To kick off the fall season, Cathy welcomes to the show Tom Philpott, a veteran food and environmental reporter currently with Mother Jones. Tom's new book, Perilous Bounty, is an urgent wake-up call to the plight of the American farming system that just might remind you of classics like Silent...

Cathy chats with Chase Purdy, a reporter for Quartz and POLITICO who has covered the business and technology of food. His new book, Billion Dollar Burger, explores the bright promise of cell-cultured meat and the political regulations it’s up against by following the Silicon Valley startup closest...

Cathy calls up Dr. Marcia Chatelain, scholar, speaker and Professor at Georgetown University whose latest book, Franchise, examines the intersection of the post-1968 civil rights struggle and the rise of fast food industry. Marcia talks about how the fast food industry targeted Black communities...

Cathy chats with Chris Smith, author of The Whole Okra, which won the 2020 James Beard Award in the Reference, History, and Scholarship category. This is NC-based garden writer Chris Smith's first book and shares a rich collection of okra history, lore, recipes from celebrated chefs, growing advice...

Cathy catches up with Eve Turow Paul, the author Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning. Eve has been on the show before to discuss her previous book, A Taste of Generation Yum, and she follows up her research on millennial food trends with her new...

Cathy calls up Charlotte Druckman, food writer and cookbook author whose latest book is Kitchen Remix: 75 Recipes for Making the Most of Your Ingredients. Hear how the book's themes of resourcefulness strikes a chord with home cooks during quarantine, and learn a few simple tricks you can do at home...