Modernist Cuisine founder Nathan Myhrvold and head chef Francisco Migoya join host Jordan Werner Barry and executive producer Michael Harlan Turkell for Modernist BreadCrumbs, a special series taking a new look at one of the oldest staples of the human diet: bread. Start with starter and then take a look at the discoveries and techniques from Modernist Bread. Enjoy interviews with the bakers, scientists, chefs, authors, millers, and Bread Heads who are shaping the future of bread. We’ll take deep dives into the microbial world, heritage grains, flatbreads, and breads with holes, but we’ll also step back and look at how bread intersects with culture, fermentation, immigration, art, and tradition. Fire up your oven and follow the breadcrumbs.
Modernist BreadCrumbs
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Modernist Cuisine founder Nathan Myhrvold and head chef Francisco Migoya join host Jordan Werner Barry and executive producer Michael Harlan Turkell for Modernist BreadCrumbs, a special series taking a new look at one of the oldest staples of the human diet: bread. Start with starter and then take a look at the discoveries and techniques from Modernist Bread. Enjoy interviews with the bakers, scientists, chefs, authors, millers, and Bread Heads who are shaping the future of bread. We’ll take deep dives into the microbial world, heritage grains, flatbreads, and breads with holes, but we’ll also step back and look at how bread intersects with culture, fermentation, immigration, art, and tradition. Fire up your oven and follow the breadcrumbs.
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December 19, 2018
Episode 16: Still Life with Bread
<p>In this episode, we’re exploring the intersection of bread and art, and the idea of bread <em>as</em> art. From Renaissance paintings of The Last Supper (complete with pretzels) and still lifes from the Dutch Golden Age to scoring videos on Instagram—the aesthetics of bread, and all that it symbolizes, have long been on display.</p> <p>We'll look for bread in art history with Maite Gomez-Rejon (founder of <a href="http://artbites.net/">Art Bites</a>), consider the influence of art on baking with an interview from <a href="https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/life-imitates-art-imitates-food/">HRN Happy Hour</a> featuring head chef of Modernist Cuisine Francisco Migoya and author <a href="http://www.isengart.com/">Daniel Isengart</a>, talk about craft with baker (and former ceramic artist) <a href="http://www.bk17bakery.com/the-baker/">Sarah Owens</a>, weigh bread's artistic value with Guy Frenkel of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ceorbread/">Ceor Bread</a>, and find out how co-authors Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya, tackled bread's beige aesthetics when writing <em>Modernist Bread.</em></p> <p>Photo Credit: Nathan Myhrvold/ The Cooking Lab, LLC.</p> <p>Theme Music: Thomas Hughes & Gretchen Lohse (<a href="http://www.instagram.com/carolclevelandsings">@carolclevelandsings</a>)</p> <p><em>Modernist BreadCrumbs</em> is powered by <a href="http://www.simplecast.com">Simplecast</a>.</p>
December 12, 2018
Episode 15: Deck the Challahs
<p>It’s a season of celebration, and no matter what you’re celebrating, that usually means baking. Sweet or savory, traditional or cutting-edge, more people fire up their ovens during the holiday season than any other time of the year. In this episode, we're exploring holiday breads and the traditions that bring us back to them, year after year.</p> <p>We'll talk Stollen with Brian Hart Hoffman of <em><a href="https://www.bakefromscratch.com/">Bake From Scratch</a>,</em> Challah with Mike Zaro of <a href="https://www.zaro.com/">Zaro's Bakery</a>, and Pandoro vs Panettone with Italian baker <a href="http://pasticceriabiasetto.it/luigi-biasetto/">Luigi Biasetto</a>. Co-authors of <em>Modernist Bread,</em> Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya, help us figure out what the holiday hoopla is all about—is it just nostalgia, or something deeper?</p> <p>Photo Credit: The Cooking Lab, LLC.</p> <p>Theme Music: Thomas Hughes & Gretchen Lohse (<a href="http://www.instagram.com/carolclevelandsings">@carolclevelandsings</a>)</p> <p><em>Modernist BreadCrumbs</em> is powered by <a href="http://www.simplecast.com">Simplecast</a>.</p>
December 5, 2018
Episode 14: Emboiled in Lyes
<p>We're going down the rabbit hole of breads with holes! From the New York vs Montreal bagel debate—and the power of water and lye—to the twists and turns of pretzel history, focusing on the presence of negative space is a positive thing.</p> <p>We'll explore the power of lye with <a href="https://www.curiouscook.com/">Harold McGee</a>, check out NYC bagel culture with Dianna Daoheung of <a href="https://www.blackseedbagels.com/">Black Seed Bagels</a>, learn about the Simit with <a href="https://www.studiofreehand.nyc/team-member/zoe-kanan/">Zoe Kanan</a>, and head to Pennsylvania's classic <a href="https://juliussturgis.com/">Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery</a>. Along the way, Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya, co-authors of <em>Modernist Bread,</em> will address "the water myth," and their findings may surprise NYC bagel purists.</p> <p>Photo credit: The Cooking Lab, LLC.</p> <p>Theme Music: Thomas Huges & Gretchen Lohse (<a href="http://www.instagram.com/carolclevelandsings">@carolclevelandsings</a>).</p> <p><em>Modernist BreadCrumbs</em> is powered by <a href="http://simplecast.com">Simplecast</a>.</p>
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