E46. Stephen Satterfield: The Origins of Food.
Today’s episode is with food writer, producer, and media entrepreneur Stephen Satterfield. Stephen is the host of Netflix’s critically acclaimed docuseries “High on the Hog” and the founder of Whetstone, a magazine and media company dedicated to food origins and culture from around the world. In this episode, he shares the importance of food origins as a space for reclamation and what it means to examine who and what’s being left out of the story. We explore Stephen’s own origin story–growing up in Atlanta in the ’80s–along with topics that range from his start as a young sommelier, the implications of citizens being divorced from food culture, and ultimately how being crushed by a series of life events propelled his career forward; leading him from self-doubt to conviction. Things to readOysters originated because of a Black manJames Hemings invented baked Mac and CheeseWhetstone Magazine, Summer 2021What to check outWhetstone MediaKara Washington and food apartheidEnvironmental factors that affect a crop - TerroirStephen Satterfield became a Sommelier before his 21st birthdayWhat to listen toEpisode mentioned by Dario - The Morality of MeatPoint of Origin PodcastWhetstone Radio CollectiveOutkast - Mainstream (1996)Who to followStephen Satterfield on IGThis conversation was recorded on March 4th, 2022Host Dario Calmese Producer Carmen D. Harris Production Assistant: Coniqua Johnson Visual Art Direction and Designs: River Wildmen, AfroVisualismOriginal Music composed by Dario Calmese Visit us at