This week on_Snacky Tunes_ solo host Darin Bresnitz is talking to the ladies of Cherry Bombe Magazine, co-founders Kerry Diamond and Claudia Wu, celebrating International Women’s Day! Also mentioning the second ever Cherry Bombe Jubilee – it’s right around the corner! Like last year’s conference, Jubilee will celebrate women and food through networking opportunities as well as a series of panels and presentations featuring female participants. Kerry and Claudia share highlights to look forward to this year plus panel details, and even divulge a Snacky Tunes exclusive! In the second half of the show, Darin welcomes musical guest, the indie pop duo Laura & Greg and gets the scoop behind how they met… over ice cream! Laura happens to be a co-founder and owner of Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream and elaborates on their fondness for vegan ice cream before delving into their songwriting process and their excitement over the upcoming release and tour over their first album. “Forever For Sure” comes out May 12, 2015! This program was brought to you by Visit Napa Valley.

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“I think the funny thing in food is that there are so many women. There’s just been this outside focus on women having to be the chef and I think if you step back for a minute there are so many women doing interesting things.” [13:51]

“One thing we’re definitely trying to do at Cherry Bombe is shine the spotlight on all the different women in this industry. You don’t have to be the chef to be making a contribution and an impact on this industry.” [14:17]

—Kerry Diamond on Snacky Tunes

“We just started doing chocolate and vanilla vegan ice cream and I was pretty excited when I came across a vegan so I dragged him [Greg] into the store and got him to try it and we got to talking about music and made a very loose plan to jam.” [41:19]

—Laura O’Neill on Snacky Tunes