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Eater's Digest

Dana Cowin On the Most Exciting Time in the Food World

Eater's Digest

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Food, Arts, News Commentary, Improv, News

4.4902 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Dana Cowin spent 21 years as the editor in chief of Food & Wine. During that time, she played a key role in fueling the rise of the celebrity chef. Now, she talks one-on-one to women in the food world on her podcast Speaking Broadly. In her chat with Helen, the food media powerhouse looks back on the moment food became not just something to eat, but an experience to have, reveals her feelings on meal kits, and explains why it's an exciting time to be a woman in the restaurant industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey Uppsalaqueteers, so right now we're going to listen to an interview that I'm going to listen to for the first time. Helen, who did you have an awesome conversation with?

0:12.0

I had an awesome conversation with Dana Cowan,

0:14.0

the legendary former editor of Food and Wine magazine

0:19.0

who basically was instrumental in creating the modern chef and restaurant world.

0:24.0

She's the woman who created the food and wine relationship with top chef.

0:28.0

She's the woman who was in charge of Food and wine's best new chef program

0:31.0

for literally decades. She has not just been through it all as the

0:36.7

food world moved from whatever it was in the mid 90s to this insane juggernaut that

0:41.1

it is now. She was responsible for making it happen. So like, my

0:45.8

God, Greg, this is a doozy of a conversation.

0:48.7

You know, I've met Danick Allen before and she's also a very nice person as I recall so I can't wait to hear two of my

0:55.6

favorite food people having a chat about food.

0:58.4

Oh Greg yeah that's right.

1:00.4

She is a compliment Helen.

1:02.0

That's just man Greg you're one of my favorite food people.

1:05.0

Oh man, the mutual appreciation flowing around this studio is like...

1:10.0

It's a love fest.

1:11.0

Yeah, so let's just continue that on, but before we, yeah, well, before we get into this this

1:17.3

convo, short for conversation, is there something else we need to remind our readers about, Helen?

1:23.2

Greg and I love to remind you to subscribe to this podcast.

1:27.0

And if you're already subscribed, make sure you've given us a five-star rating in the

1:30.0

Apple Podcast store.

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