Daphne Miller

The healer

By
May 10, 2013

“I try to look at what patients truly need, not just what I have to offer.”

Debra Eschmeyer

The Food Corps co-founder

By
March 29, 2013

“If we can change the school-food environment for the better, we can change anything.”

Deb Perelman

The smitten blogger

By
February 8, 2013

“It’s all about the pickiness of someone who likes to cook and someone who does the weird things I do.”

Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs

The populist tastemakers at Food52

By
December 28, 2012

“Once you get down a couple of basic techniques, most things are actually quite easy.”

Ina Garten

The barefoot contessa

By
December 3, 2012

“People have asked me if Jeffrey’s my TV husband. I’m not Meryl Streep; I’m not an actress.”

Anna Thomas

The epicurean filmmaker

By
November 8, 2012

“Breaking bread together is the basis of civilization. Let’s not just give this up!”

Steven Raichlen

The grill-master novelist

By
October 4, 2012

‘I’m a guy; I’ve got the Y chromosome. We love to set stuff on fire.’

Ben Taylor

The good-food troubadour

By
September 11, 2012

“People are more aware of the difference between organic and conventional, even if it’s just shopping at Safeway.”

Will Allen

The urban farmer

By
August 22, 2012

“Even though we were very poor, cash-poor, I was fortunate. Learning to take care of yourself and feed yourself is such a powerful thing.”

Aaron Bobrow-Strain

The bread historian

By
July 9, 2012

“When we target powerful food companies directly, we can actually make a big change.”

Barry Estabrook

The muckraker

By
June 11, 2012

“Eating mindfully is the first step. That’s what the industry doesn’t want us to do.”

Tracie McMillan

The undercover journalist

By
May 10, 2012

“What we really need is for everyone to get easy and affordable access to food.”

Nigel Slater

The professional amateur

By
March 27, 2012

“I can’t sometimes imagine why I am still, all these years on, excited and interested in food.”

Anita Lo

The top chef

By
March 8, 2012

“Part of knowing how to cook is knowing when things are interchangeable — that cooking isn’t this rigid thing.”

Molly Birnbaum

The scent expert

By
February 15, 2012

“Without scent, it was like my world went from color to black and white.”

Pat Tanumihardja

The granddaughter

By
January 23, 2012

“Grandmothers are the keepers of culture and the culinary flame.”

Jacques Pépin

The technician

By
January 4, 2012

“It’s repeat, repeat, repeat … those techniques until they become part of yourself, your DNA.”

Melissa Clark

Your best friend in the kitchen

By
December 7, 2011

“We are better people when we eat well. I really, really believe that.”

Judy Rodgers

The comfort foodie

By
November 17, 2011

“That’s how traditional cuisine happens — they do things over and over and distill what’s best.”

Dickson Despommier

The vertical farmer

By
October 4, 2011

“Whether you think global warming exists or whether we’re responsible for it is irrelevant.”

The Culinate Interview

We talk with people doing influential, important, or just plain unusual work in food.

Advertisement
Our Table

Health on the side

Nutritious substitutes for starchy side dishes

Easy switcheroos.

Subscribe
Graze: Bites from the Site
Excerpts

The Chefs Collaborative Cookbook

Local, Sustainable, Delicious Recipes from America’s Great Chefs

Features

Bivalves 101

Clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops

The Culinate Interview

Daphne Miller

The healer

Reviews

Rebuilding the Foodshed

How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food Systems