It’s All About Food
Since 2009, It’s All About Food, a vegan podcast, has been bringing you the best in up-to-date news regarding food, our food system and the vegan lifestyle. Hosted by Caryn Hartglass, a vegan since 1988, the program includes in-depth interviews with medical doctors, nutritionists, dietitians, cook book authors, artists, poets, athletes, environmentalists, animal rights activists, farmers, food manufacturers, lawyers, food scientists and more. Learn how we can solve many of the world’s problems today and do it deliciously, here on It’s All About Food.
Episodes

Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Rosa Abreu-Runkel, VanillaDominican born and raised in the United States, Rosa Abreu-Runkel is currently an assistant professor at New York City College of Technology (CUNY), Hospitality Management Program. She has held various mid and executive level management positions in Food and Beverage with, among others, Marriott International, Millennium Hotels, Highgate Hotels and IHG International Hotels. Hartglass & De Mattei talk about recipes they love with vanilla, as well as some with chocolate, for Valentine’s Day or any day you want chocolate. LINKS mentioned in the interview:James Hemings Society RECIPES mentioned in the program: Risotto VeganeseOrange Creamsicle Ice DreamFlourless Chocolate CakeChocolate Pumpkin Mini Cake

Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Brenda Sanders, VeguaryBrenda Sanders is a vegan food justice activist who Co-Founded Thrive Baltimore, a community resource center that offers free classes, workshops, cooking demos and other programming that supports people in living a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle. She’s also Executive Director of Afro-Vegan Society, a nonprofit organization that provides resources to people in marginalized communities to assist them in transitioning to veganism, Co-Creator of Vegan SoulFest, an annual festival that celebrates culture and all aspects of vegan living and Co-Owner of The Greener Kitchen, a vegan deli and food distributor that produces plant-based foods that are both affordable and accessible.
PLEDGE TO GO VEGAN THIS FEBRUARY – IT’S VEGUARY
Hartglass & De Mattei complete the program talking about Snow and Snow People, Exercise and Chap Stick/Lip Balm

Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Ramin Ganeshram, Saffron, A Global HistoryJournalist and chef Ramin Ganeshram is the author of a number of cookbooks and The General’s Cook: A Novel.
Explore the dramatic history of the world’s most expensive spice in Saffron: A Global History. Literally worth their weight in gold, sunset-red saffron threads are prized internationally. Saffron can be found in cave art in Mesopotamia, in the frescoes of ancient Santorini, in the dyed wrappings of Egyptian mummies, in the saffron-hued robes of Buddhist monks, and in unmistakable dishes around the world. It has been the catalyst for trade wars as well as smuggling schemes and used in medicine and cosmetics. Complete with delicious recipes and surprising anecdotes, this book traces the many paths taken by saffron, revealing the allure of a spice sought globally by merchants, chefs, artists, scientists, clerics, traders, warriors, and black-market smugglers.
Hartglass & De Mattei continue the conversation on saffron, including REAL recipes with saffron.
Links and recipes discussed in the program: Risotto VeganeseRisotto Milanese in Saffron Vegetable Broth The End of Meat Is Here, by Jonathan Safran FoerJonathan Safran Foer on IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD: We Are the Weather

Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Hartglass & DeMattei, Cepes and Crêpes and Celebrating VeganuaryCaryn Hartglass and Gary DeMattei are in the studio at Responsible Eating And Living Headquarters to talk to you about cepes and crêpes and the importance of terroir when it comes to the flavor in food, on land and in the sea. They’ll also be giving delicious Veganuary food tips. Links and recipes mentioned in the program: Veganuary Interview with co-founders Matthew Glover and Jane LandCabbage and fermented vegetables: From death rate heterogeneity in countries to candidates for mitigation strategies of severe COVID‐19 REAL Vegan-Style MeatloafBuckwheat CrêpesSauerkraut

Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Nava Atlas, Plant-Powered ProteinNava Atlas is a vegan cooking expert and the author of many bestselling cookbooks, including 5-Ingredient Vegan, Vegan on a Budget, Wild About Greens, and Vegan Holiday Kitchen. Nava also creates visual books on women’s issues and runs two websites, TheVeganAtlas.com and LiteraryLadiesGuide.com. She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York State with her family.

Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wendy A. Woloson, Crap, A History of Cheap Stuff in AmericaWendy A. Woloson is associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Camden and the author, most recently, of In Hock: Pawning in America from Independence through the Great Depression, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and coeditor of the collection, Capitalism by Gaslight: Illuminating the Economy of 19th-Century America.

Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Ian Theasby and Henry Firth, SPEEDY BOSH Ian Theasby, Creative Director and Co-FounderIan is a creative marketeer with a background in fashion whose wordplay and creative concepts create new go-to favorites for BOSH’s thousands of fans. He also desires to bring plant-based food to the world, helping people and planet to thrive. Henry Firth, Founder and CEOHenry Firth is a creator with a background in digital video and businesses, and a passionate home-taught cook. His life’s mission is to make a positive impact on reducing climate change, by showing the world just how easy, delicious and fun plant-based food can be.
Caryn made the Red Velvet Sorbet from the Speedy Bosh cookbook to eat during this interview. See how to make it here on Instagram.
Hartglass & De Mattei, Careful What You Wish For!Caryn and Gary wrap up the show. They talk about passion, wishes, resolutions and finding your soul. Links mentioned in the discussion:
Pizza Dough, Gluten-FreeMarinaraVegan MozarellaCuccidati, Italian Fig Cookies

Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Chris Otter, Diet for a Large Planet, Industrial Britain, Food Systems, and World Ecology
Chris Otter, Diet for a Large Planet, Industrial Britain, Food Systems, and World EcologyChris Otter is associate professor of history at the Ohio State University. He is the author of The Victorian Eye: A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain, 1800-1910, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Carolyn Cobbold, A Rainbow Palate, How Chemical Dyes Changed the West’s Relationship with FoodCarolyn Cobbold is a research fellow at the University of Cambridge, where she investigates the history of food and science. Her work has been published in Annals of Science, Osiris, Ambix, and Business Insurance, among others.
We live in a world saturated by chemicals—our food, our clothes, and even our bodies play host to hundreds of synthetic chemicals that did not exist before the nineteenth century. By the 1900s, a wave of bright coal tar dyes had begun to transform the Western world. Originally intended for textiles, the new dyes soon permeated daily life in unexpected ways, and by the time the risks and uncertainties surrounding the synthesized chemicals began to surface, they were being used in everything from clothes and home furnishings to cookware and food.
In A Rainbow Palate, Carolyn Cobbold explores how the widespread use of new chemical substances influenced perceptions and understanding of food, science, and technology, as well as trust in science and scientists. Because the new dyes were among the earliest contested chemical additives in food, the battles over their use offer striking insights and parallels into today’s international struggles surrounding chemical, food, and trade regulation.

Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Saray Stancic, MD, What’s Missing From MedicineSaray Stancic, MD is a board-certified physician and the subject of the recent documentary film Code Blue. From 1999 to 2006, Dr. Stancic served as chief of infectious diseases at the Hudson Valley Veterans Administration Hospital in New York. During those years she treated hundreds of patients with viral hepatitis and HIV and directed the MOVE program, a federal VA initiative to encourage healthy lifestyles in veterans. She later joined the viral hepatology team at Roche and conducted clinical studies for new, more efficacious treatments for hepatitis infections. During these research years, she continued to see patients at the Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital in New York City. In 2012, in response to her personal experiences as a multiple sclerosis patient as well as a veteran physician, Dr. Stancic founded one of the first lifestyle medicine practices in the country, where she created a distinct contemporary health-care model rooted in traditional medical principles. Dr. Stancic’s current practice focuses on educating and empowering patients to understand the importance of the personal lifestyle choices discussed in this book. She mentors medical students and residents and seeks to contribute to initiatives centered on redefining the health-care paradigm. She is a fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Visit her at https://drstancic.com/.