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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Libby Willis (@libbylark) is the chef and co-owner of the buzziest restaurant in Brooklyn, MeMe’s Diner (@memesdiner). In an interview with Jarry magazine, Libby and her business partner Bill Clark described MeMe’s as a “very, very gay restaurant,” and with that one quote, MeMe’s Diner became not just a foodie hot spot, but part of the queer culinary moment that’s sweeping the industry, one that’s being shaped by the likes of JaynesBeard, Queer Soup Night, Chefs Ora Wise, Preeti Mistry, Angela Dimayuga, and others. The attention from Eater, Bon Appetit, and The New Yorker is getting people in the door, but they’re staying for Libby’s unique spin on comfort food, Bill’s baked goods, and the duo’s modern, thoughtful hospitality. Libby talks to host Kerry Diamond (@kerrybombe) about being part of a phenomenon, her kitchen bona fides, and how MeMe’s came to be. Our second guest is Lauren Goldstein (lauren_goldstein), Northwestern University grad and creator of the Sugar and Spice Summit, the only conference dedicated to connecting college women and young female professionals with influential women working in the food industry. Lauren joins us to talk about the summit, which will take place this year on April 28th in Chicago. Thank you to Emmi, the maker of beautiful, delicious cheeses from Switzerland, and to Le Cordon Bleu, the legendary culinary school, for supporting this episode of Radio Cherry Bombe.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Heritage Radio Network. We're a member-supported food radio network
0:05.1	broadcasting over 35 weekly shows live from Bushwick, Brooklyn. Join our hosts as they lead
0:11.6	you through the world of craft brewing, behind the scenes of the restaurant industry, inside
0:16.6	the battle over school food, and beyond. Find us at heritage radio network.org. Hi, everybody, I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, and you're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb. Each week, we talk to the most interesting women in the world of food and bring the pages of Cherry Bomb magazine to life. Let's thank our sponsors, Emmy, the maker of delicious traditional cheeses from Switzerland.
0:59.2	If you love beautiful Swiss cheeses, look for Emmy's premier cult Bach label and cheeses such as Emmettol, Greer, and Le Cremot,
1:08.7	aged in the 22 million-year-old, yes, that's 22 million-year-old
1:13.9	Cult Ba Cave, for superior flavor, unlike anywhere else in the world.
1:19.5	If you're daydreaming about culinary school, maybe it's time to say
1:23.3	bonjour to Le Cordon Bleu. Learn more about the legendary culinary school's most prestigious
1:28.4	professional qualification, Legron Diplome, by visiting cordonbleu.edu. Teribomb H.Q is buzzing right now
1:38.2	as we're working on our Jubilee conference, which is less than three weeks away. It's a little frightening
1:43.3	when I say that out loud.
1:44.9	If you haven't bought your tickets yet, don't delay. We just announced the entire speaker lineup,
1:50.4	so be sure to check it out at cherrybom.com. We've got the icons Ruth Reischel and Chef Ruth
1:56.5	Ruth Rogers in conversation. Two Ruth's under one roof, as my friend Jay put it. Don't say that three
2:02.7	times fast. Samin Nasrat of Salt, Fat, acid heat, the hit cookbook is interviewing the one and only
2:09.5	Nigella Lawson. The founders of Jane's Beard are speaking, and in fact they're opening the
2:14.4	conference, and chef pretty mystery of Navi Kitchen in Oakland will be there too.
2:20.1	And that's just the tip of the iceberg, folks.
2:22.3	We still haven't even announced the food and beverage lineup.
2:25.4	That will be posted in a few days, and it's equally amazing.
2:29.8	Visit Cherrybomb.com for more information and tickets.
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