• Just Sat producer Kevin Rinker interviews the show host, Max Hines, about what it’s like working in Atlanta’s food and dining space.
• Despite how brutal the industry can be, Max stays in it because it continues to push his abilities and because he’s found family there.
• “It could be tuna helper but if you made it and you made it with care and you made it for me, like, I’m going to appreciate that meal. ”

Producer Kevin Rinker sits with Chef Max Hines

Making edible food at Breaker Breaker

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This episode of Just Sat with Maximilian Hines was produced by Kevin Rinker and Maximilian Hines. Original music from Micah Freeman. Additional production and editing by Scotty Crowe.

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• Southern cooking wouldn’t be what it is today had it not been for Edna Lewis
• Each year, Stolen Goods ATL gets together to hold a dinner in honor of Edna Lewis, a Black chef and cookbook author credited with popularizing southern cuisine.
• "Everybody’s always giving Julia Child so much credit, or Alice Waters so much credit, or James Beard so much credit, but here in the South, in Atlanta, we give it the most high to Edna Lewis.”

Enough for seconds at wabe.org/justsat

This episode of Just Sat with Maximilian Hines was produced by Kevin Rinker and Maximilian Hines. Original music from Micah Freeman. Additional production and editing by Scotty Crowe.

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• Craft beer doesn’t have to be inaccessible
• LaTreace Harris found community through beer and has been sharing her love for the drink and the people who make it ever since.
• “Beer, to me, is a uniting type of beverage.”

Chef Max sits with LaTreace Harris.

Make a wish at beerygodmother.com

On draft at wabe.org/justsat

This episode of Just Sat with Maximilian Hines was produced by Kevin Rinker and Maximilian Hines. Original music from Micah Freeman. Additional production and editing by Scotty Crowe.

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• Finding passion in creativity and business
• From farms to sausage making to restaurants, Alexander Sher has a lot on his plate.
• “As a human being I am an extrovert’s extrovert.”

Chef Max sits with entrepreneur Alexander Sher.

Try to keep up with Alex at instagram.com/xelanow

Farm fresh at wabe.org/justsat

This episode of Just Sat with Maximilian Hines was produced by Kevin Rinker and Maximilian Hines. Original music from Micah Freeman. Additional production and editing by Scotty Crowe.

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• Forget the food, customers are the most important ingredient at Che Butter Jonez
• Malik and Detric drove nine hours to Florida to buy the food truck that would become Che Butter Jonez, the rest is years of hard work.
• “Things don’t be a thing until someone makes it a thing.”

Chef Max sits with Malik Rhasaan and Detric Fox-Quinlan at Che Butter Jonez

Keep up to date at chebutterjonez.com

Fresh off the flat top at wabe.org/justsat

This episode of Just Sat with Maximilian Hines was produced by Kevin Rinker and Maximilian Hines. Original music from Micah Freeman. Additional production and editing by Scotty Crowe.

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• Bridging people and cultures through cooking
• Arnaldo Castillo didn’t always realize he wanted to cook Peruvian food, but when he finally started, he was cooking from the heart.
• “Every day we’re just talking about the food we grew up with.”

Chef Max sits with Arnaldo Castillo at Tio Lucho’s

Peru meets the Southeast at tioluchos.com

Simmering at wabe.org/justsat

This episode of Just Sat with Maximilian Hines was produced by Kevin Rinker and Maximilian Hines. Original music from Micah Freeman. Additional production and editing by Scotty Crowe.

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• From kitchens to news rooms, representation matters
• Mike Jordan has written about Atlanta since 1997, he’s currently a senior editor at The Atlanta Journal Constitution and leads the Black culture team
• “I really want to see Black writers get into this field.”

Chef Max sits with Mike Jordan of the AJC.

Read his stuff at mikejordanoneline.com

Fresh of the press at wabe.org/justsat

This episode of Just Sat with Maximilian Hines was produced by Kevin Rinker and Maximilian Hines. Original music from Micah Freeman. Additional production and editing by Scotty Crowe.

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• Giving shine to the food of the African Diaspora
• Demetrius Brown’s menus touch on migration, slavery, colonization, and being a Black person on this planet
• “French food is overrated.”

Chef Max sits with Demetrius Brown at Bread & Butterfly

Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner at bread-and-butterfly.com

Plated with tweezers at wabe.org/justsat

This episode of Just Sat with Maximilian Hines was produced by Kevin Rinker and Maximilian Hines. Original music from Micah Freeman. Additional production and editing by Scotty Crowe.

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