Robyn Doyon-Aitken
Host and Senior Producer, SeasonedRobyn is the host and senior producer of Seasoned, a radio show and podcast celebrating food and farms. She’s filled in as a producer for several of our local shows, most notably, Where We Live. In 2021, she was part of the team that received first place in the Interview category from the Public Media Journalists Association for the episode “Who Owns History? Connecticut Woman Sues Harvard For Family Photos.” She produced The Faith Middleton Food Schmooze® from November 2015 until the broadcast ended. Before that, she ate her way through the previous seven years of Fine Cooking magazine while its web producer. Robyn is food-obsessed, loves to bake, and constantly thinks about people in the food world, both nationally and locally, who have compelling stories to tell about food.
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Science teacher Xander Lowry is our guide as we tap trees, gather sap, split wood and make syrup with local students. Plus, Jeremy Whipple, of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, talks about the prized syrup made at the Mashantucket Sugar Shack.
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We're talking with local creators in the food space: Kat Ashmore, the chef behind @katcancook, and David Milton, aka @thedamgram and @thedamtok. Plus, we drink traditional chai with siblings who turned the Muslims of the World (MOTW) Instagram community into a local café.
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Master chocolatier Benoit Racquet describes what makes Belgian chocolate special and Ramin Ganeshram explains the (dark) history of chocolate. Plus, ethically sourced chocolate bars you can feel good about buying.
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Are you a proud solo-diner? This week on Seasoned, we talk about the joys—and anxieties—around taking yourself out to dinner.
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What makes an olive oil extra-virgin? This week on Seasoned, a conversation with an olive oil somm. Plus, a local org uses Palestinian olive oil to fund education and we learn about the importance of olive trees and oil in Palestinian cuisine. Plus, chef JJ Johnson’s ‘The Simple Art of Rice.’
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This week on Seasoned, listen back to conversations we had with local guests in 2023. We celebrate restaurants that have stood the test of time, and chefs like Reneé Touponce, Sherry Pocknett and Damon "Daye" Sawyer.
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People share the stories behind their holiday cookies, and Roya Shariat and her mother Gita Sadeh talk about their cookbook, 'Maman and Me: Recipes from Our Iranian American Family.'
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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.