<description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; This week on Chewing, we talk about markets, chaos and scoby snax! Monica does a ride along with Blue Hill at Stone Barns chef Dan Barber to talk about his Row 7 Seed Company, and makes a trip to the farmers market. Ecologist Mark Easter tells us about his James Beard nominated book&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; The Blue Plate: A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, along with more Beard nominees including chef and filmmaker Art Smith! 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color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Insta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Louisa Chu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/louisachu1/?hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; @louisachu1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Monica Eng&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/monicaengreporter/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; @monicaengreporter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Links:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Order&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart2/ChicagoBook?ISBN=978-0-252-08705-9&amp;press=illinois&amp;_ga=2.244882437.1459792560.1675444790-974159237.1675444790"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Monica Eng and David Hammond&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Music:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Theme music:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://maybemars.bandcamp.com/track/zhong-nan-hai"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Zhong Nan Hai"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Carsick Cars &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Outro music:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://carsickcars.bandcamp.com/track/15-minutes-older"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "15 Minutes Older"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Carsick Cars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Segments:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JHytU0ukIg"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Flavor"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Maren Morris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47yuiPK01kg"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Sprout and the Bean"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Joanna Newsom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0phlktmU6eo"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "La Costa Del Silencio"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Mägo de Oz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XATEKqPw5Kc"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Not That Simple"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Yann Tiersen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2akBAjCNVY"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Mycelium"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by King Gizzard &amp; The Lizard Wizard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Chewing

Chicago Tribune's Louisa Chu and Axios Chicago's Monica Eng

Episode 137: Markets, Chaos and Scoby Snax

SEP 15, 2025108 MIN
Chewing

Episode 137: Markets, Chaos and Scoby Snax

SEP 15, 2025108 MIN

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This week on Chewing, we talk about markets, chaos and scoby snax! Monica does a ride along with Blue Hill at Stone Barns chef Dan Barber to talk about his Row 7 Seed Company, and makes a trip to the farmers market. Ecologist Mark Easter tells us about his James Beard nominated book The Blue Plate: A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos, along with more Beard nominees including chef and filmmaker Art Smith! Finally, Monica dares her family to try fungi cold cuts, and double dares Iris and Louisa to taste her homemade scoby snacks, but will they eat it? chewing.xyz chicagotribune.com/chewingpodcast facebook.com/chewingpodcast Insta Louisa Chu @louisachu1 Monica Eng @monicaengreporter Links: Order Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites by Monica Eng and David Hammond Music: Theme music: "Zhong Nan Hai" by Carsick Cars Outro music: "15 Minutes Older" by Carsick Cars Segments: "Flavor" by Maren Morris "Sprout and the Bean" by Joanna Newsom "La Costa Del Silencio" by Mägo de Oz "Not That Simple" by Yann Tiersen "Mycelium" by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard