After two decades as the Editor in Chief of Food & Wine magazine, Dana Cowin launched Progressive Hedonist, a platform to bring joy, connection and uplift through food and gathering while tackling one of the seemingly impossible challenges of our lifetime: healing the natural world. On this podcast, Cowin interviews people who also believe in the powerful potential for food to bring change and fuel community.
How are restaurants contributing to health issues for people and planet? That is one of the motivating questions for Johanna Hellrigl, chef and co-owner of Ama in Washington, DC. On the Progressive Hedonist podcast, Hellrigl shares how her own difficult health journey and the death of her talented chef father led her to create "meals that not only taste good but also feel good." For her Northern Italian restaurant, “It's slow-living, it's slow-cooking, slow-food movement. I wanted to go back to our roots.” Listen in to hear about the intersection of restaurants and delicious, nourishing foods, as well as excellent advice about complex topics including everything from plastics in the kitchen to compostable cups.
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