Crescendo! a new seasonal podcast from award-winning podcast host and author Greg Bresnitz explores the intersection of food and music.
A new podcast from Greg Bresnitz (one of the individuals behind the popular Snacky Tunes podcast), Crescendo! A Sonic Menu Podcast launches today with a mission to explore the intersection of food and music.
Each week a guest—usually a chef, but also other culinary minds—takes listeners through a dream seven-course meal, each dish matched with a song.
Through these discussions Bresnitz and his guests delve into details and go off on tangents that cooking, food and music enthusiasts will revel in.
“The guests share personal stories and insights about their selections,”
Each episode presents 7 culinary moments alongside 7 songs. Amidst intimate conversations with Bresnitz, each chef details his/her men and introduces the meaning behind the song pairing, which is then played “live” for listeners to enjoy.
The menu pairings are broken into four distinct parts:
- Opening — 1 dish paired with 1 song that gives a taste of the journey ahead
- Build — 4 dishes, 4 songs, layering flavors, textures, and tunes
- Crescendo! — the height of the menu — your entree served with the big song tying it all together
- Palate Cleanser — a moment of reflection to send you on your way
Food and music are the perfect pairing; they’re also deeply subjective, creative and personal—tied to identity, class, tradition and history. “Food and music are both creative outputs that pull from the same intangible process. Chefs and musicians are trying to say something and connect with their audience in a way that words alone cannot always capture.
Outside of art, there are no two greater creative works in the world that can deeply affect people in their day to day lives,” he says. “It’s super-revealing to show what songs guests pick. They take it just as seriously as the recipes they are sharing. The commonality is how much each track is loved by the chef. It is something special to hear them describe why a song is so incredible and means so much to them.
Throughout the tapings, I have fallen in love with so many tunes that were new to me just because they were so deeply important to my guests.”
Listen and subscribe to the podcast here
