Join journalist and host Cat Neville for an eye-opening journey into the heart of the food movement. TASTEMAKERS introduces viewers to artisans across the United States who are defining the flavor of American food today. The series takes viewers from a shellfish operation in the icy waters off the coast of Washington, to a sheep's milk dairy in the rolling hills of Missouri, to an organic tofu factory in the heart of Chicago. Each episode explores how the artisans do their work, traveling to unique corners of the country while uncovering regional food culture and history along the way. Throughout the series, viewers also learn what drives these makers, what inspires them, and how they perfected their craft.
Sun, May 22 | 6:00 P.M. |
Blom Meadworks // Ann Arbor, Michigan
![]() Mead dates back to 7000 BC in China where honey was fermented with fruit and rice. |
Sun, May 29 | 6:00 P.M. |
Roots Kitchen & Cannery // Bozeman, Montana
![]() Back before refrigeration, in order to preserve food for the winter months, meat was salted, dried or smoked, and fruits and veggies were dried, fermented, pickled or turned into jams. |
Sun, Jun 19 | 6:00 P.M. |
Custom Foodscaping // St. Louis, Missouri
![]() As we become more aware of our dinner's carbon footprint, many are seeking to grow as much as possible close to home using environmentally-sensitive methods. |
Sun, Jun 26 | 6:00 P.M. |
Food Building // Minneapolis, Minnesota
![]() At Food Building in Minneapolis, makers focused on transparency, quality and sourcing are working side-by-side, supporting each other and working to build a better food system. |
Come along with host Cat Neville to the tiny town of Saxapahaw, North Carolina, where Ross Flynn works directly with Eliza MacLean of Cane Creek Farms and Charles Syndor of Braeburn Farm to source sustainably-raised heritage pork and grass-fed beef for his butcher shop, LeftBank Butchery.
How do you go about changing the food system? If you're Kathleen Morgan, you make frozen custard.
Heliculture, a fancy word for snail farming, is on the rise here in the U.
The ancient preservation technique of fermentation turns out to have tremendous side benefits.
In this episode of tasteMAKERS, travel with host Cat Neville to Jack Rabbit Hill Farm in Hotchkiss, Colorado, where Lance Hanson is crafting biodynamic wines that express his biodynamic farm's high desert terroir.
In this episode of tasteMAKERS, host Cat Neville takes you to Coupeville, Washington, to meet Ian Jefferds.
In this episode of tasteMAKERS, host Cat travel to Pitts, Georgia, to meet Clay Oliver.
In this episode of tasteMAKERS, host Cat Neville visits a farm in Weston, Missouri, that specializes in cheese made from rich and creamy sheep's milk.
In this episode of tasteMAKERS, come along with host Cat Neville to meet Alden and Val Bing.
In this episode of tasteMAKERS, host Cat Neville heads to Boston, Massachusetts, to meet the team at Freight Farms.
From his home base on Broken Arrow Ranch in Ingram, Texas, Chris Hughes travels across the state, harvesting game on Texas ranches in a humane, sustainable way.
In this episode of tasteMAKERS, host Cat Neville heads to Chicago to meet Jenny Yang, the woman behind Phoenix Bean Tofu.
In this episode of tasteMAKERS, host Cat Neville heads to Louisvillle, Kentucky to meet Tom Edwards of Louismill and MozzaPi.
Atlantic Sea Farms partners with lobstermen up and down the rocky coast of Maine to farm kelp in the region's icy waters.
At Smoking Goose in Indianapolis, Chris Eley is taking centuries-old meat preservation techniques and making them his own, creating unique charcuterie that reflects what's coming from Indiana farms.
Just outside of Austin, James Brown has created a grain hub that connects the region's bakers, chefs, brewers and distillers with organic heritage grains grown on Texas farms.
Everyone knows it's tough to succeed in the food business.
Yoshihiro Sako uses time-honored Japanese techniques to brew small-batch sake using single-origin rice grown on Rue & Forsman ranch in the Sacramento Valley.
Through sustainable aquaculture, Marshallberg Farm is raising thousands of Russian sturgeon, producing environmentally-responsible osetra caviar and smoked sturgeon in North Carolina.
Mead dates back to 7000 BC in China where honey was fermented with fruit and rice.
Back before refrigeration, in order to preserve food for the winter months, meat was salted, dried or smoked, and fruits and veggies were dried, fermented, pickled or turned into jams.
As we become more aware of our dinner's carbon footprint, many are seeking to grow as much as possible close to home using environmentally-sensitive methods.
At Food Building in Minneapolis, makers focused on transparency, quality and sourcing are working side-by-side, supporting each other and working to build a better food system.
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