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- Sharon had a introduction guest cohost, Flea Christenson of Jones Natural Chews, during our time at Blogher17 conference. We were teaching a class on podcasting and Flea helped Sharon out, while Winter manned the recording equipment for an in-class demonstration. It was a blast! Thank you to all of you who came to our class. Now, when are you going to start your podcast? (By the way, the recording sounds echo-y since we were in a big room and Sharon was on both the recording mic and the room mic, while Flea was only on the recording mic.)
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| Brad Bernhart of Earlywood |
- We are delighted to talk today to Brad Bernhart of Earlywood, a company that makes simple, beautiful, and well-engineered wooden utensils and kitchen tools.
- Brad explains how his background is in mechanical engineering, and he developed a critical eye to making something better. But, he was also trying to find something creative and artistic to do outside of his full-time engineering job.
- He discovered that as he looked at the wooden spoon with a critical eye and started redesigning it, the spoon got simpler. For example, he got rid of the "bowl" part of the spoon, the taper at the "neck" disappeared, the edge got thinner and sharper, the edge got a slight radius for good contact surface, and the round wooden dowel portion was changed to a flat handle so it wouldn't turn in your hand. And the Long Saute was born! That is good design!
- The different woods he uses for all his products are Bloodwood (red to reddish brown color), Jatoba (deep red to yellowish brown color), Hard Maple (blond color), and Mexican Ebony (dark brown to black). He chose these for their hardness, color, and sustainability factor.
- By the way, did you know that Earlywood will donate $1 for every purchase that is made to replant trees in Brazil? They do!
- To care for your wooden utensils, use hot soapy water and the scratchy side of your sponge to remove the "fuzz" (aka raised grain). Then oil your wooden utensil every so often to help the internal stresses not overtake. By the way, you can read Brad's blog post on how to fix a warped cutting board.
- We are doing a giveaway in connection with Earlywood, so head over to Brad's site and look for details on how to win a "Quadfecta" plus some oil. Thank you Brad for the awesome interview!
- We also help a Food Fight listener make peace with a crotchety old neighbor who doesn't like the smoke coming from our listener's BBQ. Yikes!
Run Time: 47 minutes
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