Chef & Restaurateur Renee Erickson

This week John & Amy speak with Renee Erickson. Renee is a James Beard award winning Seattle based chef & restaurateur, owning & operating a family of restaurants under the umbrella of Sea Creatures. Renee has published two beautifully written & designed cookbooks. The first, A Boat, a Whale, a Walruswon a 2015 PNB book award & her newest book, Getaway, Food and Drink to Transport Youwas selected as the #1 cookbook of 2021 by Amazon.  John, Amy & Renee address the general exhaustion that came with operating a restaurant in the pandemic & the responsibility that they have to their staff. Renee shares her process & the challenges of writing The Getaway& how aesthetic plays a role in both her books & restaurant design. We learn how Renee contributes to a better food system through Smart Catch, a sustainably sourced seafood program & we learn how a trip to Rome in her 20’s changed her career path from artist to chef.  This week’s episode celebrates travel. John & Amy discuss the benefits of travel & why it is so important to them and their perspective health. Amy shares an unlikely coincidence while living & working in Thailand & John talks about their trip to a nude resort in Mexico & how it changed his view on human acceptance. We also hear about a family trip to India that found them on unplanned & very long cab ride near the Pakistan border.  This week’s featured music is by Ducks Ltd. Theme music by Michael Lerner. Listen to more podcasts at Ruinous Media.  As always, John & Amy remind us that We’re Not Alone The DR & The DJ Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.