Download Audio (mp3) Making a difference
Today's show is all about making a difference - from products that are also catalysts of social awareness, to a unique program that puts a personal face on poverty and hunger. Later, we'll visit with Hilary Baum. She initiated a program to bring fresh foods to New York City. Also, searching the globe for the best steaks; discovering the rich history of Low Country foods; and nutrition tips from Dr. Nancy Snyderman.
The Food, Folklore and Art of Low Country Cooking
by Joseph Dabney
Medical Myths That Can Kill You
by Dr. Nancy Snyderman
Steak
by Mark Schatzker
06/12/10
Download Audio (mp3) The Father's Day Show
Father's Day is on the horizon and while it's never as big a day as Mother's Day in the food world, it's not just the grilling and the sports. Fathers influence us in many ways. We'll talk to Maria Rodale about her father and grandfather's commitment to organics, a tradition that she continues. Later, a daughter learns to understand her dad through his love of wine and two brothers break from family tradition to start a restaurant. We'll also talk to Mark Bittman on how to incorporate vegetarian cookery into your meals. And, we'll learn to please everyone in the family at one meal from meat and potatoes to vegan.
The Veselka Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Landmark Restaurant in New York's East Village
by Tom Birchard
Everything But the Coffee: Learning about America through Starbucks
by Bryant Simon
Michael Symon's Live to Cook: Recipes and Techniques to Rock Your Kitchen
by Michael Symon
Bromberg Bros. Blue Ribbon Cookbook
by Bruce and Eric Bromberg
Corked
by Kathryn Borel
Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe
by Maria Rodale
Ripe: The Search for the Perfect Tomato
by Arthur Allen
How To Cook Everything Vegetarian
by Mark Bittman
06/19/10
Download Audio (mp3) Summer is all about the food
Summer is finally here! And summer is all about the food... fresh vegetables, fruits, and cheeses made from spring pastures. On today's show we'll celebrate a Danish midsummer festival. Plus, a farm grows in Brooklyn. Later meet the inventor of that famed college food, Ramen Noodles. Also, a look at a century of dieting and a way to eat what you love even while sticking to those healthy eating goals.
The Hundred Year Diet: America's Voracious Appetite for Losing Weight
by Susan Yager
The Ramen King and I: How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed my Love Life
by Andy Raskin
Eat My Globe: One Year to Go Everywhere and Eat Everything
by Simon Majumdar
City Tavern Cookbook
by Walter Staib
06/26/10
Download Audio (mp3) Mid Summer Night's Dream
Today we're having a little midsummer night's fun! We'll take an insider's romp through the crazy restaurant business with John Delucie. He's the chef/partner of New York's famed The Waverly Inn and tells quite a tale in his memoir, Hunger: The Story of Food, Desire, and Ambition. Plus, It seems the culinary gods can be cruel. France, once the Mount Olympus of cookery, is getting a bad rap these days. We'll take a look at that state of affairs. We'll also hear about the foods of Puerto Rico and how its island flavors inspire a line of cookies, We'll visit another island in Louisianna, Avery Island. Later A Harvard anthropologist on how fire made us human. Plus, preserving summers bounty, barbecue, and much more.