In Community & Company

We sit down with Jennifer Saffron, an artist and proprietor of Sprezzatura, a community cafe and catering kitchen, specializes in customized, Italian and Italian-American food, to chat about how food can galvanize communities.

Show Notes

The philosophy of Sprezzatura is that food is love. Food and hospitality are the source of belonging, nourishment, growth, and community, Jennifer exclaims, while committing to giving back to the community in many ways. Recently, she launched a storytelling engagement experience with food centered around cooking remembered recipes from grandmothers. More about Sprezzatura at https://sprezzaturapgh.com

What is In Community & Company?

A podcast program presenting inspiring conversations about how communities galvanize. Galvanize means "shock or excite (a community) into taking action". How does a community spark into action? Produced by the Community Engagement Program at Point Park University. This podcast examines the challenges of communities and how they come together, fall apart and galvanize. The program is co-produced and hosted by Eric Sloss PhD student at Point Park University, Executive Producer, Dr. Heather Starr-Fiedler, Studio Coordinator, Nick Ruffalo, and recorded in the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University in front of a live studio audience. For tickets to watch a taping of IC&C email esloss@pointpark.edu.