Food &: New MET Gastronomy Podcast Explores Food Studies Questions
Food & producer Kenrick Mercado (MET’22) (left) and frequent host Elizabeth Weiler (MET’23) want to get more students involved in the podcast, adding different narrative and podcasting styles to the mix. Mercado photo courtesy of Mercado; Weiler photo by Cydney Scott Journalism & Media
A collaboration among students, faculty, and alumni, its latest episode explores cannabis in the kitchen
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In 2011, David Yusefzadeh, who was working as a sous chef, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. After years on medicines that provided little relief, he found using marijuana to manage his symptoms gave him relief, yet the edibles sold at local dispensaries lacked variety, nutrition, and taste. So Yusefzadeh (MET’18) put his culinary skills to work and began experimenting with cannabis-infused recipes. In 2018 he founded Cloud Creamery, an ice cream brand infused with