Cultivated By Caryn Caryn Antonini

On this week’s episode, host Caryn Antonini is joined by Houston Blackwell, Head of Sales at Ideal Fish, a seafood company that specializes in raising fresh and clean saltwater fish, which are chemical and hormone free. Their worldclass aquaculture facility produces sustainable, cage free-fish in an effort to provide consumers with healthy, fresh fish and to help our oceans heal. Houston grew up on the water, accompanying his father on fishing trips, where he developed a passion for aqua...

On this week’s episode, host Caryn Antonini is out of the studio and on location with Josh Mesnik, owner and operator of Josie and Tony’s, a private supper club in the trendy SONO district of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Josh is a General Manager by training, bringing over 2 decades of experience to his first restaurant concept which also includes an Italian sandwich shop. He got his start in the restaurant industry waiting tables at Cafe Luxembourg and went on to work front-of-house at Sus...

On this week’s episode, host Caryn Antonini is joined by Chef Sebastian Gallucci, owner of award-winning Seba’s Restaurant in Uvita, Costa Rica. A Canadian citizen of Italian-Argentine heritage, Seba began his career with the Royal Bank of Canada, but quickly learned that his passion lay in cooking as opposed to the financial world. His culinary journey has taken him from an Argentine food truck and restaurant in Canada to a bed and breakfast and private dining in Costa Rica and now currently...

On this week’s episode, host Caryn Antonini is joined by Sami Tallberg, award-winning Finnish chef, author and foraging pioneer who specializes in ultra seasonal, local Nordic wild foods. Chef Sami studied at Helsinki Culinary school and then began his career at The Ivy in London where he found his beginnings in cooking with wild foods. From there, Sami cultivated his understanding and expertise of natural foods and returned to Finland where he has a thriving career, currently offering foragi...

Welcome friends, today I am excited to introduce my guest, Christian Palmaz, Chief Operating Officer at Palmaz Vineyards in Napa Valley. Christian graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas with a B.S. in business and at the same time developed an interest in geoscience and computer data science. Christian’s background and experience has been instrumental in shaping this second-generation family run estate. With a combination of Argentinian family roots and Californian history, t...

On this week’s episode, host Caryn Antonini is joined by guest, Chef Lorenzo Boni, Executive Chef at Barilla America, where he is responsible for culinary projects throughout the company. Chef Lorenzo sets gold standards for industrial recipes and how best to use their products. He creates recipes for customers on social media, and his goal is to educate his audience about delicious, sustainable and healthy cooking. He’s a passionate brand ambassador and spokesperson as well as an Italian Foo...