioneers-did-it-their-wayhttps://www.foodandwine.com/cooking-techniques/baking/bread-bakers-around-the-worldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Silverton#:~:text=Nancy%20Silverton%20(born%20June%2020,breads%20in%20the%20United%20States.Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
Send us a textWelcome to Sloan this week who in honor of Women's history Month has come prepared with stories of women in the baking industry. Thank you Sloan! References and further reading: https://americanbakers.org/news/women-baking-pioneers-did-it-their-wayhttps://www.foodandwine.com/cooking-techniques/baking/bread-bakers-around-the-worldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Silverton#:~:text=Nancy%20Silverton%20(born%20June%2020,breads%20in%20the%20United%20States.Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
Braden was able to attend BakingTech 2025 in Orlando, Florida and he is here to share with you about the amazing students who participated in the product development competition. Special thanks to the American Society of Baking for allowing us to record at BakingTech and to their director of education, Sarah Day, who manages the competition and spoke to us. Find more about ASB here. Learn about the National Honey Board here.University of Massachusetts Food ScienceCornell Food Science Oregon State University Food Science Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
We spoke with Andreas Duess of 6 Seeds Consulting about his work with the food industry and how we work now and can work in the future with A.I. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
We spoke with Sr. Applications Specialist Christopher Gizzi about Sunset Glaze and why it is great to shine so many bakery applications. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
Thank you to all who have listened throughout the year. Enjoy our final episode of 2024 while we work on new episodes for 2025. Have a wonderful New Year. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
the world's only sourdough Liberian, Karl de Smedt, talks with Will Grant, 2017 Caputo Cup Non-Traditional Division Champion about sourdough live from the Puratos Issaquah Innovation Center. Learn more about the Sourdough Library Find more about WIll's restaurants and his competition career Karl and Will have been on the show before so check out their previous episodes. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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 websiteFind Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
Braden hosts a conversation with special Guest host Brendan who spoke to Branden and Amy two of our summer interns from Johnson & Wales. Enjoy!Learn more about Johnson & WalesFind Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
We are excited to share an episode recorded by two of our summer interns, Brendan and Alex all about fruit and fruit fillings. Enjoy!Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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 Find IFT at:https://www.ift.org/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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=vHdLgEjx5KAhttps://themoth.org/storytellers/esther-mcmanusuipFind Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
The title says it all. Welcome back (if for however brief a time) Connie! Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find our more at:https://www.resactly.com/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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-libraryhttps://sourdoughlibrary.puratos.com/en/https://www.puratos.us/en/about-puratos/our-commitments/next-generation/product-heritage/sourdough-library Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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 hereJeff's Other Podcast Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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 LinkedinFranklin CoveyTrust and Inspire Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find out more about the CIA Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find the Food Bank at:https://foodbanksj.org/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
We spoke with Beth Karem-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. Find Erika Record on the web at: https://erikarecord.com/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find Tarsha and her business at:https://mrsjoys.com/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
We spoke with Tom Ranc, President of JAC North America all about JAC and their very interesting history and all about bread slicers. Find JAC at:https://www.jac-machines.com/us/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
Connie recaps and shares about her trip to the IFT FIRST convention that took place last month in Chicago. https://www.iftevent.org/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
Here is part of an unaired conversation with Chef Fran Costigan - Enjoy https://francostigan.com/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
We learn about the century egg from Connie and how she made one and how Braden successfully didn't taste it. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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! Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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/SavoryExperimentshttps://www.instagram.com/savoryexperiments/https://twitter.com/Savory_CookingFind Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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/pressFind Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
We speak with Ari Tulla of ELO Health about food as medicine and living a healthy lifestyle. Find ELO Health at:https://www.elo.health/articles/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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!Find Cocoa Press at:https://cocoapress.com/pages/contact@cocoapress- FB/IG/TWhttps://www.tiktok.com/@elianarose66Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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). Fine everything about Coinneach at his website:https://hebrideanbaker.com/Or follow him on TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@hebrideanbakerFind Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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.Find Monica at:https://chefmonicaglass.com/ Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find Yumi at:https://kseaweed.com/K-Seaweed Co (@k_seaweed) • Instagram photos and videoshttps://www.instagram.com › k_seaweedFind Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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!Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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 siteFind Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find Lei at:https://leishishak.com/https://www.instagram.com/leishishak/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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! Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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/Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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. Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagrampuratos.us
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