@ChefJoseAndres gets it: the next generation of food leaders needs support NOW. His Longer Tables Fund just made our fellowship exponentially more powerful. Grateful doesn't begin to cover it. Let's build those longer tables. 🙏 https://vimeo.com/1119870410

There will be a quiz at the end! Always fun with Margery & Jim on @BosPublicRadio. More: https://aspenfood.org/2025/12/23/may-your-panettone-be-light/

May your panettone be light! @ckummer.bsky.social reveals the wonders of this holiday bread with Margery & Jim on Boston Public Radio. More: aspenfood.org/2025/12/23/m...

Spent the year in rooms with people who actually DO Food is Medicine work—not just talk about it. The insights? Game-changing. The energy? Infectious. The future? Bright.

My piece on panettone and pandoro in @theatlantic.com, in which I call pandoro a "star-shaped golden mountain of rich, buttery bread without raisins or candied fruit and with a finer, denser crumb than panettone’s." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

When you bring together three cohorts of @aspenfood.bsky.social Food Leaders Fellows to one room, connections become friendships, ideas become collaborations. I can only imagine what will happen at next year's reunion of FOUR cohorts!

2025 Recap: 18 brilliant food leaders finished their fellowship journey Food & Society at the Aspen Institute They started as impressive individuals. They left as a force!

Can give us all hope.

@ckummer.bsky.social discusses a recent @nytimes.com story on decaf, and his research writing The Joy of Coffee. Final word: Give those beans a chance—your sleep schedule might thank you! Listen: aspenfood.org/2025/12/08/2... #DecafDoneRight #CoffeeCulture

Friend and colleague @healthcareactually.bsky.social (read her Substack) found this staring at her in the meat case of @wholefoods, thanks to Bobby Flay. If I'm anyplace, want to say I love it!

🚨 FINAL DAY: Food Leaders Fellowship applications close at MIDNIGHT Pacific Time If you're an emerging food system leader ready to think bigger, this is your last chance to join our fifth cohort. Apply now: aspenfoodleaders.org #FoodLeaders #ApplicationDeadline

Our Food Leaders fellows come from everywhere: Corporate sustainability managers, nonprofit directors, farmers, policy experts, entrepreneurs. What unites them? A commitment to food system transformation. Applications to our 2026 cohort will close on December 5th. More: aspenfoodleaders.org

RESTAURANT EMPIRE RISES & FALLS Drew Nieporent's memoir "I'm Not Trying to Be Difficult" tells the story of the restaurateur who built 45+ restaurants including Tribeca Grill and Nobu with Robert De Niro. I talkws about the recent @nytimes.com review and the memoir on #bostonpublicradio

Terrific turnout at festive celebration of Institute of Culinary Education's 50th anniversary, with Food & Society at the Aspen Institute's Leadership Council member Rick Smilow and Anna Smilow presiding, and fellow Leadership Council member Andy Pforzheimer and Food Leaders Fellow Anne E. McBride.

In print! Yes, @nytimes.com still publishes in print. Me on Drew Nieporent and the peaks and valleys of running restaurants--and how profoundly that world has changed since he was changing ideas of exciting, reasonably priced bars at Tribeca Grill and sushi at Nobu. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...

Powerful @nytimes with speakers saying just what hunger feels like. Drinking four liters of Poland Spring water and chewing gum to pretend you've eaten something. Giving whatever food you have to your children but feeling so listless you can't be present for them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/o...

The Food Leaders Fellowship unites emerging leaders across sectors to ignite personal transformation and scalable change. Drawing on the @aspeninstitute.bsky.social stitute.bsky.social legacy of leadership fellowships, we're building a community of innovators. Applications: aspenfoodleaders.org

With all the anxiety over the loss of Italian pasta in the US market no thanks to tariffs, now is a good time to look at why we should sorry: my @theatlantic.com explanation of what makes Italian pasta great. (Also the first US love letter to bronze dies.) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Watching our fellows transform is why i do this work 🌱 John Wang from The Food Project joined @aspenfood.bsky.social 2025 Food Leaders fellowship—connecting leaders from General Mills to National Young Farmers. What I'm witnessing? Real, profound transformation.

We're thrilled to open applications Friday, November 7th for our FIFTH Food Leaders Fellowship cohort. Visit www.foodleadersfellows.org to meet our fellows, learn about the fellowship, and more. #foodleadersfellows #aspeninstitute #fellowship #leadership

Packed tables at American Public Health Association's 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo, all of us leaning in to hear how communities are making nutrition interventions work. Food & Society at the Aspen Institute is putting together a Community Action Plan. Sign up: https://ow.ly/BSyn50Xm9Va

Just spoke with @aspenfood.bsky.social Fellow Seanicaa Herron, whose Freedmen Heirs Foundation is diverting funds to feed farmers during the SNAP crisis. Seanicaa's message: Our farmers need to know somebody cares about them. www.freedmenheirs.org/donate/#dona... aspenfood.org/fellow/seani...

“There has always been a get-out-of-my-face, don’t-tell-me-what-to-do side to the healthy food movement,” said Corby Kummer, executive director of Food & Society at the Aspen Institute. “Whole Foods has always been for people who want to reject the mainstream.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/d...

Many CBOs lack resources "not because they don't want it's because they can't afford it." Solution: Fund CBO capacity building grants & technical assistance to make these organizations waiver-ready & sustainable. Watch: https://ow.ly/yLCn50Xgu2R #FoodIsMedicine #CommunityHealth

"Food is Medicine works, reduces hospitalizations, cuts costs and restores dignity. It's a recipe worth perfecting with many dedicated cooks at the stove." Watch & share the full keynote. The safety net needs all of us right now. 🔗https://ow.ly/aM2I50XcFsz #FoodIsMedicine #FoodSecurity

Food entrepreneurs—especially entrepreneurs of color—face massive barriers to capital. Open Access is a free portal that helps communities change that. Already live in 6 cities. Yours could be next. https://aspenfood.org/open-access/ #SmallBusiness #FoodEntrepreneurs

"The technique is what matters; gentle heat, a whisper of oil and a patient wrist. Not a chemical barrier." As for cleanup in a seasoned non-Teflon pan? "A little hot water, a quick brush, a swipe of oil — that’s it." Good sense from @andrewzimmern: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

''The entire West Side is having a nervous breakdown over this,'' Nora Ephron said when a fight between the Zabar brothers and their then-partner Murray Klein threatened a sale out of the family. Luckily Zabars and Zabar's triumphed. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

As Tom embarks on a new chapter after a 25-year journey as the food critic for The Washington Post, we reflected on his unique, community-focused approach to food criticism today on Boston Public Radio. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/live/a80uQa1EvCc?si=UI8J6WQZihZUeq33&t=7594 #ThankYouTom

Grateful for today's conversation on Food is Medicine advances with @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social and American Heart Association. Thanks to Funke Ajenikoko for moderating, and Hilary Seligman & Katie Garfield for their expertise. Momentum is real—excited to share our FIM in Community portal soon. 1/2

Sushi is everywhere from grocery stores to gas stations. On Boston Public Radio, I shared a story from The New York Times about sushi's role in one university winning best food for 3 years and running! More: https://aspenfood.org/2025/09/25/from-ice-cream-to-insecurity-a-scoop-of-food-politics/

"You can't complain about it if you can't measure it" from my most recent conversation with Margery and Jim on Boston Public Radio about the cynical strategy behind eliminating the annual Household Food Insecurity Survey. More: aspenfood.org/2025/09/25/f...

Honored to moderate a panel on scaling food waste solutions with Elliott Wolf (LineageLogistics), Harry Chrispin (Hilton), Lorena Lourido Gomez (IKEAUSA) & David Rogers (WRAP_UK) at #ClimateWeekNYC. Watch, take notes & take action! aspenfood.org/2025/09/23/2... #FoodWaste #ClimateAction

MAJOR NEWS: @chefjoseandres.bsky.social Longer Tables Fund invests $1.23M in @aspenfood.bsky.social Food Leaders Fellowship! This is what strategic philanthropy looks like—investing in proven leadership development to tackle our biggest food system challenges. Watch: vimeo.com/1119870410

Finally, a food story that doesn't make you feel wretched. Unless of course you think about the health effects of added sugar. We'll wait for @marionnestle.bsky.social's new book on cereal for that and more, and think about zany marketing ploys in the meantime. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/a...

Nutrition ed in medical schools: First it's telling medical students more than ancient-history about warding off scurvy--and then it's how they use that information with patients without shaming and frustrating them, which needs as much training as the latest diets. www.statnews.com/2025/07/24/r...

To make MAHA a reality: Expand SNAP eligibility to include struggling working families just above the poverty line. Recognize food policy as a voter issue, not just a health issue. Align nutrition policy with social policy. @forbes.com post by Hank Cardullo I'd missed: www.forbes.com/sites/hankca...

From Boston Public Radio: we closed out with the concern of AI-generated content changing how we consume culinary information. What to do? Turn on the sound for our surprising solution! More: aspenfood.org/corby-kummer/ Source: Alexa Gagosz for @bostonglobe.com #FoodMedia #SupportJournalism

At Duke University Health & Social Policy Roundtable comparing US & Taiwan's integrated health systems, Indiana State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, MD highlighted statewide #FoodIsMedicine initiatives—even sharing a 1915 poster. Still relevant today!

Last night, Lidia Bastianich captivated a full house with her story of “Food, Family, and Tradition” hosted by the #aspeninstitute Society of Fellows.

"They provide jobs, produce foot traffic, have lighted parking lots, are perceived as safe. They fill community needs beyond just filling shopping carts" - Ken Kolb, inaugural @aspenfood.bsky.social Food Leaders Fellow to @npr.org. More: www.npr.org/transcripts/... #CommunityDevelopment

Key takeaway from Boston Public Radio: While promising "healthier food for all," the administration has actually CUT over $1B in fresh food funding for schools & SNAP recipients. Listen here: aspenfood.org/2025/08/04/s...

Leadership in food systems isn't about having all the answers—it's about having the courage to keep questioning and the community to keep you going. More: aspenfood.org/2025/08/04/i...

Here's my remembrance of the great Tom Lehrer for @airmail.news. For someone ferociously unsentimental, he was an extremely loving and loyal friend. airmail.news/issues/2025-...

Just wrapped a live conversation with Jim and Margery on Boston Public Radio! From the clever satire of Tom Lehrer to the heroic efforts of Chef Jose Andres and World Central Kitchen in Gaza. Watch: www.youtube.com/live/8qNDbSO... #FoodNews #BostonPublicRadios

Thrilled to have moderated an incredible panel at Aspen Ideas Climate with: Michelle Egger @GriffithFoods, Melanie Chow Li @danonenorthamerica, and Ilana Braverman at Greener by Default shared powerful insights on transforming our food system. #FoodInnovation #ClimateAction #SustainableFood

Today's segment on Boston Public Radio covered cane sugar cokes, Jacques Pépin’s 90th birthday spectacular, ice cream-flation, and federal directives to have the USDA hand over data on food stamp recipients. Here's the video: www.youtube.com/live/gimLDVm...

Honored to be in the best possible company with Alice Waters on the new book by Carlo Petrini, founder of @slowfoodhq.bsky.social! Everyone who cares about food and food systems should read it.

In-person gatherings create a sense of community, breaking down isolation and sparking positive conflict that can lead to solutions. Grateful for partners Ardmore Institute of Health and Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine! More: aspenfood.org/fim/shaper-d... @aspenfood.bsky.social

No conversation I had at Aspen Ideas had festivalgoers as excited as with Chef Eric Ripert. And they were right. He’s as open and soulful as he is gifted as a chef—which is why so many people reserve #LeBernardinNY for meals and times they want to be truly special.