People

dov hirsch

Hailing from Colorado, by way of California, Florida & Washington, D.C., Dov has worn many hats on his way to Crop To Cuisine. His love of food came from a strong family background in both cooking and gardening. He is often reminded of stealing the first tomato from the garden as a young child. Since then, his love of food only grew. In 2002 be began a career in communications. Since then, he’s worked in communications law, education, for various public radio stations, and has maintained at least one foot in the culinary arts / farming.  Dov’s has produced widely for radio, and published print for numerous journals, newspapers and books.  In 2008, Dov connected his lifelong passion for food with his work in communications, creating what is now Crop To Cuisine. Dov is the Executive Producer & Managing Editor, and has hosted Crop To Cuisine since March 2008.

doug frost

Doug Frost is an author and lecturer on wine, beer and spirits. He is a master sommelier, a Master of Wine, one of only three people in the world to have achieved both distinctions. His first book, Uncorking Wine, was released in the summer of 1996, and is still a staple for many restaurants, retail companies and their staff and management. The Washington Post called Frost’s On Wine “fabulous, witty, engaging and wise… conveys more accumulated wine wisdom than most books 10 times as thick.” And recently, a second edition of Frost’s Far From Ordinary: The Spanish Wine Guide was released. Frost is also a contributor to The Oxford Companion of Wine, The World Atlas of Wine, The Wine Report, and many others. According to USA Today, “Frost likely knows as much as anyone in the world about how to make, market, serve and identify wines.” Based in Kansas City, Doug reports on beverages, and is a regular contributor to our segment, Speakeasies & Spittoons.

jaron gilinsky

Jaron Gilinsky is a documentarian and journalist. As a correspondent forTime, Current TV, CNN World Report, and The New York Times, he has produced and directed scores of documentaries on a range of internationaltopics. Jaron is one of the pioneers of “backpack video journalism” and is more proud of his work in repressive and/or harsh media environments, such as North Korea, Cuba, Iraq, Nepal and Lesotho. Jaron is currently based in Jerusalem and maintains the blog Jaron Report. He brings the global scope to Crop To Cuisine, reporting on all things food & farming throughout the globe.

james mcwilliams

James McWilliams is an associate professor of history at Texas StateUniversity and a fellow in the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University. He is the recipient of the 2009 Hiett Prize in the Humanities from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Slate, the Washington Post, The Times of London, Forbes, the Los Angeles Times, Atlantic Monthly, the Texas Observer and others. He is the author of Building the Bay Colony: Economy and Society in Early Massachusetts, American Pests: Our Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT*, A Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for food shaped America, and most recently Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly. He lives in Austin and maintains the blog, Just Food For People.

carol o’meara

Carol is a longtime lover of all things outside. She is a Master Gardener,Horticulturalist and Entomologist with Colorado State University Extension. For years she has been communicating her knowledge with the Colorado community through writing in local papers and magazines. Carol will provides expert knowledge and tips on gardening, providing regular features for our segment, Gardening After Five.

aaron rosenthal

Aaron is a member of Crop To Cuisine’s Food Poet Society. Aaron comes by his love of food honestly, growing up learning to cook from his Father and attempting to learn to bake watching his Mother. Due to his interest in losing more weight and his success through diet and exercise Aaron spends most of his days thinking about what he wants to eat but shouldn’t, and dreaming of the next big workout. Being loquacious and boisterous Aaron has always had a way with words— usually spoken too loudly and at the wrong time. His writing style reflects his eclectic tastes, his rambling moods, and ever increasing knowledge of random things. His most recent attempts to write poetry began when his bag of apples no longer held interest to him and only through his writings did they regain their appeal. He maintains the blog Odeable Edibles, and will contribute his poems both on-air and online. He is a regular at Crop To Cuisine’s Food Poet Society.

andrew smith

Andrew Smith is a writer and lecturer on food and culinary history, teaching both at the New School in Manhattan. He is the Editor-in-chief of The OxfordEncyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, and The Oxford Companion to American Food andDrink. He is author or editor of 14 other books, including The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery, Pure Ketchup: The History of America’s National Condiment, Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America, Livingston and the Tomato, Souper Tomatoes: The Story of America’s Favorite Food, Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea, The Turkey: An American Story, The Encyclopedia of Junk Food, Fast Food, Real American Food, co-authored by Burt Wolf, and Eating History: 30 Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine. He join us to discuss food history.

“E” stelling

“E”, as she is known among all, hails from Texas, and is a workingChef/Poet in Princeton New Jersey. She’s been a prolific writer since she was old enough to pick up a pencil. Raised on local, organic, and homegrown values, she puts her experience in the food industry into that writing. She will be publishing a book depicting southern heritage from way back, entitled Cast Iron Tempo: Poetry, Prose, and Story. She is also a member of Crop To Cuisine’s Food Poet Society.

ron dylewski

Ron has been a fan and student of the American Roadside since his childhood in the Hudson Valley area of New York State, wherea right of passage was sitting at the counter of a local diner and ordering your first “cuppa coffee and a Western on rye.” A commercial TV director, editor and writer, Ron’s shot everything from Senators to dog food commercials, where the only difference, he insists, is that the puppies are almost always much better behaved… In 2004 Ron launched TheAmericanRoadside.com, a conduit for ongoing news about everything from reptile farms to classic theaters, gas stations, and of course, classic diners….

If you would like to contribute to Crop To Cuisine, we are always looking for journalists and media professionals who have a passion for food. Contact us at contribute@croptocuisine.org