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Daniel Klein is the Founder of The Perennial Plate, a documentary series focusing on sustainable food. What I love about The Perennial Plate films is that they don’t judge the people they’re filming. They don’t try to force a message down your throat; they’re gentle. They just show their subjects’ way of life and I believe this is profoundly important, profoundly beautiful in fact.
Food is the great connector—nothing transcends our differences like sharing food around the table. And no one knows that more than Daniel Klein, producer of The Perennial Plate, a James Beard award-winning online documentary series. Daniel has traveled the globe with his filmmaker wife Mirra making short films about sustainable food and the people who make it. He shares his journey from chef to shooting the first season in Minnesota to traveling the word. Along the way, we touch on some big questions: What's sustainable food, anyway? Should we buy organic? In the current political climate, how do we embrace people different from us and transcend differences? Daniel shares about his latest project telling positive immigrant stories, and we add a story of our own about how sharing food unites us all. All that, and a few new recipes to inspire your kitchen journey. Recipes: 5 ingredient classic hummus Herby tomato flatbread with rye cracker crust Daniel Klein, of The Perennial Plate online documentary series Website | Instagram | Twitter Watch at: theperennialplate.com A Couple Cooks on Instagram and Twitter
After learning to cook at his mother’s bed and breakfast, Daniel went on to work and train at many of the world’s top restaurants. His culinary education brought him to Spain, France, England, India and New York, where he has worked at a handful of top Michelin starred restaurants. After graduating from NYU, Daniel pursued a career in film and has since directed, edited and produced projects on various issues including the development industry in Africa and oil politics. Most recently, Daniel has focused on the intersection of his love for food and film by co-founding The Perennial Plate. Topics of this chat include: - Social Justice - Going through a body of work - Pursuing passion and context - Local to global - Concept to execution - Serendipity and hard work - Doing work you believe in - The changing of sharing platforms - Adapting your skillset - Guardrails for creative endeavors - Finding stories - The past in a piece of food - Pivoting - Human connection - Telling, not shouting - Commitment
This episode of Best Possible Taste features speakers from the 2016 Failte Ireland Food Connect Conference in Tankardstown House, Slane, Co Meath. Sharon Noonan talks to: Travel writer Pol O Conghaile who chaired the event; Documentary maker Daniel Klein aka Perennial Plate and Justin Green, Bertha's Revenge Gin, who were guest speakers. Food producers Maria Flynn and Marita Collier whose unique products, purple potatoes and Irish grown garlic, were highlighted and used in the menus during the conference.
Trish Kelly visits the BPT studio to reveal details about a new wine that is infused with peat! Shauna Quinn from Hangfire BBQ is on the phone to talk about an epic BBQ adventure in the US and Wales and getting 1300 bookings before opening. Daniel Klein from the Perennial Plate talks to Sharon Noonan by Skype to ask listeners to make suggestions as to where he should eat, drink and stay for 2 months in Ireland. Meat merchant, Peter Hannan, celebrates the NI Year of Food and Drink August Love Meat theme by discussing his award winning products.
THE FOOD SEEN welcomes back Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine of The Perennial Plate, whom return to the states after the first leg of their Real World Food Tour, which will take them to the likes of Japan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, South Africa, Argentina … and if you already hunger for more like me, check out their facebook page for travel photos in Japan and China. They'll be hosting a Season 3 release “Gaijinner” (“Western Guys Making Japanese Food”) dinner at Chef Brad McDonald's Governor with guest Chef Sean Brock on Thursday, Oct 25th, 2012. More info and reservations… This program has been sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. “A huge part of being a documentary filmmaker is bringing out these genuine moments. And it's hard to capture those genuine moments when you don't speak the language.” [3:15] — Daniel Klein on THE FOOD SEEN “When you go to a different country, you want to be polite, kind, and not invade people's spaces. But at the same time, you kind of learn that you have to shoot until people tell you to stop.” [26:00] — Mirra Fine on THE FOOD SEEN
This week on Let’s Eat In, Cathy Erway is joined by of The Perennial Plate, a web documentary series about sustainable food. Tune in to find out what it takes to create a successful internet media outlet and why constant content is key. Hear what makes web-based content different than film or TV and how Daniel Klein & Mirra Fine hope to help people learn how to eat, cook, farm, hunt, and forage local through visual media. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market. “From my experience of making documentary films, I had a lot of frustration around the time it takes for anything to get seen. You can spend two years making a film, then another year or two promoting it and getting it out there.” “When you’re on the internet you have to be putting out content constantly for people to keep revisiting your site.” –Daniel Klein of The Perennial Plate on Let’s Eat In
On today's THE FOOD SEEN, the wandering stars of the weekly online video series The Perennial Plate, Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine, are halfway through their national tour “taking the viewer on a journey to appreciate and understand where good food comes from and how to enjoy it.”. From their Minnesotan beginnings, they've now hunted frogs in Arkansas, fished for shrimp in New Orleans, dove for sea urchin on the West Coast, and even cooked a collaborative dinner here in NYC at Prune restaurant. What's next on map for The Perennial Plate? Well, you'll have to listen to find out … This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.