Like a lot of people, I thought there were limited "flavors" of vinegar: white wine, red wine, apple cider, balsamic and white distilled. The latter I used for household cleaning or to put in our HVAC system to keep it cleared out. Michael opened my eyes to an a world of vinegar … [Read more...] about Season 2 Episode 2: Michael Harlan Turkel

Alana at home Before you listen to this podcast, please know I have a confession. I have long been a fan of Eating from the Ground Up, the no-nonsense love-your-garden blog by Alana Chernilla. I was happy to host her in my kitchen (back when you could do that sort of thing). … [Read more...] about Season 2: Ep 1 – Alana Chernilla

Joe Ray recounts his experience co-authoring the book Sea and Smoke: Untamed Flavors from the Pacific Northwest with famed genius chef, Blaine Wetzel, as we sip a most unusual broth. Joe is an award-winning widely published food and travel writer who regularly contributes to … [Read more...] about Season 1: Episode 6 – Joe Ray

Joanne Weir talks about the unexpected turns her culinary life took as part of a discussion about her seventeenth book(!), Kitchen Gypsy: Recipes and Stories from a Lifelong Romance with Food (Sunset). Our fun, engaging conversation wanders from her early days at Chez Panisse to … [Read more...] about Season 1: Episode 5 – Joanne Weir

Dan Jurafsy is a professor of linguistics and computer science at Stanford University. He has all kinds of impressive academic credentials, but what I brought him into my kitchen to discuss was his fascinating book, The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu (W.W. … [Read more...] about Season 1: Episode 4 – Dan Jurafsky