Table to Farm
A deeper look at the origins of the things we eat
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Slate's Table to Farm #8: Dueling Quesos Edition
Laura and Dan learn about the dairy industry when they ...
Laura and Dan learn about the dairy industry when they speak with author Kirk Kardashian, then find out exactly how cheese is made from Elizabeth Chubbuck of Murray's Cheese. Each guest reveals their cheese guilty pleasure (spoiler alert--Elizabeth's is f
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Slate's Table to Farm #7: Focaccia Edition
Laura and Dan talk to Aaron Bobrow-Strain about the period ...
Laura and Dan talk to Aaron Bobrow-Strain about the period in history when white bread was considered fancy and whole grain bread was considered unclean, and Aaron explains how that came to be and how perceptions changed. Then your hosts talk to Amy Scher
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Slate's Table to Farm #6: Braised Pork Butt Edition
Laura and Dan talk with Bill Niman and Nicolette Hahn ...
Laura and Dan talk with Bill Niman and Nicolette Hahn Niman, formerly of Niman Ranch, now of BN Ranch. Bill explains why pigs are the most interesting animals in the barnyard, and how a pig farmer can love an animal and still bring it to slaughter, while
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Slate's Table to Farm #5: Coca-Cola Cake Edition
Laura and Dan welcome guests with very different perspectives on ...
Laura and Dan welcome guests with very different perspectives on proposals to tax or restrict soft drink consumption. Kelly Brownell is a Yale professor, an expert on obesity, and one of the nation's leading proponents of soda taxes. Daniel Engber is a Sl
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Slate's Table to Farm #4: Apple Crisp Edition
Laura and Dan talk to self-proclaimed "apple nerd" Amy Traverso ...
Laura and Dan talk to self-proclaimed "apple nerd" Amy Traverso about the history of apples and how new varieties are created. Then your hosts explore ways to get local apples when they talk to a farmer and the founder of a startup called Farmigo. Finally
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Slate's Table to Farm #3: Tri-tip Steak Edition
Laura and Dan speak with Chris Leonard from the New ...
Laura and Dan speak with Chris Leonard from the New America Foundation about changes in the beef industry in recent decades and the impact on the meat that ends up on your table. Then your hosts visit a butcher shop in Brooklyn that's been in the same loc
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Slate's Table to Farm #2: Frittata Edition
Laura and Dan speak with Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer, author ...
Laura and Dan speak with Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation, about the ethics of eating eggs. Then they visit the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger, a group that's raising chickens in a back yard in Brooklyn to provide eggs to
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Slate's Table to Farm #1: Seared Scallops Edition
This new series, featuring Slate's L.V. Anderson and The Sporkful's ...
This new series, featuring Slate's L.V. Anderson and The Sporkful's Dan Pashman, reverse engineers the food chain, exploring the origins of what we buy, cook, and eat. In this episode Laura and Dan talk to a commercial fisherman, a shellfish farmer, and t
