Tech Bites

Give your digital life a spring cleaning. Hit the reset button with in-studio guest Paul Kemawikasit Alexander, a New York City based acupuncturist, who has created a unique wellness system based on traditional oriental medicine, martial arts and urban community.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Saxelby Radio Scholars program is a podcast series produced by teenagers from the Food and Finance High School in New York City. Each student recorded, wrote and produced their own radio story about the food topic of their choice. Each story is unique. All the stories are very personal. On this episode of Tech Bites, the scholars join us in-studio, to talk about their experiences producing a radio story and how to master the art of the interview. Hungry for more? Listen to all the Saxelby Radio Scholars stories at http://heritageradionetwork.org/series/saxelby-scholars/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Go beyond the logo into the land of visual identity and digital content. Not sure what digital content and virtual storytelling is all about? and why a restaurant or hotel might need that to be successful in business? In-studio guest Laura O'Reilly, talks about how she founded Wallplay to connect creatives to business and products, along with some easy ways to work on your own brand identity for the social media age.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s time for the annual Cherry Bombe Jubilee Conference, the awesome day with awesome food and the most awesome women. In-studio are co-founders Kerry Diamond and Claudia Wu, talking about how they’ll bring the pages of their Cherry Bombe Magazine to life. Want more of these amazing ladies? Check out Radio Cherry Bombe here on HRN every Thursday at 1PM.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s a widely know fact that the restaurant industry does not like the public review forum Yelp. Andrew Johnson, believes his digital recommendation platform RoundTable, will be the anti-Yelp the restaurant industry will embrace. So much so, he’s betting that the industry will create the content he’s selling to consumers. Industry insiders, Luke Boland of La Sirena, and Elise Rosenberg of Colonie and Gran Electrica, discuss whether they’re in – opting-out.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Need funding for your food tech start-up? If it’s a thoughtful, sustainable, and potentially impactful business – you might be able to get some Slow Money. Today’s in-studio guest is Derek Denckla, impact investor, strategic advisor and serial social entrepreneur. We’ll discuss the mission of Slow Money NYC to connect people to their local food business, to grow successful economies and food supply, from the ground up.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today’s restaurant industry is evolving at super-fast pace. How do professionals keep up with wine trends, tech, real estate and new tipping formulas? They take classes and find mentors at Journee, the new community for restaurant professionals. In-studio guest Sam Appel, Journee’s director of community and programming, talks about how the dollar-a-day membership works on-line and in real life, and its potential impact to our restaurant lifSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Geek out with Tasting Table’s Best of Food + Tech, the month-long focus on everything in the culinary – cyber space. In-studio guest Karen Palmer, Editorial Director at Tasting Table, talks about digital media on digital tech, how restaurants are cyber-stalking their customers (to give them better service of course) and best in apps.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Now that you’ve got a table – what’s next? Resy launched in 2014 with an initial offering of paid reservations that provoked heated debate in the industry. Two years later – Resy is poised to take on Opentable and become the next gen of restaurant OS and POS. If you don’t know what OS – POS – and PCI Compliant mean, Resy CEO/Co-Founder Ben Leventhal is in-studio to walk you through the Resy 2.0 landscape.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Foodstand app is the good food community that lives in your pocket. It brings together eaters and good food makers, with recipes, photos, information, hoping that people will make better food choices – for themselves and the world. The Foodstand Spotlight is a real-life monthly showcase for food tech start-ups, innovators and entrepreneurs, to pitch their ideas to a diverse audience and panel of experts. In-studio guest Rachna Govani, co-founder/CEO takes about the just released new version of the Foodstand app and the upcoming Foodstand Spotlight on February 22, 2015.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Getting that dream restaurant job used to mean trolling through craigslist, or waiting outside chef’s office every day for a week, hoping he’d notice your dedication and give you a shot. The tech age and Culinary Agents has changed all that. In-studio guest Alice Cheng, founder of Culinary Agents talks about her website that combines professional networking and profile matching, much like online dating. In this interview, Tech Bites has the breaking news on a brand new feature launching on Culinary Agents now. “We have a new feature called ‘I Want To Work Here.’ It allows the talent to be proactive… It’s kind of the digital version of waiting outside.” –Alice Cheng, Culinary Agents Founder/CEO on Tech Bites See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

PRINT v DIGITAL. For the 2016 food writer, which is better? Is print still prestigious? Has digital media commoditized and devalued content? On this episode, in-studio guests Laurie Woolever and Melissa Clark discuss the SOTU for journalists and cookbook authors. Laurie Woolever is a freelance writer and editor, and works for Anthony Bourdain under the catch-all title of “gatekeeper.” She has written for the New York Times, Lucky Peach, Saveur, GQ, Food & Wine, Wine Spectator, Los Angeles Times and more. Woolever co-authored the cookbook Appetites, to be published in fall 2016, with Anthony Bourdain. Melissa Clark is at the New York Times, where she writes the popular Dining Section column, A Good Appetite. In addition, Clark has written 35 cookbooks, many of them in collaboration with some of New York’s most celebrated chefs. Her next cookbook, Dinner, will be published by Clarkson Potter in 2017. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#d

Potluck Video is one of the top sources for fresh culinary video content online. Founder and host Ali Rosen joins us in-studio to talk about her journey from TV to online video and back to TV, and where she thinks the future of food video is headed. “If there’s content you love creating, the barrier for entry is pretty low!” [11:00] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you own a restaurant or food business and want to run your social media, marketing and PR on your own – this boot camp episode is for you. In-studio guest Eva Karagiorgas, founding partner at Mona Creative, demystifies PR and marketing with pro-tips on how to run your business media like a boss. “People need to get over the fear of social media or digital marketing – it’s a necessity.” [9:55] “I will always recommend Instagram because it’s visual… There are millions of people using Instagram every single day and there are a lot of tools in Instagram that you can utilize to promote your brand.” [26:30] –Eva Karagiorgas on Tech Bites  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dine Market is an online marketplace and app designed to bring restaurants and their vendors together on one platform. The value proposition for restaurant is saving time by putting all their transactions in one place, and saving money with price comparison-shopping. How does it play out for vendors? In-studio guests Dine Market CEO Guy Praisler pitches Dine Market to Catherine Greeley of Heritage Foods USA. Will the platform’s efficiencies and opportunity to reach a greater customer base equal the price of participation? John Koutsounadis of Valley View Produce, a Dine Market vendor, rounds out the conversation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On the premier episdoe of 2016 we’ll talk with Mitchell Davis, chief creative officer USA Pavillion at Expo 2015 Milano, about American Food 2.0, the six million+ visitors to the USA Pavillion (including Secretary John Kerry and FLOTUS Michelle Obama) and the future of the world’s food.   “Old world and new world are just names, but they are perfect metaphors for the day to day experience.” [28:00] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For the last episode of 2015, the always brilliant Dana Cowin, of Food & Wine Magazine and Chefs Club International, joins us in-studio to talk future trends and stories for 2016. Spoiler alert for the new year? We hope so! Photo credit: John Kernick “I love the way technology can help address climate issues. The apps people are developing for saving water, reducing some stress on the planet — I think we’ll see a lot of that in the food tech space [in 2016].” [36:00] “I think this idea of engineering food is going to become more and more critical. You want really smart people doing it.” [38:00] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The penultimate episode of the year. _ Tech Bites _ host Jennifer Leuzzi and engineer/musical director/contributor Jack Inslee, recap the good, the bad and the selfies of 2015. Special call-in guests from episodes past: Eater’s Ryan Sutton, Yahoo Food’s Gillie Houston, and Paul K. Alexander. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rez Hound and Last Minute Eatin’ are two online services, built to extract the primo reservations inside the OpenTable system. How’d they do that and why is it free? In-studio guests Reed Kavner, creator of Rez Hound and Jason Davis, creator of Last Minute Eatin’, talk coding, data and capturing that unicorn – the 8pm table at Minetta Tavern. This program was brought to you by the Christmas Tree Farmers Association of New York. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Use your tech to do some good on this special holiday episode of Tech Bites. We’ll look at the transformation of the canned food collection to virtual food drives and digital philanthropy with in-studio guests Anthony Butler, Executive Director St. John’s Bread & Life. Make it a real black Friday – and keep your favorite organization out of the red. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.