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Dan is hosting an upcoming event at South Beach Wine and Food Festival, but due to an abnormal amount of allergies to an unfortunate amount of food, he can't actually try many of the dishes he'll be discussing. That's where chefs Janine Booth and José Mendin enter the picture. Tony and Billy square off in today's "taste off" as they do their best to describe dishes served by Chef Booth and Chef Mendin so Dan can decide which taste the best...without actually tasting them. Plus, why does Billy get called to jury duty so often? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode George talks with Janine Booth. She is a multifaceted individual, identifying as a Marxist, trade unionist, and socialist-feminist. She is an author, poet, speaker, and tutor. Janine is also a RMT ex-Executive member, affiliated with Workers' Liberty, and describes herself as Autie and Bi, as well as being a PUFC fan. Remember to send us your questions for our next episode!
Today, I'm talking to Chef Jeff McInnis, the mastermind behind some of Miami's best restaurants. His unique style of cooking artfully blends traditional southern-style food with globally inspired twists. He's the creative force behind Yardbird, Root & Bone, Stiltsville Bar, Mi'Talia Kitchen, and Roots Coastal Kitchen. You'll hear how his farming roots inspired his culinary journey, and how this James Beard nominated chef harmonizes his professional and personal life with his wife, Chef Janine Booth. You'll discover their collaborative process in creating menus, and how Chef McKinnis balances creativity and the execution of an idea in a restaurant. What you'll learn from Chef Jeff McInnis The smell that reminds him of his southern childhood 3:25 How Jeff McInnis' perception of farm work evolved 4:00 Chef Jeff McInnis' first industry job 6:10 How he saved the day and began to work his way up 6:24 The power of positive feedback 9:30 Chef Jeff McInnis' culinary mentors 10:30 How the concept for Yardbird developed 12:13 The changes in his leadership style 15:15 Going from a chef to an owner 17:26 Balancing a household with two chefs 18:26 An upcoming project and how they're collaborating 20:03 Jeff McInnis' advice on working with your spouse 22:21 Lessons from being a restaurateur in New York 23:37 His first restaurant collaboration with his wife 25:12 Why location matters in a competitive industry 29:24 Where the fried chicken sandwich wasn't just a passing trend 30:53 The inspiration for opening an Italian concept 32:06 The conceptual restrictions of being a “southern food” chef 35:08 How sources of inspiration change over the years 36:41 What he wishes he had more time to do 37:58 One place that really triggered his creativity 38:22 How he builds a profitable menu and balances creativity 39:29 What pisses him off about how people write menus 41:37 Restaurants to try in Miami 45:51 Chef jeff McInnis' guilty pleasure food 47:32 Three inspirational cookbooks 48:06 What not to do in his kitchens 49:12 Necessary condiments 49:45 I'd like to share a potential educational resource, "Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door", my new book that features dialogues with accomplished culinary leaders from various backgrounds and cultures. It delves into the future of culinary creativity and the hospitality industry, drawing from insights of a restaurant-industry-focused podcast, ‘flavors unknown”. It includes perspectives from renowned chefs and local professionals, making it a valuable resource for those interested in building a career in the culinary industry. Get the book here! Links to other episodes with chefs from Miami After you listen to chef Jeff McInnis, don't miss out on the chance to hear from other talented chefs and gain insight into the world of culinary techniques. Check out the links below for more conversations with other chefs from Miami. Conversation with Pastry Chef Antonio Bachour Conversation with Chef Brad Kilgore Interview with Chef Jose Mendin Interview with Chef Nando Chang from Itamae Links to most downloaded episodes (click on any picture to listen to the episode) Chef Sheldon Simeon Chef Andy Doubrava Chef Chris Kajioka Chef Suzanne Goin Click to tweet I had not understood that Southern food was respected. I guess I didn't think Southern food was cool because I grew up with it. Click To Tweet I realized that the roots of where I was from were actually very valuable and the food that I grew up with, the fried chicken, the fish, all that stuff was cool and hip. Click To Tweet I do find myself not being as much of a risk-taker as I get older. I don't know if that's something that other chefs would share. Click To Tweet Social media Chef Jeff McInnis Instagram
Francesco and Ignacio co-founded Grove Bay Hospitality Group and both are currently its' Co-CEOs. The group has successfully launched an array of chef driven restaurants in partnership with celebrity chefs such as Jeremy Ford, Marcus Saumelsson, Jeff McInnis, Janine Booth and Giorgio Rapicavoli. Currently, the company owns and operates 9 different restaurants in Miami, and is bracing to launch five more, by the end of 2020. Grove Bay Hospitality Group was recognized by Restaurant Hospitality in their “RH 25 Most Innovative Multi-Concept Restaurant Groups”, was ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as the “#250 Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America”, and was named the “Business of the Year” by the South Florida Business Journal. In addition, Ignacio and Francesco were Finalists for the “EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award” during 2018. Grove Bay Hospitality Group was created in 2010 with the idea that it would be fully connected to the community. Like our logo, our founders and core team members have deep roots in South Florida. For us, this connection to our community can be in the form of opening a great restaurant, providing new jobs for our fellow Miamians, or even donating our time and resources to the many charities we support. Named Best Places to Work in 2017 and 2022 by South Florida Business Journal, Grove Bay aspires to enhance the lives of its guests, employees, communities and investors as a restaurant industry leader by developing innovative, memorable and highly successful restaurant concepts. From ingredients to customer service, Grove Bay is committed to delivering only the highest quality across all levels of operation. We believe that if we provide our guests with exceptional hospitality experiences, if we train and take care of our people, and if we're an active member of our community, then the performance and profits will take care of themselves. In 2022, two of Grove Bay Hospitality Group's restaurants were recognized by the world's most famous restaurant rating guide, Michelin. Stubborn Seed received one Michelin star and Red Rooster Overtown was awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand. Additionally, through incredible chef partnerships, Grove Bay has been a multi-semi-finalist nominee by the James Beard Foundation.
What should socialists do in the unions? A discussion led by RMT activist Janine Booth and UCU activist Josh. This is one of many discussions we had at our dayschool "After Corbynism: Building a New Left" on 27 November 2021 at the Camden School for Girls in London.
Janine Booth gives an illustrated talk about 'colour bars' on the UK railway between the end of the Second World War and their formal abolition in 1966. Video: https://youtu.be/YEuFPgmOdB4 This talk was given at an online meeting in September 2020 hosted by Workers' Liberty bulletins Tubeworker and Off The Rails. Future meetings: https://workersliberty.org/meetings Tubeworker: https://www.workersliberty.org/tubeworker Off the rails: https://workersliberty.org/rails
Grove Bay Hospitality Group, an 11-year-old restaurant company founded by Miami natives Francesco Balli, Ignacio Garcia-Menocal and Eddie Acevedo, has had a string of successes in recent years based on a strategy of pairing their solid business experience with creative chefs. That includes Miami restaurants Stubborn Seed, which showcases the culinary stylings of Jeremy Ford, Root & Bone and Mi’talia Kitchen & Bar, both run by the chef duo Janine Booth and Jeff McInnis, and the Miami location of Marcus Samuelsson’s concept Red Rooster. They also operate Stilltsville Fish Bar — a seafood concept in Miami Beach — a restaurant and entertainment center in the Brickell area called Ch’i, Glass & Vine in a park setting in Coconut Grove, and four airport concessions — Wolfgang Puck Express, Corona Beach House Providence Provisions and Rhode Island Burger Company. Coming up next is Bayshore Club — a 300-seat casual waterfront restaurant slated to open in the next six to eight weeks. Two of the founders, Balli and Garcia-Menocal — both certified public accountants by training — recently discussed the keys to their success, including how they have worked through the pandemic and have had a record-breaking sales year in 2021.
Tony Fletcher hosts a conversation with three fellow former fanzine editors and Jamming! contributors, Tim Kelly (Revolutionary Suicide/Fanzine of Noise), Janine Booth (Blaze) and Richard Edwards (Cool Notes). Janine and Richard were also active in the 'Ranting Poetry' scene of the 1980s, while Tim toured with D.I.R.T., and played in Flux of Pink Indians and was part of the One Little Indian label that emerged from that band.Their discussion about 1980s alternative culture, conducted across three continents, covers:politics and poetry,fanzines and football,soul music and sexism,animal rights and anarchy,rock, racism, reggae and Red Wedge. In other words, very much like the contents of a mid-80s issue of Jamming!Some specific highlights:Tim Kelly talks about touring Northern Ireland at the height of the 'Troubles' with Crass and D.I.R.T.,Janine talks about being one of the few female fanzine editors of the era, the dark side of which she recounts in the poem 'Lighting Rigged',Richard Edwards talks about confronting Steel Pulse's anti-gay sentiments in an interview for Jamming!, noting that diversity does not always come with equality.And, all four discuss how the values they acquired in the 1980s have stayed throughout their adulthood - and how, despite occasional major setbacks, we have witnessed considerable social progress in our time.Janine Booth is at:www.janinebooth.comwww.youtube.com/janineboothRichard Edwards contributes regularly to:https://www.soul-source.co.uk/Tim Kelly is at https://www.facebook.com/tim.kelly.7330Tony Fletcher's One Step Beyond podcast on Equal Playing Field:https://shows.acast.com/onestepbeyond/episodes/ep-28-equal-playing-field-first-halfhttps://shows.acast.com/onestepbeyond/episodes/ep-29-equal-playing-field-second-halfThe Best of Jamming!: Selections and Stories from the Fanzine That Grew Up 1977-86 is published by Omnibus Press and available as of Sep 23 '21 in the UK/EU; Dec 2 in the rest of the world.TonyFletcher.netOmnibusPress.com 'The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast Theme' is by Noel Fletcher. Editing assistance and art by Greg Morton.https://shows.acast.com/the-jamming-fanzine-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introductory speeches in a meeting of the same name by Janine Booth and Dinah Murray, August 2020. Sadly, Dinah recently died (July 2021). Many autistic activists have noted the great contribution she made and legacy she leaves as an autistic academic-activist. Can Marxism help us to understand autistic experience in modern capitalism? Janine Booth lead a discussion on this subject, asking can Marxism help us to understand autistic experience in modern capitalism? And how might Marxism inform our struggles for equality and liberation? Dinah Murray talks about the impact of capitalism on autistic people, attempts of bosses to specifically exploit autistic people, and more.. See this article and video here: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-03-29/marxism-and-autism-article-and-video
A conversation about Women's Health and Safety with Marie Harrington, Janine Booth, Mel Mullins, Cat Cray, Linda Martin and Shelly Asquith
RMT activists Janine Booth and John Pencott offer their views on fighting the wave of job cuts that face the rail industry. These were the opening remarks at an online meeting held on 16 July 2020, hosted by Tubeworker and Off The Rails, bulletins written by and for Tube and rail workers respectively and published by Workers' Liberty. Tubeworker: https://workersliberty.org/tubeworker OTR: https://workersliberty.org/rails Video: https://youtu.be/PtNKvZE07HQ All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio
"Minnie Lansbury - a different sort of Labour councillor", intro speeches with Janine Booth, author of 'Minnie Lansbury: suffragette, socialist and rebel councillor', and Selina Gellert, the great niece of Minnie Lansbury — from a meeting by the same name. Upcoming meetings at: https://workersliberty.org/meetings Video version: https://youtu.be/Cer7PeO0Nb4 Janine's books: https://fiveleaves.co.uk/product/minnie-lansbury-suffragette-socialist-rebel-councillor/ and https://www.janinebooth.com/writing/guilty-and-proud-it-poplars-rebel-councillors-and-guardians-1919-25 Two videos by Janine Booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8zC24zVOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8IFbUlmCDA Janine Booth will speak about this inspiring working-class woman. The daughter of Jewish immigrants to London's east end, Minnie was one of the Poplar Labour councillors who carried out extensive reforms in the interests of the borough’s working class and, when the council began to struggle financially, led a mass campaign for poor boroughs to receive more funding. Defying the Tory-Liberal coalition government, she went to prison as a result, along with 29 other councillors. They won! She was a member of both the Labour Party and the Communist Party inspired by the Russian Revolution. Before that she was a suffragette, a campaigner for the rights of war widows, orphans and disabled ex-servicemen. The Poplar council which took on the government in 1921 was very different from Labour councils today and Minnie Lansbury was very different from virtually all our Labour councillors. We can draw great inspiration from her story – what lessons can we learn for our struggles now?
PJ aka the Repeat Beat Poet, is a hip hop and spoken word artist, and an activist. He spoke to Janine Booth, a trade unionist, Workers' Liberty activist, and poet about George Floyd Protest, police, fighting racism, and more. Video: https://youtu.be/eN96j9nB2sg See https://www.facebook.com/repeatbeatpoet/ for PJ's page and https://www.facebook.com/JanineBoothTheBigJ for Janine's. More from Workers' Liberty at https://workersliberty.org **Questions asked** 1. What are your views on the recent events in the USA? The killings of George Floyd and Tony McDade, the protests, the police clampdown? 2. What are your views on the protests? 3. How do you respond to people who say they support peaceful protests but condemn ‘rioting’? 4. How similar or different do you think policing of BAME communities is between the USA and the UK? Why? 5. What specific demands do you think will be effective against police brutality? People have been variously calling for: defund the police; disarm the police; scrap the police; make the police accountable to elected scrutiny committees; sack all cops and make them reapply for their jobs; reorient the police towards helping vulnerable people and away from social control? Do you agree with these? Which do you prefer? Are there others that you would advocate? 6. As a spoken word artist, how have you used this medium to fight racism? What are its strengths and its limits in the anti-racist struggle? 7. Which other BAME spoken word artists (or writers or musicians) would you recommend people listen to/read? 8. To what extent do you think police brutality is an issue of class? 9. How well do you think the left and the labour movement involve BAME people and fight against racism? What more could it do? 10. How important is it for us to debate and educate ourselves about these issues? Are there any subjects or resources that you would recommend? **Poets, musicians, artists mentioned:** Solomon O.B. Aliyha Hasinah Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan George the Poet Kojey Radical Liv Winter Lowkey Boots Riley Nina Simone **Books/authors mentioned:** bell hooks Angela Davis The End of Policing by Alex Vitale (https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing free ebook) Staying Power by Peter Fryer The State of Africa by Martin Meredith Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century by Kehinde Andrews
Janine Booth interviews musician Rhoda Dakar, who talks about Two-Tone, policing, the centrality of class and much much more! Rhoda Dakar was in The Bodysnatchers and The Special AKA, and performed in "Free Nelson Mandela" Rhoda Dakar's latest single: https://orcd.co/standtogether Workers' Liberty anti-racist resources: https://www.workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources Rhoda's soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-463087528 The Dub Pistols: https://soundcloud.com/dubpistols The Special AKA: https://soundcloud.com/the-special-aka Video version of this audio: https://youtu.be/L2zRPf-YvPg
1919: strikes, struggles and soviets, a Workers' Liberty pamphlet, by Janine Booth. Part 1 of 5 contents: Blurb etc Ready for rebellion For those who fight for labour, Siegfreid Sassoon (poem) Militarists and mutinies Revolt on the Clyde Other sections: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-2-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-3-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-4-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-5-of-5 All articles online: https://workersliberty.org/1919 Buy the book: https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets Video introduction: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/video-introduction-1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets All Workers' Liberty audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio
Francesco and Ignacio co-founded Grove Bay Hospitality Group and both is currently its’ Co-CEOs. The group has successfully launched an array of chef driven restaurants in partnership with celebrity chefs such as Jeremy Ford, Marcus Saumelsson, Jeff McInnis, Janine Booth and Giorgio Rapicavoli. Currently, the company owns and operates 9 different restaurants in Miami, and is bracing to launch five more, by the end of 2020. Grove Bay Hospitality Group was recognized by Restaurant Hospitality in their “RH 25 Most Innovative Multi-Concept Restaurant Groups”, was ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as the “#250 Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America”, and was named the “Business of the Year” by the South Florida Business Journal. In addition, Ignacio and Francesco were Finalists for the “EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award” during 2018.
Francesco and Ignacio co-founded Grove Bay Hospitality Group and both is currently its’ Co-CEOs. The group has successfully launched an array of chef driven restaurants in partnership with celebrity chefs such as Jeremy Ford, Marcus Saumelsson, Jeff McInnis, Janine Booth and Giorgio Rapicavoli. Currently, the company owns and operates 9 different restaurants in Miami, and is bracing to launch five more, by the end of 2020. Grove Bay Hospitality Group was recognized by Restaurant Hospitality in their “RH 25 Most Innovative Multi-Concept Restaurant Groups”, was ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as the “#250 Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America”, and was named the “Business of the Year” by the South Florida Business Journal. In addition, Ignacio and Francesco were Finalists for the “EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award” during 2018.
Arguing for Autistic Rights: the backlash against neurodiversity and how to overcome it: Judy Singer, author of 'Neurodiversity: the birth of an idea'; Janine Booth, author of 'Autism Equality in the Workplace'; and Fergus Murray, co-founder of Autistic Mutual Aid Society, Edinburgh. For a video, see https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-27/arguing-autistic-rights-backlash-against-neurodiversity-and-how-overcome-it For the books, see https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autism-Equality-Workplace-Challenging-Discrimination/dp/1849056781 and https://www.amazon.co.uk/NeuroDiversity-Birth-Idea-Judy-Singer/dp/064815470X See https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-12/making-space-diversity and https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-05-22/two-and-half-cheers-neurodiversity
'Zetkin, Luxemburg and the German Social Democratic Women's Movement'. Discussion at Ideas for Freedom, led by Kelly Rogers and Kieran Miles, based on Lambeth AWL's socialist feminist reading group. See chapter by Janine Booth in workersliberty.org/why-soc-fem
April 2015. A transcript of this conversation is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/interview-janine-booth-poet-lpp-transcript-ep25.pdf David Turner is in Hackney, east London talking to Janine Booth about her part in the ranting poetry scene in the 1980s, poetry as one of many different platforms from which to speak and bring about change, political activism and union work, and being taken seriously as a woman in male-dominated scenes. Janine reads three poems: 'Mostly Hating Tories' - 00:00:14 'Real Rape' - 00:16:32 ‘The Housewife’s Trial’ - 00:24:47 www.twitter.com/Silent_Tongue www.janinebooth.com
Chefs Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth are as attractive in person as they were on Top Chef Seasons 5 and 11, respectively. But these two are much more than good looking people you once saw on TV. Well-beyond their quick-fire challenge days, they are in the midst of some real-life challenges of their own: running restaurants in two of the most demanding markets in the country, NYC and Miami. Partners in the kitchen (and at home) of both Root & Bone and the just-opened Sarsaparilla Club in Miami, they serve Southern comfort food (and some award-winning fried chicken) in NYC while their Miami hotspot is creates a twist on the dim sum experience with a comfort food bent. We hang with their dog, Baci, and begin to break down the biz of what happens when Southern food meets new audiences and new cooking methods.
This week’s guests: Leah Cohen & Janine Booth New York native Leah Cohen is no stranger to good food. Growing up as a half Filipina and half Russian-Romanian Jew, her childhood culinary background was eclectic to say the least. Cohen draws inspiration from this worldly knowledge and translates it on the plate at Lower East Side restaurant, Pig and Khao, her first solo venture and the new and exciting center of Southeast Asian food in New York City. “Culinary school is great for the resume but it depends what you take from it.” [11:00] — Leah Cohen on Radio Cherry Bombe Growing up in Australia, Janine was surrounded by unique flavors from all over the world which inspired her to embark on a culinary journey throughout Europe, Asia and beyond. Janine’s travels lead her to Miami, Florida, where she studied Culinary Arts at Le Cordon Bleu and worked in restaurants alongside former Top Chef alum Chef Jeff McInnis, exploring Southern American, Thai, Vietnamese, and Modern American cuisines. Janine is currently living in New York City and has partnered up with Top Chef alum Jeffrey McInnis to open up their own restaurant Root & Bone, which is set to open early 2014 in the East Village, NYC. Root & Bone is excited to bring a little bit of the South to the big city; a Southern revival of the farm and garden to table experience. “Southern food can be thought of as starchy and heavy and fatty but I love to cook in a lighter way with fresh vegetables and fruits.” [37:00] –Janine Booth on Radio Cherry Bombe
This week on Snacky Tunes, solo host Greg Bresnitz welcomes the team from Root & Bone: Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth. Kicking off the show explaining how they met over a lovely meatloaf dish and formed a working business relationship. Going through their journey to open up Root & Bone in Alphabet City, NYC, the idea came from making food that both tasted and felt like home. Taking listeners through the highlighted dishes of Root & Bone, the chefs share how they came to choose ingredients and how they’re keeping the restaurant small, for now, feeding the neighborhood before opening up additional seats. In the second half of the show, musical guest Bad Credit No Credit joins in talking about how they formed with the help of Craigslist. Straight from Brooklyn’s DIY scene, Bad Credit No Credit is a mix of cheerful provocation, combination of socio/political consciousness and a blatant lack of inhibitions. The groovy brass-based septet is fiercely led by its charismatic singer/sax player Carrie-Anne Murphy, who can sing but would much rather scream and roar her discontent, telling tales of alienation, misogyny and other delights to the sounds of punk-infused jazz and instrumental freak-outs. Which is just fine, as it makes for a most entertaining performance – tune in to find out! This program was brought to you by Whole Foods Market. “It’s food from our roots. It’s a restaurant that’s not pretentious, it’s casual enough, and the food’s great and the name made sense.” [20:25] —Jeff McInnis on Snacky Tunes “It’s funny, I do feel like this band is tied pretty closely with food.” [55:25] —Bad Credit No Credit on Snacky Tunes