About this podcast
Dressler Parsons, a pastry cook, enlists the help of food, farming, and sustainability experts to design a climate-friendly bakery of the future.
Episodes
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- Regenerative Baking #29: Rae Gomes of Community Kitchen · 32 min · Episode 29The final episode of Season 3 features an incredible interview with Rae Gomes (@raegomes), the Executive Director of Community Kitchen, and a real food policy powerhouse…
- Regenerative Baking #28: Jenny Dorsey on State-Run Restaurants · 50 min · Episode 28Jenny Dorsey is a professional chef, author, speaker, and researcher on food politics and social justice. She’s currently based in Singapore as a Fulbright-National Geographic…
- Regenerative Baking #27: Russell Trimmer of Motzi Bread · 39 min · Episode 27Continuing with season 3’s topic of alternative economies, Russell Trimmer runs Motzi Bread in Baltimore with his wife, Maya. In 2020, they fully shifted to a pay-what-you-can…
- Regenerative Baking #26: Jim Franks on "Existential Bread" · 46 min · Episode 26Jim Franks has traveled the world studying whole grain sourdough bread and local food infrastructure centered around ethical and regenerative ingredients. He's also a poet, and…
- Regenerative Baking #25: Don Guerra of Barrio Bread · 51 min · Episode 25Today’s guest is community-supported baker Don Guerra, founder of Barrio Bread in Tucson, Arizona. He won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Baker in 2022, and takes pride in…
- Regenerative Baking #24: Amy Smith of Native Seeds/SEARCH · 41 min · Episode 24What is a seed bank if not both the original economy AND a model for a regenerative economy? The seeds are saved, shared with farmers and gardeners, and then as the crops grow, a…
- Regenerative Baking #23: Telly Justice of HAGS · 40 min · Episode 23Could a fine dining restaurant be a place to feel at home, to eat for free? Telly Justice, head chef and co-owner of HAGS, says absolutely. Centering queerness in every corner of…
- Regenerative Baking #22: Caroline Woolard on Barter Networks and The Solidarity Economy · 45 min · Episode 22How can the scaffolding and infrastructure of our world be repurposed to build a better future? How can social practice art open avenues for collaboration and and cooperation?…
- Regenerative Baking #21: Raeghn Draper of CHAAD · 35 min · Episode 21We're kicking off Season 3 of Regenerative Baking with Raeghn Draper, the executive director of CHAAD (Chicago Hospitality Accountability and Advocacy Database), an organization…
- Regenerative Baking #20: Season 2 Summary · 1 h 41 min · Episode 20We're back with another thematically-organized summary of Regenerative Baking's last nine episodes, as told via clips of guests that felt like they were in conversation with each…
- Regenerative Baking #19: Patrick Shaw-Kitch of Brooklyn Granary and Mill · 37 min · Episode 19Patrick Shaw-Kitch was the head baker at Blue Hill at Stone Barns for five years, and is now opening Brooklyn Granary and Mill, a flour mill and bakery in Brooklyn that will…
- Regenerative Baking #18: Colleen Orlando of Little Loaf Bakeshop · 40 min · Episode 18Little Loaf Bakeshop is a queer woman-and-trans-owned bakery in Poughkeepsie, New York. In this episode, Dressler talks to co-owner Colleen Orlando about her journey in the food…
- Regenerative Baking #17: Luis Medina of The Flour Bender Bakeshop · 35 min · Episode 17Luis Medina recently opened The Flour Bender Bakeshop, a real-life regenerative bakery in Troy, New York--and we recorded this interview shortly before the opening, so it's full…
- Regenerative Baking #16: Carla Finley of Apt. 2 Bread · 38 min · Episode 16Carla Finley has seen her Brooklyn apartment-based micro-bakery take on a handful of evolutions. From the early days of the pandemic shutdowns to a full-swing bread operation, to…
- Regenerative Baking #15: Botanical Baking with Hayley McKee · 33 min · Episode 15The dream of turning a garden into beautiful baked goods comes to life with Hayley McKee, an Australian baker and author of the cookbook "Sticky Fingers, Green Thumb," which…
- Regenerative Baking #14: Estefania Trujillo Preciado on Food Memories · 38 min · Episode 14What memories do certain foods bring back for you? And how do you go about preserving those memories? Estefania Trujillo Preciado is a chef, educator, and artist documenting…
- Regenerative Baking #13: Andrea Aliseda on the Universe of Nixtamal · 40 min · Episode 13Andrea Aliseda is a Mexican-American recipe developer, writer, and forthcoming cookbook author based in LA. In this episode of Regenerative Baking, with the season 2 theme of…
- Regenerative Baking #12: Shreema Mehta of Climate Cookery · 26 min · Episode 12What would it look like to step outside of the ingredients we’re used to baking with, and to hone in on some officially-labeled underutilized crops? This episode dives into just…
- Regenerative Baking #11: Rose McAdoo on Dessert as Climate Art · 49 min · Episode 11The overarching question of Season 2 of Regenerative Baking is "What does it look like to bake with place in mind?" And we're kicking it off with Rose McAdoo, a brilliant food…
- Regenerative Baking #10: Season 1 Summary · 1 h 39 min · Episode 10This is a thematically-organized summary of the first nine episodes, as told via clips of guests that felt like they were in conversation with each other. The result is a…
