From Scratch with Michael Ruhlman

Quarantine Report: The Grocery Store

In this episode, host Michael Ruhlman explores the current state of the grocery store. Ruhlman begins by speaking with Tom Heinen of Heinen's Grocery Stores in Cleveland and the greater midwest. Later, we hear from Chef Brian Polcyn who takes the perspective of the grocery buyer.Heinen's Grocery Store was the anchor of the story for the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Grocery-Buying-Selling-Food-America/dp/1419723863">"Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America" by Michael Ruhlman. </a> [Production note: In order to practice social distancing, this episode's guests were recorded without the use of proper microphones. Please excuse the temporary audio quality compromise!] <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brianpolcyn/">Brian Polcyn on Instagram </a><a href="https://www.heinens.com/">Heinen's Grocery Store </a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Better cooking comes from deeper understanding. This instructive food series from acclaimed cookbook author Michael Ruhlman highlights essential kitchen techniques, ingredients and ideas. It draws from Ruhlman’s best-selling books, decades of experience and personal relationships with the country’s best chefs. Driven by an insatiable curiosity to learn and teach, Ruhlman approaches his topics every episode by exploring the stories of one notable chef, and one non-chef with surprising connections to the focal ingredients – all with the goal of getting listeners to engage with food more fully, and to cook more confidently.