Broadcast live every Friday from 12 - 1pm on WNHH 103.5 FM and available via webstream at the New Haven Independent's website, Kitchen Sync features interviews with people from New Haven who make, work on, present, or otherwise do interesting things around food.
Lucy Gellman catches up with WNHH host, fitness guru and Mmm Pies small business owner Mubarakah Ibrahim about a new proposed ordinance to change laws around "micro" food businesses in the city.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to 12 year-old "Kidpreneur" Trenton Hannah and his mom Merieta Bayati about Trenton's new venture, Kettle Kid LLC.
On this episode, Lucy Gellman talks to filmmaker Jim O'Connor and chef Ricky Evans about O'Connor's new documentary, Family Meal.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman sits down with Caseus Fromagerie & Bistro Owner—and resident gourmand—Jason Sobocinski about his plan to close Caseus after 10 years, and reopen it with a new menu, mission, and partnerships in mind.
On this short episode, host Lucy Gellman welcomes herbalist and master garden intern Rachel Heerema to talk about an upcoming colonial herb swap and workshop at the Pardee Morris House.
It’s podcaster to podcaster, with hops and art! On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to AJ Keirans, host of the podcast “16 oz Canvas,” about his upcoming exhibition “The Art of Craft Beer” at Kehler Liddell Gallery in Westville. The exhibition runs July 14-29 at 873 Whalley Ave.
Summer meals are back at 79 sites throughout the city! On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to NHPS Food Services Director Gail Sherry and United Way of Greater New Haven Director of Impact Jason Martinez about the program, food insecurity in New Haven, and what New Haveners can do to help.
Host Lucy Gellman talks to barista, chef, polyglot and musician Coulter Davis about music, food, New Haven, and his new-old solo act "Clones of Clarence."
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Atticus Bookstore and Cafe's new head baker, Josh Kanter, about his yeasty journey from New Mexico to New Haven, and is plans for the bakery now that he's in place.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Raven Blake and Dishaun Harris (Native Praxis) about the upcoming launch of their new organization, Love Fed New Haven. The three talk about making personal gardens accessible to all New Haveners, the importance of reclaiming one's health, and the social imbalance that comes from well-meaning white people running nonprofits.
A conversation with Tagan Engel and Lucy Gellman of The Kitchen Sync podcast on the importance of telling the passover holiday liberation story and the complications and responsibilities of being a white Jew. Oh and some food talk too...
On this episode, Lucy Gellman talks to members of the team behind Vagabund Brauerei about an exploding -- and fairly American -- craft beer scene in Berlin, Germany. They talk about what it means to be an American brewer in Germany, what the demand is, what training looks like, and how German beer laws make the whole thing more complicated.
Host Lucy Gellman talks to Alisa Bowens-Mercado about her brand new beer company, Rhythm Brewing Co.
On this short episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to students at New Haven Reads about Dr. Seuss as they gear up to celebrate his birthday.
On this episode, Lucy Gellman talks to Sadilka Lopez, growing entrepreneur with the New Haven Land Trust, about her love for cooking and homegrown sofrito business.
Did you know that the U.S. throws away 40 percent of its food supply each year? Or that that food comes at a cost of $165 million? Or that it could be going to the one in five kids who don't have enough to eat on a daily basis? Across the country, an organization called Food Rescue U.S. is trying to spread that knowledge—and change that narrative. Each week, it pairs hundreds of donors—institutions, restaurants, and grocery stores that have excess food—with the people and places that need them. On this episode of Kitchen Sync, host Lucy Gellman talks to Lori Martin, New Haven site director for Food Rescue U.S. To find out more about the organization, listen to this episode!
Host Lucy Gellman chats with artist and student Jules Larson about her upcoming exhibition at Koffee? on Audubon, and the wacky and wonderful confluence of food, DIY practice, and painting in her life.wnhhcommuniyradio
On this episode, Lucy Gellman sits down with Laura Hurwitz, founder of Jake's Mom's Cookies, to talk about what starting a food business means when you've already worked several careers.
On this episode, hosts Lucy Gellman of Kitchen Sync and Tagan Engel of The Table Underground tag team an interview with Ony Oboicha, Caroline Smith and Margaret Lee about a new food entrepreneurship meetup in town.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman sits down with chef Nadine Nelson of Global Local Gourmet to talk about her role at the recent James Beard House Dinner during New York African Restaurant Week 2017, how diasporic foods can factor into cuisine, and what her holiday table will look like from late November until New Year's.
Host Lucy Gellman talks to original Foodie Fatale Jocelyn Ruggiero about her new business (foodiefatale.com) and how loving what we eat can empower women.
Host Lucy Gellman talks to educator and writer Mercy Quaye and her baker friend Ashlee Niedospial about wedding cakes, and how they are using them to change expectations and fight the wedding industrial complex.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman chats with Irish pub guru Damian Cashman about growing up in Ireland, a wildly changing pub scene in the U.S., and how he is using his newest endeavor "The Rambling Inn" to pay it forward.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to musician Adam Matlock about his love for the accordion, nonlinear path to Klezmer music, and general refusal to use recipes. Matlock is a teacher at Neighborhood Music School and musician in the New Haven community. To date, he has released three albums: Small Mercies, under the name An Historic; Solstice, under the name Nahadoth (ambient atmospheric synth), and Lungfiddle under his own name.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to entrepreneur and caffeine connoisseur Katherine McComic about Downtown Table, a two-wheeled coffee cart venture that has taken her to Wooster Square.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman welcomes Moosewood Cookbook author Mollie Katzen to talk about ratatouille, and how a dish can become an obsession. Stay tuned for a quick review of the 2007 Pixar film in the second half.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman sits down in the studio with New Havener Netta Hadari, former director of development for Music Haven, about his newest business venture: a homemade ice cream shop on wheels. The two discuss Hadari's decision to found Whatisreal_icecream, and talk through some of the challenges facing small food businesses in the city today.
Host Lucy Gellman welcomes Jill Meyerhoff, Wellness Education & Outreach Coordinator at Cornell Scott Hill Center, and New Haven Food Policy Council members Mark Firla and Billy Bromage about New Haven's Free Summer Meals program. The program runs from June 27 to August 18, 2017 at 80 sites across the city.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Fallon Daniels and Gwen Newton of the New Haven Adult & Continuing Education Center about a new food pantry at their headquarters, and how to fight food insecurity in their student population.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Paul Belbusti, founder and frontman of Mercy Choir, about food, friends, and the group's monthly residency at Never Ending Books.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman sits down with New Haven Independent Arts Editor Brian Slattery and New Haven Review theater critic Donald Brown to talk about "The Most Beautiful Room in New York," a new musical about New York's cutthroat culinary scene on at Long Wharf Theatre through May 28. Spoiler: if you loved this musical, don't listen to the podcast, because we didn't.
On today's episode of Kitchen Sync, host Lucy Gellman is joined by Deep Focus host Tom Breen and local filmmaker Jim O'Connor to talk about Food Haven, O'Connor's new documentary that explores New Haven's rich and varied culinary scene.
On this episode host Lucy Gellman talks to Language Chef Robert t M. Aiudi about the linguistic origins of Easter, and traditions that have since blossomed around the globe.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Repair The World Program Associate Sam Sittenfield about the organization's annual social-justice themed Haggadah, and how matzah isn't always just matzah.
Host and New Haven Independent Reporter Lucy Gellman talks to Mmm Pies founder and chef Mubarakah Ibrahim about the history of bean pie, and what the journey from bean pie hobbyist to business owner has meant for her.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) Executive Director Steve Werlin and Board President Will Melton about an inaugural "Breaking Bread Dinner" and fundraiser at the Soup Kitchen on Friday, March 24.
On this episode host Lucy Gellman talks to Dawn Crayco, Connecticut Program Director at FoodCorps, about what a service year in anti-hunger advocacy and education really means.
On this short episode, host Lucy Gellman speaks with Peter, Michelle and Abby Guo of Great Wall restaurant and Language Chef Robert Aiudi about the significance of the Lunar New Year in their lives, and how they plan to practice it this year. wnhhcommunityradio
On the eve of Valentine's Day, host Lucy Gellman talks to colleagues Tom Breen and Brian Slattery -- and reads comments from the community -- about why we make food for the people we love.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman interviews New Havener Karen Ponzio about the phenomenon of "Beersplaining" that she has observed while out on the town as an arts reporter and consumer of both culture and beer.
On this episode, host and WNHH station Manager Lucy Gellman talks to author and journalist Lee van der Voo about her new book "The Fish Market: Inside the Big Money Battle for the Ocean & Your Dinner Plate" (Palgrave St. Martins, 2016) and how sustainable "sustainable fishing" actually is.
On this episode host and WNHH Station Manager Lucy Gellman takes messages from folks in the community -- and a few across the country! -- about their own holiday food traditions.
Host and WNHH Station Manager Lucy Gellman talks to Yale students Aaminah Bhat, Stella Shannon and Rashid Akbari about the recent formation of Students of Salaam, a community-focused group at Yale, and their upcoming part in a cooking class with two Syrian refugee moms at the New Haven Free Public Library.
WNHH Station Manager and host Lucy Gellman talks to Josh Wilder, a political playwright working on his MFA at the Yale School of Drama, about the intersection of food, food security, and magical realism in his work, most of which takes place in his hometown of Philadelphia.
On this short episode of Kitchen Sync, host Lucy Gellman talks to Elaine Carroll, executive director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and brewers Tyler Jones of Black Hog Brewing Co. and Kevin Mark of No Worries Brewing Co. about the NHSO's upcoming "Beers, Beards and Brahms!" concert, and why craft brewing and classical music aren't so different.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Lucy Nolan, Executive Director of End Hunger Connecticut, and fellow WNHH host Babz Rawls-Ivy, editor of the Inner-City News CT, about food insecurity, national politics, and how local and national elections affect the allocation of federal funds to social benefits.
On this episode, host and WNHH Station Manager Lucy Gellman talks to chef, activist and Global Local Goumet Guru Nadine Nelson about her upcoming "Harvest Mandalas" project, part of City Wide Open Studios' traveling artists weekend on Oct. 22 and 23 in New Haven, CT.
On this episode, host and WNHH station manager Lucy Gellman checks in with language chef Robert Aiudi about the origins of Halloween and growth of the candy industry in the U.S
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Amy Tenenbaum, a student at Central Connecticut State University studying Strategic Communication and Women Gender Sexuality Studies who dedicates much of her time to eating disorder awareness, about the upcoming National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) walk in New Britain, CT. This is her fifth year involved with NEDA and second as coordinator. The walk aims to raise money for the National Eating Disorder Association to use for research, program funding, advocacy and more. This year's walk will take place at CCSU Saturday, October 22, 2016 in the Student Center Circle. Registration begins at 10 am. Sign up online at NEDAWALK.org/Hartford2016
On this episode, Kitchen Sync host Lucy Gellman takes a look at tikkun olam, high holy day food drives in New Haven, and how folks can get involved.
On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Maureen Johnson, president of MLJ Consulting & Services and board member of Jesse Hardy's Homelessness Outreach Project (J-Hop), about J-Hop's upcoming "Extravagant Cookout for the Homeless," from 12-4 p.m. on Sept. 24 at New Haven's Scantlebury Park.