Stephanie Stender
producerStephanie Stender is a producer of Seasoned. She's an award-winning director, producer, and podcast creator. With a background in film and photography, she has created engaging content for PBS, WB, and other prestigious platforms. Her dedication to creative storytelling inspired her to create Doorstop Productions, a production company dedicated to women directors, writers, and producers. Stephanie has worked on various Emmy award-recognized shows, including America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country, where she was nominated three times as the Co-Executive Producer. She was also the Executive Producer of Milk Street TV and Radio. Currently, Stephanie is completing production on her feature-length documentary, All Stars: The Changing Face of Drag.
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This week on Seasoned, Juna Gjata and Dr. Eddie Phillips, authors of 'Food, We Need to Talk,' join us to unpack ideas about diet culture, weight loss and what it means to be healthy.
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This week on Seasoned, Samantha Seneviratne talks about butter’s role in baking, chocolate chip cookies and her love for enriched doughs. Plus, Tagan Engel shares latke-making tips for Hanukkah and explores the ways Jewish practices connect to farming.
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This week on Seasoned: tips for pulling off Thanksgiving dinner and the efforts to grow and save the seeds of Buffalo Creek squash in a garden at Yale Farm.
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In this episode of Seasoned, we talk with Stacey Mei Yan Fong about her cookbook, the immigration story that inspired it, and the joy that pie brings.
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Yewande Komolafe talks about her cookbook and her deep connection to Nigerian food and cooking, in this hour of Seasoned. Plus, we hear from the team, including teens, working on an urban farm, garden, and market in Bridgeport.
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We get to know Top Chef Junior star, Rahanna Bisseret Martinez. Her first cookbook is Flavor + Us. And a New Britain family turns their lawn into a pick-what-you-need garden for the community.
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This week on Seasoned, we talk with the co-founder of Semilla in Hartford. It's a coffee shop and a neighborhood living room. And we learn about the profound hospitality of the Eritrean coffee ceremony.
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This hour on Seasoned, we talk about the best ice cream shops in the state with people obsessed with local ice cream. Plus, meet the owner of Sweet Claude's and learn about the cows that produce the milk for UConn Dairy Bar.
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Richard Myers and Shawn Joseph are on a mission to change the image of farming. This hour on Seasoned, get to know the entrepreneurs behind Park City Harvest. Plus, learn about the grapes growing at Connecticut vineyards.
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This week on Seasoned, we talk with two culinary trailblazers about Indigenous and Puerto Rican food and cooking.