The Conch Podcast features interviews
with the most inspiring people in the world of seafood.
Join Julie Kuchepatov,
founder of Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE),
as she interviews people striving
to succeed in the sector, as well as those already making an impact,
and the challenges they face -
all while working to improve
the environmental and social responsibility
of the planet’s most incredible food source - seafood!
When you’re not what people expect you to be, how do you pave your own path in seafood? The advice of chef, TV show host, cookbook author, and sustainable seafood advocate Stephanie Harris-Uyidi, a.k.a., @ThePoshPescatarian is to, “Do it yourself, and do it scared.”
On episode 2 of The Conch podcast, Julie and Stephanie dive into her unique and innovative journey to produce her own globally successful tv show, her roots in harvesting her own seafood, nose-to-tail eating, and more!
Episode Guide
:00 Intro
01:14 When the universe is calling, sometimes you have to follow your passion and “do it scared.”
3:32 Appetite for Adventure: Stephanie, aka The Posh Pescatarian, brings her passion for seafood and travel to the small screen.
4:57 Introducing Going Coastal: A pandemic-era labor of love, THE cookbook featuring recipes representing every coastal city on the planet!
8:47 Nose-to-tail cooking seafood-style (an important way to minimize food waste and so much more!)
12:55 The dreadful thought of eating the last red snapper from the ocean sends Stephanie down the path of seafood sustainability.
14:30 Fish fraud: a cautionary tale.
16:24 Stephanie doesn’t conform to the expectations of a black woman in the seafood, culinary, and entertainment industries.
19:37 Diving deeper into the ethos of “doing it scared.”
22:27 Key tips to launching a career in seafood.
Resources:
Read all about the The Posh Pescatarian and order Going Coastal, the most extensive cookbook on seafood, at poshpescatarian.com
Stream season three of Stephanie’s tv show, Appetite for Adventure, which will debut soon here, so make sure to keep your eyes open for its release.
Recommend this episode to one person who is curious about nose-to-tail eating and minimizing food waste!
The Conch Podcast series is a program of Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE) and made possible by generous funding from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Builders Initiative. Audio production, engineering, editing, mixing, and sound design by Crystal Sanders-Alvarado for Seaworthy. Original music provided by Satan’s Pilgrims.
The Conch Podcast is a program of Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE).
Audio production, engineering, editing, mixing, and sound design by Crystal Sanders-Alvarado for Seaworthy.
Theme music: “Dilation” by Satan's Pilgrims
Funding generously provided by
