From Chef to Farmer: How Brook Maikut Is Redefining Food, Community & Slow Living

What do you get when a former chef leaves the city, buys a farm, and starts making butter and hummus from scratch?Brook Maikut, founder of Dinner Club and Cura Farm, shares how his journey from photography to fine dining to farming is rooted in a love for connection—through flavor, ritual, and community. We talk about building a life with intention, the joys of creating nourishing food by hand, and why owning the process (and even the violence of raising meat) can transform your relationship to what you eat.🌱 Topics Covered:The transition from restaurant to farm lifeHow Dinner Club is reimagining grocery staplesCooking with intuition and building community through foodWhy trust, ritual, and hyper-local sourcing matterThe unexpected power of minimal signage and maximum connection