The Food Lens Podcast

S1 Ep. 5: LIVE from Taste 2019 (with Karen Akunowicz, Tony Maws and Scott Kearnan)

We are coming to you live from Boston Magazine's Taste 2019, the annual event celebrating this year’s Top 50 restaurant list, featuring dishes from some of Boston’s best chefs! We manage to steal Chef Owners Karen Akunowicz and Tony Maws from their food stations for a double interview. We talk about the fast casual approach that both have successfully pulled off. Along the way, they share the history of their beloved sit down restaurants; Fox and the Knife (Karen) and Craigie on Main (Tony). 

 

Our second interview of the evening features Scott Kearnan, food editor of Boston Magazine. Scott weighs in restaurant trends, the state of food media, and of course, lets us in on the process of picking Boston’s best restaurants for their annual November issue.

S1 Ep. 4: The Highs and Lows of Starting a Cannabis Supper Club (with Samantha Kanter & Nicholas Escoto)

Cannabis cuisine has come a long way from pot-butter brownies. On this week’s episode we chat with producers of the invite-only marijuana supper club, Dinner at Mary’s. Sam takes her experience of producing high-end (no pun intended) events, and works with chef Nick to give guests an elevated dining experience, enhanced with weed. We touch on changing regulations, pairing pot with food — just like you would with wine — and infusing the plant in everything from salad dressing to dessert.

S1 Ep. 3: Down on the (Data) Farm (with Will Gilson)

Turns out, “failing fast” isn’t just for Silicon Valley types. Chef Gilson has plenty of wins on his record, but the chef of Puritan & Company is quick to own up to his mistakes, and learn from them. As Will is about to embark on his most ambitious restaurant project yet, we sat down to talk about food delivery on demand, ghost restaurants, and how getting good at collecting and interpreting data is the best way to survive in a challenging restaurant ecosystem.

S1 Ep. 2: Fin to Tail (with Jeremy Sewall)

The guy behind the kitchens at Row 34 and Island Creek Oyster Bar obviously makes a mean lobster roll (are you camp butter or mayo?), and no one puts together a better plate of oysters...but Chef Jeremy Sewall is a bonafide expert on New England seafood, and has the experience, and family lineage, to back it up. Find out what fish we should be eating this second (seasonality isn’t just for tomatoes, people) and why Jeremy thinks the term “sustainable seafood” is kind of a cop out. 

 

S1 Ep. 1: Keeping it All Natural (Wine) (with Lauren Friel)

What, exactly, is a feminist wine bar? And what about it makes a seat at Rebel Rebel —  Lauren Friel’s pocket-sized bar in Bow Market —  one of the most coveted spots to imbibe in Greater Boston? On our first episode, we get personal with Lauren: about her choice to share so much of herself with her online following, how her business sense and activism intersect, and what goes in (and is left out) of a good bottle of natural wine.

 

 

Meet Co-hosts Molly Ford, Co-Founder of The Food Lens, & Catherine Smart, Co-Founder of notjust.co as well as guest Lauren Friel, owner of Rebel Rebel.

 

Season 1 Trailer: Introducing the Food Lens Podcast

The Food Lens Podcast is coming soon! You know to turn to The Food Lens for the best restaurants, bars, and events in Boston...and now we’re looking past the plate and connecting with some of our favorite chefs and tastemakers in studio. On each episode, Co-hosts Molly Ford, Co-Founder of The Food Lens, & Catherine Smart, Co-Founder of notjust.co chat with restaurant industry insiders —  digging into business, passion projects, and food trends to see what’s shaping the New England restaurant scene.  

 

No tasty topic is off limits: from peeling back the politics of sustainable seafood, to farming data on customers, to high-end cannabis cuisine. We’re curious. We’re hungry. And we know you are too, so join us.

 

New episodes every other week!