Podcast appearances and mentions of rowan jacobsen

Sunshine might be more than a balm for the winter blues — it may also combat autoimmune diseases. Science journalist Rowan Jacobsen joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why researchers are focused on patients with multiple sclerosis and their responses to UV therapies, how these therapies might calm the immune system, and the promise this strategy holds for treating other illnesses. His article “Can Sunlight Cure Disease?” was published in Scientific American.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On the first in a series of “Small Business Matters” in association with the U.S. Small Business Administration of New Hampshire District Office, our guest was Master Chocolatier Richard Tango-Lowy. Mr. Tango-Lowy is the owner-operator of Dancing Lion Chocolate at 917 Elm Street in Manchester. From humble beginnings in 2011 he has turned his chocolate business into one of national and international renown. His story was recently published in the book “Wild Chocolate” written by author Rowan Jacobsen.

In this episode of Writer's Voice, we explore two fascinating books. Rowan Jacobsen takes us deep into the Amazon in Wild Chocolate, uncovering the origins of cacao and the ethical challenges of the chocolate industry. Then, Karissa Chen discusses Homeseeking, her powerful novel tracing the Chinese diaspora through generations of displacement, love, and longing for … Continue reading From the Amazon to the Chinese Diaspora: Rowan Jacobsen on WILD CHOCOLATE & Karissa Chen on HOMESEEKING →

It's the holiday season, and we're kicking it off this week with some sweet treats. First, food editor and recipe developer Ben Mims joins us with his latest project, covering over 300 cookie recipes from Asia to the Levant to Scandinavia to the Caribbean. The varieties are astonishing.  We get into cookie styles, the fascinating ingredients in regional cookies, and the hundreds of flavor combinations. Ben is the author of Crumbs: Cookies and Sweets from Around the World. And he left us with a recipe for Guava-Filled Butter Cookies from Brazil. Then, we step into the world of wild chocolate with Rowan Jacobsen. We hear about the new breed of cacao farmers and the amazing flavor profiles found in wild chocolate and meet some of the farmers who are making it. Rowan is the author of Wild Chocolate: Across the Americas in Search of Cacao's Soul.Broadcast dates for this episode:December 6, 2024 (originally aired)Your support is a special ingredient in helping to make The Splendid Table. Donate today

James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen on the surprising history and magical properties of chocolate.

When Rowan Jacobsen first heard of a chocolate bar made entirely from wild Bolivian cacao, he was skeptical. The waxy mass-market chocolate of his childhood had left him indifferent to it, and most experts believed wild cacao had disappeared from the rainforest centuries ago. But one dazzling bite of Cru Sauvage was all it took. Chasing chocolate down the supply chain and back through history, Jacobsen travels the rainforests of the Amazon and Central America to find the chocolate makers, activists, and indigenous leaders who are bucking the system that long ago abandoned wild and heirloom cacao in favor of high-yield, low-flavor varietals preferred by Big Chocolate.What he found was a cacao renaissance. As his guides pulled the last vestiges of ancient cacao back from the edge of extinction, they'd forged an alternative system in the process-one that is bringing prosperity back to local economies, returning fertility to the land, and protecting it from the rampages of cattle farming. All the while, a new generation of bean-to-bar chocolate makers are racing to get theirhands on these rare varietals and produce extraordinary chocolate displaying a diversity of flavors no one had thought possible. Full of vivid characters, vibrant landscapes, and surprising history, Wild Chocolate promises to be as rich, complex, and addictive as good chocolate itself.Rowan Jacobsen is the author of eight books, including the James Beard Award-winning A Geography of Oysters and 2021's Truffle Hound. He has written for the New York Times, Harper's, Outside, Food & Wine, Forbes, Mother Jones, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Vice, and others, and he appears regularly in Best American Science & Nature Writing and Best Food Writing. He has been an Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow, a McGraw Center fellow, and a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. The creator and host of the 2022 podcast series "Wild Chocolate," he lives in Vermont.Buy the book from Wellington Square Bookshop - ​https://www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com/book/9781639733576

Pastry chef Victoria Granof relishes the diverse, and often misunderstood, sweets of Sicily. Essayist and poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explains the laborious process of cultivating vanilla and the fragile state of its existence. Rowan Jacobsen travels deep into the Bolivian Amazon to uncover the chocolate's origins. Molecular biologist Raven Hanna shows us how to produce tree-to-bar chocolate. At the farmer's market, Klementine Song reminisces about the jujubes her parents grew while farmer Terry Kashima shares the fruit's health benefits.

Thanks to road-tripper Shain Bela Lugosi in San Diego for pointing me to Oslo Sardine Bar!Caputo's offers the most amazing mail-order selection of chocolate!Read Rowan Jacobsen's Wild Chocolate book, on sale now!When in Chicago, drop into Dark Matter's Sleep Walk Chocolateria!

You probably think of the health effects of sunlight as a mixed bag. On the one hand, sun exposure helps your body make vitamin D. But on the other, it can cause skin cancer.To get around this conundrum, dermatologists frequently recommend avoiding sun exposure when you can, slathering on sunscreen when you can't, and taking a vitamin D supplement to make up for the lack of sunlight in your life.Yet in seeking to solve one problem, this advice may open up many others and be contributing to ill health in the West.Today on the show, Rowan Jacobsen, a science journalist who has spent years investigating the health impacts of sunlight, will unpack the underappreciated benefits of sun exposure, and that, crucially, they're not primarily a function of the production of vitamin D and can't be replaced with a pill. We talk about what else is at work in ultraviolet radiation's positive effects on blood pressure, autoimmune diseases, insulin resistance, mood, and more. We also get into how to weigh these benefits against the risk of skin cancer, why health officials in Australia, which has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world, have changed their recommendations around sun exposure, and if there's a role sunscreen should still play in your routine.Resources Related to the PodcastRowan's article in Outside magazine: Is Sunscreen the New Margarine? Rowan's article in the Atlantic: Against Sunscreen AbsolutismAoM Article: Why You Should Become a Sun WorshipperDermatologist Richard Weller's TED talk: Could the Sun Be Good for Your Heart?Australian recommendations on sun exposure Connect With Rowan JacobsonRowan's website 

We're joined by baker Claire Ptak, whose desserts are a winning combination of California flavor and London style—and even royalty agrees. She shares her favorite recipes and reveals the behind-the-scenes details of being chosen to bake the cake for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. Plus, Rowan Jacobsen crash-lands into the Amazon for an up-close look at wild cacao harvesting; Adam Gopnik revisits his mother's sourdough bread; Cheryl Day answers your toughest baking questions; and we make a Hot Milk Sponge Cake just in time for spring. (Originally aired May 12, 2023).Get the recipe for Hot Milk Sponge Cake here.We want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsListen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm seeing a lot more restaurants expanding their Mezcal selections, and a lot more events pairing Mezcal with food. So what do you eat when you drink Mezcal? I asked a bunch of industry folks that question over the last several months, then coerced food, science, and nature journalist Rowan Jacobsen to dig through those quotes with me to add his own thoughts. It's a smorgasbord episode of Agave Road Trip! Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with guest cohost Rowan Jacobsen and insights and thoughts from Lanie Bayless of Topolobampo, Francisco Tapia of Tacovision, Grace Gonzalez of Tequila El Mayor, Mariana Alvarado-Garcia of Masazul, Kate Owca and Adrian Villarreal of Tahona, and mezcaleros Jorge Torres and Eduardo Angeles!Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.comHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member!Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.

I got obsessed with Rowan Jacobsen when American Terroir hit bookstores in 2010, and was recently re-obsessed when his podcast “Wild Chocolate” dropped into my feed. So I reached out and he noted he was writing a sustainability feature about Mezcal for Bloomberg's Businessweek. That article dropped last week, but this episode was recorded prior to that. And he wouldn't let me read an advance copy. So, instead, we just talk agaves and sustainability in general. If that's your thing, this is your episode of Agave Road Trip!Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.comHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member!Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.

The award-winning science and food writer takes us behind the scenes of his wild reporting on truffles -- both kinds. You might not think you care about these foods. Prepare to be corrected. Plus: A caller wonders which expensive ingredients are worth the money and which aren't. Sales and distribution by Lemonada Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Foodie Summer!Today's book review is of Rowan Jacobsen's book, "Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World's Most Seductive Scent, with Dreamers, Schemers, and Some Extraordinary Dogs."Music © by Capazunda.Instagram: @brutallyhonestbooksTikTok: @brutallyhonestbooks

We're joined by baker Claire Ptak, whose desserts are a winning combination of California flavor and London style—and even royalty agrees. She shares her favorite recipes and reveals the behind-the-scenes details of being chosen to bake the cake for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. Plus, Rowan Jacobsen crash-lands into the Amazon for an up-close look at wild cacao harvesting; Adam Gopnik revisits his mother's sourdough bread; Cheryl Day answers your toughest baking questions; and we make a Hot Milk Sponge Cake just in time for spring.Get the recipe for Hot Milk Sponge Cake here.We want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsListen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dylan chats with Rowan Jacobsen, a food journalist and host of the podcast called OBSESSION: Wild Chocolate. And he takes us on a journey that follows his multiyear quest into the Amazon rainforest to learn more about a mythical chocolate that has a dark history and the potential to save parts of the rainforest.LEARN MORE: Check out Rowan's podcast here.

It's no secret that chocolate is a sweet loved by pretty much everyone (well, everyone except Tamar). Here in the states, the average American eats about 12 pounds of chocolate a year, and worldwide we eat eight million tons of it annually. Unfortunately, our obsession with chocolate comes with a high carbon footprint. It also often creates terrible labor conditions for the communities who cultivate it. This week, Mike and Tamar speak with Rowan Jacobsen — author, journalist, and host of the podcast “OBSESSIONS: Wild Chocolate” — to discuss how we make chocolate in a way that's good for the planet and people.  To leave a message for Mike and Tamar, call the Climavores hotline at (508) 377-3449. Or email us at climavores@postscriptaudio.com. We might feature your question on a future episode.  Climavores is a production of Post Script Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Truffles Presented by Susi Gott Séguret Nature's most lauded culinary treasures—are subterranean fungi with magical properties which bring new dimensions to countless dishes. Cooking with Truffles: A Chef's Guide demystifies the truffle for the professional and the home chef, with over 150 unique and tantalizing recipes to suit every palate and occasion, featuring a variety of recipes, ranging from the simple to the sublime. And if you should happen to find yourself without a truffle in your pantry, the recipes stand well on their own! Join author Susi Gott Séguret on Tuesday evening, January 10th, for an introduction to truffle history—both at home and abroad—as well as a bit of truffle science and geography, and notes on taste profiles and seasonality. If you've ever been curious about truffles, here's your chance to satisfy your yearnings! Susi Gott Séguret, author, chef, fiddler, forager, hails from Madison County, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A Certified Culinary Professional and Certified Specialist of Wine, with a diploma in Gastronomy and Taste from the Cordon Bleu and the Université de Reims, Susi is the founder and director of the Seasonal School of Culinary Arts, which convenes four times a year, in Asheville, Ithaca, Sonoma, and Paris. Susi also orchestrates a series of wine dinners known as the Asheville Wine Experience; the yearly gustatory extravaganza, the Asheville Truffle Experience; and a series of foraging-cooking-dining events called the Appalachian Culinary Experience. Susi has authored a quartet of books: Appalachian Appetite, Child of the Woods, Cooking with Truffles, and A Chef's Book of Favorite Culinary Quotations. Book references: - There's a delightful little book, "Truffle Hound" by Rowan Jacobsen that has tales about growing and hunting truffles around the world as well as very funny ones about training truffle hounds. - Truffle Underground, by Ryan Jacobs about Truffle related crime Movie references: - Pig, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11003218/ - The Truffle Hunters, https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/thetrufflehunters To answer your questions, no, the truffle dinner is not sold out (an older version of the registration page had that posted from last year's dinner, but it's been updated since). Here's the link to registration: http://ashevilletruffle.com/register.html As far as music goes, The Truffle Game (the second talking blues) is the background for this little sizzle reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdk-x8HdICs (the second fellow sniffing the truffle, with the French-looking nose, is Rowan Jacobsen who wrote Truffle Hound, which we referenced during the presentation). For those who requested more music, here's a selection of songs I wrote and recorded in Paris and Nashville in the late 90s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1juZ0IptZg There might be a few CDs (under the name Carolina) floating around for adventurous searchers. Here's another sizzle reel of bits and pieces of music with the backdrop of the farm where I live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S9C136Fs1w And here's another culinary-oriented sizzle reel with an original fiddle tune (Ripshin) in the background, and more farm shots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myMYfnNzDSk&t=3s Feel free to share with those who tuned in on Monday night. Recorded via Zoom on January 10th, 2022 CONNECT WITH CULINARY HISTORIANS OF CHICAGO ✔ MEMBERSHIP https://culinaryhistorians.org/membership/ ✔ EMAIL LIST http://culinaryhistorians.org/join-our-email-list/ ✔ S U B S C R I B E https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Y0-9lTi1-JYu22Bt4_-9w ✔ F A C E B O O K https://www.facebook.com/CulinaryHistoriansOfChicago ✔ PODCAST 2008 to Present https://culinaryhistorians.org/podcasts/ By Presenter https://culinaryhistorians.org/podcasts-by-presenter/ ✔ YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Y0-9lTi1-JYu22Bt4_-9w ✔ W E B S I T E https://www.CulinaryHistorians.org

Author Luisa Weiss offers some of her favorites from Eisenbahnschnitten to Kartoffelstrudel. Plus, journalist Rowan Jacobsen demystifies the truffle, Adam Gopnik talks luxury foods, and we learn how to make a creamy Amalfi-style lemon risotto.Get this week's recipe for Lemon and Shrimp Risotto with Fresh Basil here.We want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsListen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 1379, Miles and guest co-host Joelle Monique are joined by award-winning author and host of OBSESSIONS: Wild Chocolate, Rowan Jacobsen, to discuss… Y'all OK on the Right? Died Suddenly: The Viral Anti-Vax Movie Is Hilariously Easy To Debunk, Macho Camps For Sad Rich Men Are … Also Sad,  A Whole Lotta Food Talk and more! Died Suddenly: The Viral Anti-Vax Movie Is Hilariously Easy To Debunk 'I could have died': Florida Gators star Keyontae Johnson opens up about on-court collapse ‘Verified' anti-vax accounts proliferate as Twitter struggles to police content Macho Camps For Sad Rich Men Are … Also Sad Reddit Thread: Buried Alive = Real Man? This boot camp for men claims it'll revive your ‘primal nature' LISTEN: Cocoon by 070 ShakeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a special episode about tartufi or in English, truffles! No not chocolate truffles but the ones you find underneath the earth's soil. Ever since I got Auggie, my Lagotto Romagnolo (Italian water dog), I've been incredibly fascinated by the world of truffles; Lagotto's with their amazing noses, are at their core truffle hunters.  I've been reading a lot lately and stumbled upon a book at my public library called: Truffle Hound- On the trail of the world's most seductive scent with dreamers, schemers, and some extraordinary dogs. It's by Rowan Jacobsen, a James Beard Award Winning author whose been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and CBS This Morning. In addition to this, his writing has been featured in Bon Appétit, Saveur, WSJ, and the Washington Post. I truly loved reading his book and recommend it to anyone because it's a thrilling, captivating read that takes you across Rowan's voyages in Europe from Croatia to England and America from Oregon to Tennessee. I'm so excited to have Rowan on the podcast today to learn more about the world of truffles and the economics of one of the world's most expensive and elusive foods. Rowan's website: http://www.rowanjacobsen.com/Support the show

In forests across the planet, secretive hunters are searching for that rare and insanely expensive wild delicacy: the truffle. The organism, which grows underground, tethered to tree roots, can fetch thousands of dollars per pound from upscale restaurateurs. The only way to find these particular fungi are dogs specially trained to sniff them out. Not surprisingly, the truffle business is not unlike the illegal-drug business, with lots of sneaking around in the night and powerful characters vying for control over markets. Outside contributing editor Rowan Jacobsen took a journey deep into the underworld of truffle hunters that began in the in the ancient forests of Europe and ended up, very unexpectedly, in the hills of Appalachia. This episode is brought to you by LifeStraw, maker durable and versatile filtration systems that provide the highest protection from unsafe water. Learn more at lifestraw.com.

Dogs that eat truffles and dogs that don't eat truffles. Spanish truffles with French citizenship. And, a crazy holiday drink with black truffles. This week my guest is award winning author Rowan Jacobsen. His latest book “Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World's Most Seductive Scent, with Dreamers, Schemers, Read more... The post Destination Eat Drink – Truffle Hound with Rowan Jacobsen appeared first on Radio Misfits.

Truffles are a rare and prized ingredient. They can be described as having a powerful aroma, euphoric smell and intoxicating flavor. This season in particular, truffle prices are skyrocketing. Rowan Jacobsen, author of "Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World's Most Seductive Scent, with Dreamers, Schemers, and Some Extraordinary Dogs" shares his quest to uncover the culinary delicacy. Sabatino Truffles founder and CEO Federico Balestra details the evolution of truffles from his company's hundred year history in Umbria, Italy to modern day cultivation around the world. Follow @rowanjacobsen @trufflehoundbook @sabatinotruffles https://www.sabatinotruffles.com/In partnership with The Chefs' Warehouse, a specialty food distributor that has been purveying high-quality artisan ingredients to chefs for over 30 years @wherechefsshophttps://www.chefswarehouse.com/Produced by HayNow Media @haynowmediahttp://haynowmedia.com/

Today, author Luisa Weiss offers some of her favorites from Eisenbahnschnitten to Kartoffelstrudel. Plus, journalist Rowan Jacobsen demystifies the truffle, Adam Gopnik talks luxury foods, and we learn how to make a creamy Amalfi-style lemon risotto.Get the recipe for our Lemon and Shrimp Risotto With Fresh Basil https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/basil-lemon-shrimp-risottoWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsSponsors: This holiday, give one annual membership and get one free! Go to MASTERCLASS.com/milk today. Murray's Cheese Murray's Monthly Clubs offer five tasty options for every level of cheese lover, whether you're new to cheese, a total curd nerd, or just looking for a delicious snack. Go to www.murrayscheese.com/milkstreet and use promo code MILKSTREET for $15 off your first subscription.Resources for listeners via All-Clad.com can go to shop our cookware collections at All-Clad.com Special offer code: MILKSTREET10 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Gilly is with James Beard award-winning author, Rowan Jacobsen whose book The Truffle Hound is a fabulous romp across the world in search of truffles. But it's much more than a story of derring do and great dogs; it's a love letter to truffles which have so much to say to humanity about everything from the health of the environment to how get more out of life. Who'd have thought that this wonderful fruit which lives in the shadows could bring so much light to a world losing its way? And you can buy the book by clicking here See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Okay, it's all you need to know to follow along the rest of this season. Nonetheless. We're bringing it all together in an interview with David Keck, Master Sommelier and wine grower at Stella14, who promises us that there's nothing to be intimidated by in the world of elite wine tasting. Or words to that effect. This episode highlights key take aways from the previous two interviews. If you haven't listened to those, pause and listen to those first. It will be helpful for understanding this one.    How We Experience Flavor  What Makes a Food Popular  This episode references The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert, by Richard Betts and you can hear Betts talk about it on this video from a bookstore event. He appears at 14:00.This episode also mentions the Vermont wine pairing project, which was part of market development work by the Vermont Fresh Network in 2017 - 2019. Resources from the program are linked here. They include a guide to Vermont wine tasting, written with help from Rowan Jacobsen of Episode 1 fame. Learn about current Vermont activities from the Vermont Grape and Wine Council. 

Sensory professional Roy Desrochers joins us this episode to talk about how food producers can use flavor profiling methods to understand why consumers respond the way they do to products and how to make their food more appealing. Roy has had a long career in food, flavor, and smell  – he is currently running a grass fed milk project with University of Vermont Extension. We also get a few truffle reminders from last episode's guest, Rowan Jacobsen. If you haven't heard that episode yet, it's best to start there.  This episode mentions the spaghetti sauce TED Talk by Malcolm Gladwell (about Howard Moskowitz), which is found here.  One thing listeners may note about this conversation is that we're highlighting principles used to increase consumption of items where there's a health-based reason to eat more of them. For other food products, the goal is to eat less. This earlier update post provides examples of conversations about that issue.If you want a few more podcast episodes about sensory analysis and the food business:Plant- and Fungus-Based Meats - Gastropod, includes details on attempting to make non-animal "meats" that taste like their animal-based equivalents.  Mission Impastable - The Sporkful, a quest for the perfect pasta shape, in which the host offers his own "flavor leader" criteria.If you want more about truffles, now that we're past that part of this season, there's Rowan's book Truffle Hound and also these links:Planet Money podcast on truffle trading (where I got the name of the sweat molecule, if I pronounced it wrong blame NPR)Truffles and Truffle Dogs VideoVPR Vermont Edition - Local Foods Call-In + Truffles InterviewThis season of Policy in Plainer English is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $189,892.00 with 0 percentage financed with non governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.This podcast does not cost $189,892.00 to produce. No, there is a much larger Food Access in Health Care program of which this is one small element (the most fun element, but still small). Find out more at VTFoodInHealth.net.

Award-winning author Rowan Jacobsen on why so much of what we think we know about truffles is wrong. Plus, a pioneer of sourdough baking in Athens and a Hong Kong restaurant specialising in British-Chinese cooking.

It's truffle season, and prices for the highly sought-after white truffles soared this year to around $4,000 per pound. The market is the subject of the documentary “The Truffle Hunters,” as well as Rowan Jacobsen’s book, “Truffle Hound.” We spoke to Jacobsen about the evolving, but still foggy, truffle market. In keeping with books, we also discuss the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, which serves as an economic snapshot through the lens of regional banks.

It's truffle season, and prices for the highly sought-after white truffles soared this year to around $4,000 per pound. The market is the subject of the documentary “The Truffle Hunters,” as well as Rowan Jacobsen’s book, “Truffle Hound.” We spoke to Jacobsen about the evolving, but still foggy, truffle market. In keeping with books, we also discuss the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, which serves as an economic snapshot through the lens of regional banks.

Journalist and author Rowan Jacobsen talks about his book Truffle Hound with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. This conversation has nothing to do with chocolate. It's about the strange world of underground fungi, found in the forest by specially trained dogs and used by chefs and home cooks around the world. You will learn about truffle oil, cooking with truffles, truffle hounds, and the economics of all of the above.

Horror fans rejoice, because this week we're talking about The Witch! Join us to learn more about what you had to do to get expelled from Puritan communities, ritual uses of baby blood, apples, the Song of Songs, and more!  Content warning: Infanticide Sources: Film Background: Stephen Saito, "Persistence of Vision: Inside the Making of the Witch, a Horror Classic for the Ages," MovieMaker, available at https://www.moviemaker.com/persistence-of-vision-the-witch-robert-eggers/ Kevin Fallon, "The Witch: The Making of the Year's Scariest Movie," Daily Beast, available at https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-witch-the-making-of-the-years-scariest-movie Simon Abrams, "The Witch," Rogerebert.com, available at https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-witch-2016 Song of Songs: NIV Study Bible William Phipps, "The Plight of the Song of Songs," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 42, 1 (1974) Belden C. Lane, "Two Schools of Desire: Nature and Marriage in Seventeenth-Century Puritanism," Church History 69, 2 (2000) Julie Sievers, "Refiguring the Song of Songs: John Cotton's 1655 Sermon and the Antinomian Controversy," New England Quarterly 76, 1 (2003) Expulsion from Puritan Communities: Transcript of the Trial of Anne Hutchinson, 1637: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/WebPub/history/mckayunderstanding1e/0312668872/Primary_Documents/US_History/Transcript%20of%20the%20Trial%20of%20Anne%20Hutchinson.pdf Nan Goodman, "Banishment, Jurisdiction, and Identity in Seventeenth-Century New England: The Case of Roger Williams," Early American Studies 7, 1 (2009) Ben Barker-Benfield, "Anne Hutchinson and the Puritan Attitude Toward Women," Feminist Studies 1, 2 (1972) James F. Cooper Jr. "Anne Hutchinson and the 'Lay Rebellion' Against Clergy," New England Quarterly 61, 3 (1988) Richard J. Ross, "The Career of Puritan Jurisprudence," Law and History Review 26, 2 (2008) Witchcraft and Baby Blood: Lyndal Roper, Witch Craze Lindemann, Anti-Semitism Before the Holocaust Bucholz and Key, Early Modern England David D. Hall, Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England: A Documentary History 1638-1693, second edition (Duke University Press, 1999). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11hph70.6 Lyndal Roper, "'Evil Imaginings and Fantasies': Child-Witches and the End of the Witch Craze," Past & Present 167 (May 2000): 107-139. https://www.jstor.org/stable/651255 Robert Blair St. George (ed.), Possible Pasts: Becoming Colonial in Early America (Cornell University Press, 2000). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv1fxmmf.11 Deborah Kelly Kloepfer, "Cotton Mather's "Dora": The Case History of Mercy Short," Early American Literature 44:1 (2009): 3-38. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27750112 Aviva Briefel, "Devil in the Details: The Uncanny History of The Witch (2015)," Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal 49:1 (Summer 2019). Mary Beth Norton, "Witchcraft in the Anglo-American Colonies," OAH Magazine of History 17:4 (July 2003): 5-10. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163614 Apples: "9 Things You Didn't Know About New England's Favorite Autumn Fruit," NPR (19 September 2014). https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2014/09/18/apples-boston Rowan Jacobsen, "Apples: A New England History," Harvard Museum of Natural History, YouTube (16 January 2019). https://youtu.be/9C4yTA_hUmE https://www.beaconhillhousehistories.org/blog/blacksstone David Shulman, "Apples in America," American Speech 29:1 (1954): 77-79. https://www.jstor.org/stable/453602 https://www.newportthisweek.com/articles/a-century-of-bountiful-fruit/

For a good number of travelers, the ultimate bucket-list experience is swimming with whales. There’s something about the idea of being in the water with these enormous creatures that calls to people. And if you talk to people who have swum with whales, chances are they’ll tell you it changed their lives. This is true even for veteran adventurers who’ve seen it all—people like Outside contributing editor Rowan Jacobsen, whose past assignments include a journey to the Amazon to seek out the source of the world’s greatest chocolate. Last fall, Jacobsen joined a small crew in the Caribbean that was filming and studying sperm whales by getting in the water with them. Though he had no delusions that swimming with whales would heal him or transform him, he was certain that he would learn a thing or two from being very, very close to these legendary giants of the sea. And he did. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Avocado Green Mattress, makers of 100 percent organic-certified mattresses—and more products, like their new meditation pillow. Visit avocadogreenmattress.com to learn more. And to save $175 dollars on any mattress, use the code OUTSIDE175 at checkout.

"I kind of think of myself as a nature writer disguised as a food writer. Food is a great way to write about plants and animals because everyone has a built-in interest, " Rowan Jacobsen is an award-winning author who writes about food, sustainability, and the environment. Jacob and Rowan discuss how the latter delved into the world of food writing and some of his work including "Is Sunscreen The New Margarine?" for Outside, which became the most popular article in their website's history. [1:09] How does one become a food writer? [4:41] Rowan on "Is Sunscreen The New Margarine" [8:17] On Rowan equating lack of sun to smoking [12:25] Rowan on "What Happens When the World's Top Plastics Executives and Environmentalists Go Snorkeling Together in the Atlantic Garbage Patch?" [21:40] Rowan on Alt Meat Is Turning Cattle into Stranded Assets [28:38] On reading content that doesn't take into account certain factors that endanger the environment [32:09] On not reading any fiction

“Wild bees are our best pollinators, yet pesticides, pathogens and industrial farming are devastating their numbers,” reads the subheading of Rowan Jacobsen’s recent Huffington Post article, Are We Handling The Bee Crisis All Wrong? “Is there a better way to work with them?” In this installment of “Leonard Lopate at Large” on WBAI, Rowan Jacobsen examines whether public misperceptions have led us down the wrong path in coping with the crisis of vanishing bee populations worldwide.

Earlier this year, Outside contributing editor Rowan Jacobsen wrote a feature that questioned whether our efforts to avoid skin cancer have caused us to develop an unhealthy relationship with the sun and sunscreen. Looking at controversial new research that challenges established guidelines for sun exposure, Jacobsen suggested that more direct sunlight on our unprotected skin might actually be good for our health. The story struck a nerve, becoming the most popular article in the history of Outside’s website and provoking some pretty loud criticisms. Outside Podcast contributor Stephanie Joyce talks to Rowan about his reporting, his response to critics, and whether skipping the SPF 50 is really a good choice.

"Is Sunscreen the New Margarine?" by Rowan Jacobsen. https://www.outsideonline.com/2380751/sunscreen-sun-exposure-skin-cancer-science --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Rowan Jacobsen is a James Beard Award Winning author of seven books, and writes feature articles for Outside Magazine, Harpers, Mother Jones, Vice, Lucky Peach, Food and Wine and many more! Visit his website to read some of his feature articles::::::::::::: RowanJacobsen.com FOLLOW ROWAN ON:: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rowanjacobsen HIS BOOKS ARE ON AMAZON:: https://www.amazon.com/Rowan-Jacobsen/e/B001IOBDH6/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1528640995&sr=8-1

For this week’s episode, we sat down with Hannah Puckett: digital strategist, ocean advocate, citizen scientist, and everything in between. Growing up, Hannah was drawn to the outdoors. She spent her summers camping with her family and road tripping across the country. With a passion for writing and research, she studied advertising at the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a masters degree in strategic business communications. After some self reflection, at age 25, she decided to trade in her spreadsheets for a rubber rain suit, cubicle for the Alaskan Wilderness, thus embarking on a journey to explore her unusual passion for oysters. Hannah's Resources: Woofing Program: World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms Wwoof costs $40/year to join and allows you to connect with more than 2,000 farms across the USA. Of those 2,000 , Hannah was able to find one oyster farm. And that is how she met Dave. Find out more at wwoofusa.org Oyster Eating: Hannah jokes that the number of "oyster celebrities" can probably be counted on one hand. But blogger and self-proclaimed oyster sommelier, Julie Qui would be included. Link to blog: Rowan Jacobsen's Rules of Oyster Eating (and Julie Qiu's In a Half Shell Blog) Books: Lastly, Hannah shared some good reads that were important to her journey. Below are her reflections. OYSTER 101 : Meet Paris Oyster: A Love Affair with the Perfect Food by Mireille Guiliano, 2014 "Bite sized and delighful from start to finish; when reading Paris Oyster, it's as if you're at the table with Guiliano sipping on Muscudet and Belons as she tells you everything you'd want to know about how to enjoy oysters like the French... a wonderful gift for oyster lovers, both novice and expert." A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America by Rowan Jacobsen, 2008 "The unofficial American Oyster Eater's Field Guide, as told by a guy who literally went there and tried that. It's a comprehensive index of oyster varieties unique to North America's East, West, and Gulf Coasts, and an almanac of noteworthy farms and oyster bars that serve them. Jacobsen is inspirational to me personally as a curious person who has turned interests into income... who also dabbles at the intersections of food, cultures, and the environment." The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell by Mark Kurlansky, 2007 "Oyster culture is more intertwined to the story of The United States than I ever knew. For history nerds, this book is as informative as it is a blast to read, all about the growth of New York City as told via the rise and fall of it's once bountiful, world-famous oyster beds." Inspiration for Living Non-Traditionally: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-term World Travel by Rolf Potts, 2003 "Living Your Best Life Out of a Bag 101: This book is choke full of resources, tips, and words of wisdom from fellow slow travelers, and how to enjoy and sustain a life on the move." Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard, 2006 "Chouinard's memoir is, first and foremost, a very cool story, but it was inspirational to read his reflections on how running a business based on values takes guts, community, and time. And encouraged me not to rush the journey... the dude is 79 years old and is still playing outside, doing awesome work for the world." The Kon Tiki Expedition: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl, 1948 "In 1947, five Norwegian dudes sailed a wooden raft across the Pacific to prove the plausibility that cultures of the South Pacific may be descendants of South America. The academic community said it was impossible, that they were insane, to even try was a death wish... and with the help of SO MANY PEOPLE (private loans by fellow 1920's explorers, South American authorities, the US Army)... they did it. Kon Tiki is Heyerdahl's memoir of that expedition." More Good Reads: Self Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841 "Emerson argues the imperative and importance of thinking for one's self, of questioning accepted dogma, and resisting hoard mentality, and living true to the intrinsic truth of the individual. Read it in chunks over the course of several days. It's dense, but each line packs a philosophical punch." Women Who Did: Stories by Men and Women 1890-1914 by various authors, edited by Angelique Richardson, 2006 "One of my favorite reads of 2017. A collection of stories told by women and men from a time when the limits of what it means to be 'woman' were bursting at the seams. Each author paints their unique gaze of what it was like to be or to witness a modern woman becoming herself at the turn of the 20th century."

Mary Roach is one of Rachel's favorite authors. She writes brilliant nonfiction books about science and the human body that are gripping, hilarious, and usually really gross. On this episode of YLM, Mary explains her reasons behind choosing this delicious bivalve for her final feast, Rachel digs into the myths behind oysters with Rowan Jacobsen, author of "The Essential Oyster," and food & science collide as we meet Tom Ryan: CEO of Smashburger, and the man behind legendary fast-food favorites like McDonalds' Flury, McGriddles, and Pizza Hut's stuffed-crust pizza.

Rowan Jacobsen is the author of A Geography of Oysters, Fruitless Fall, The Living Shore, American Terroir, Shadows on the Gulf, Apples of Uncommon Character, and The Essential Oyster. He writes for Harper's, Outside, Mother Jones, Vice, Yankee, and others, and his work has been anthologized in The Best American Science & Nature Writing and Best Food Writing collections. He has won a couple of James Beard Awards, an IACP award, and some others. His Outside Magazine piece “Heart of Dark Chocolate” received the Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers for best adventure story of the year, and his Harper's piece “The Homeless Herd” was named best magazine piece of the year by the Overseas Press Club. He was an Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow, writing about endangered diversity on the borderlands between India, Myanmar, and China, and a McGraw Center for Business Journalism Fellow, writing about the disruptive potential of plant-based proteins. Apples of Uncommon Character was named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, NPR, and others.

Rowan Jacobsen is the author of A Geography of Oysters, Fruitless Fall, The Living Shore, American Terroir, Shadows on the Gulf, Apples of Uncommon Character, and The Essential Oyster. He writes for Harper’s, Outside, Mother Jones, Vice, Yankee, and others, and his work has been anthologized in The Best American Science & Nature Writing and Best Food Writing collections. He has won a couple of James Beard Awards, an IACP award, and some others. His Outside Magazine piece “Heart of Dark Chocolate” received the Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers for best adventure story of the year, and his Harper’s piece “The Homeless Herd” was named best magazine piece of the year by the Overseas Press Club. He was an Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow, writing about endangered diversity on the borderlands between India, Myanmar, and China, and a McGraw Center for Business Journalism Fellow, writing about the disruptive potential of plant-based proteins. Apples of Uncommon Character was named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, NPR, and others.

John Bunker is one of our greatest apple experts. Rowan Jacobsen is one of our greatest food writers. In this episode they ruminate on the past, present, and future of apples and cider in the US.

This week on Eat Your Words, host Cathy Erway is getting into the spirit of Cider Week! Welcoming James Beard Award winner and author of the new book “Apples of Uncommon Character,” Rowan Jacobsen, he and Cathy discuss that there is indeed life beyond Red Delicious, and even the Honeycrisp Apple. While supermarkets limit their offerings to a few waxy options, apple trees with lives spanning human generations are producing characterful varieties. Rowan explains during an in-studio apple tasting that such apples are now in the midst of a rediscovery. From heirlooms to new designer breeds, a delicious diversity of apples is out there for the eating. With guidance from Rowan’s book, readers can find 20 recipes, savory and sweet, resources for buying and growing, as well as a guide to the best apple festivals. Ring in fall and rediscover the apple in this episode! This program was brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery. “Fuji and Gala are on a world domination campaign.” [5:00] “The apple falls wicked far from the tree, actually.” [7:32] “If you’re going to make a pie with one apple, it should be Northern Spy.” [23:14] —Rowan Jacobsen on Eat Your Words

It’s that time of year again! Tune into Beer Sessions Radio as it once again transforms into Cider Sessions Radio for Cider Week NYC 2014! There’s an incredible panel of guests in the studio tasting a bevy of different ciders – all made from the Kingston Black varietal. Tune in and hear from Steve Wood of Farnum Hill Cider, Rowan Jacobsen, author of Apples of Uncommon Character, Dan Wilson of Slyboro Cider, Gay Howard of United States of Cider, Sabine Hrechdakian & Sascha Anderson, Producers of Cider Week NYC and Kay Michaels, cheesemonger at Eataly. Go beyond the glass and learn about all that goes into producing one of the hottest beverages around these days! This program was brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “Kingston black is one of the few apple varieties that by itself has all of the qualities that can make an interesting cider.” [30:00] –Dan Wilson on Beer Sessions Radio “If people start growing these varietals across the country, real regional differences will start to occur.” [34:00] –Steve Wood on Beer Sessions Radio “There’s a kind of double standard on the top wines vs the top ciders. hopefully that will even out over the years.” [35:00] Rowan Jacobsen on Beer Sessions Radio

Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Apples of Uncommon Character: 123 Heirlooms, Modern Classics, and Little-Known Wonders”.

Has the local food movement hit a wall? Tune in to a forward thinking episode of The Main Course as Patrick Martins chats with writer Rowan Jacobsen about distribution, food hubs and the future of sustainable food. Learn about virtual matchmaking websites for buyers and sellers and hear about the state of farmers markets in 2014. Later in the show, Erik Hoffner joins in the discuss the role Orion Magazine plays in the world of media and journalism. This program was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. Today's music provided by Snowmine. “Fresh produce makes people feel guilty – because it rots in your fridge if you don't deal with it quickly. If you really want to change America's eating habits for the better – give them healthy food that is ready to go.” [18:00] —Rowan Jacobsen on The Main Course

Mark and Francis start the show off with a discussion about genetically engineered fish and the potential pitfalls of its possible legalization. Their guest is Rowan Jacobsen. Rowan Jacobsen is the James Beard Award-winning author of A Geography of ...

Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book "American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields."

Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Living Shore: Rediscovering a Lost World."

Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his  book "Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis".