The Local Food Report
Food & Cooking Podcasts
The Local Food Report can be heard every Thursday on WCAI, the local NPR station for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the South Coast. From farmers' markets to backyard gardens, wild forage to home kitchen recipes, the Local Food Report explores the Cape, Islands, and South Coast to find out what's in season and what to do with it.The Local Food Report airs Thursday at 8:35 AM and 5:45 PM and Saturday at 9:35 AM and is made possible by our Local Food Report sponsors.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Food & Cooking Podcasts
Description:
The Local Food Report can be heard every Thursday on WCAI, the local NPR station for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the South Coast. From farmers' markets to backyard gardens, wild forage to home kitchen recipes, the Local Food Report explores the Cape, Islands, and South Coast to find out what's in season and what to do with it.The Local Food Report airs Thursday at 8:35 AM and 5:45 PM and Saturday at 9:35 AM and is made possible by our Local Food Report sponsors.
Language:
English
Episodes
A slaughterhouse in Westport
5/2/2024
This week on the Local Food Report, a slaughterhouse in Westport.
Duration:00:04:25
Making bagels in the dawn kitchen
4/18/2024
There aren’t many things that will get me out of bed at 5:30 in the morning. But bagels—or really just the prospect of learning how to make them—is one. Recently, I stood in Wellfleet’s Bagel Hound with owner Ellery Althaus, while the windows were still dark, staring a pile of dough.
Duration:00:04:31
Black garlic, a popular choice for home cooks and chefs
4/11/2024
Beau Valtz is standing in his Wellfleet kitchen in front of a giant pile of fresh garlic.He's wrapping heads of garlic tightly in tin foil.
Duration:00:04:00
Four trout varieties that are stocked in local waters
4/4/2024
Recently I made a visit to the Sandwich fish hatchery. That’s where the state raises trout for stocking in local ponds and rivers and I spoke with Mike Clark who helps breed four different trout varieties.
Duration:00:04:18
One woman’s story of starting a food truck
3/28/2024
Duration:00:04:51
A primer on Cape Cod clams
3/21/2024
A primer on Cape Cod clams—local species and how to handle each one in the kitchen.
Duration:00:05:14
Pruning wild blueberries and our relationship with the natural world
3/7/2024
This week, a young man in Truro on pruning wild blueberries and our relationship with the natural world.
Duration:00:04:36
Skate 101: Three local cooks share their favorite recipes
2/29/2024
For a long time, skate has been considered trash fish. But with local groundfish like haddock and cod increasingly off the menu, home cooks and local chefs are turning more and more to this tasty shark relative.
Duration:00:04:07
Turnip latkes from a chef in Orleans
2/22/2024
It’s that time of year again—we’re deep into storage vegetable season and I’m looking for recipe inspiration.
Duration:00:04:20
A farmer goes into the schools on the Outer Cape
2/1/2024
About ten years ago when farmer Stephanie Rein’s kids were in elementary school in Truro, she noticed something about local garden-based education.
Duration:00:04:42
Adapting Cape Cod menus to changes in local fisheries
1/25/2024
This week on the Local Food Report, adapting Cape Cod menus to changes in local fisheries.
Duration:00:04:05
A chef gets creative with school lunch
1/18/2024
This week on the Local Food Report, a chef gets creative with school lunch.
Duration:00:04:04
A community farming project makes an impact in Orleans
1/11/2024
In the 1960s, Putnam Farm was home to 14 acres of thriving cropland.
Duration:00:04:18
Soil building inspiration from the Amazon
1/4/2024
This week on the Local Food Report, soil building inspiration all the way from the Amazon.
Duration:00:05:22
A local chef uses walnuts and almonds to create two Italian-inspired after-dinner drinks
12/28/2023
This week a chef in Provincetown uses walnuts and almonds to create two Italian-inspired after-dinner drinks.
Duration:00:05:12
Not your grandmother's fruitcake... ice cream
12/21/2023
This week, Elspeth gets the holiday scoop from a local ice cream maker.
Duration:00:04:38
Holiday pies and memories
12/14/2023
This time of year, I miss my grandmother. When I was a kid Biee always came to visit for Christmas and she spent most of her time in the kitchen.
Duration:00:04:44
A rare local fruit is making its way back to Cape Cod
11/30/2023
This week, a Falmouth man heads to the Midwest to meet a rare local fruit.
Duration:00:04:39
Nora Hay, age 9, teaches us to make her favorite fall dish
11/23/2023
This week on the Local Food Report, Elspeth’s daughter, Nora Hay, age 9, teaches us to make her favorite fall dish.
Duration:00:04:32