From hot sauce to hot temperatures, we’re bringing the heat this week. We talk about premium peppers from China’s Sichuan province and visit a Bay Area tea shop to see what we can learn about staying cool.

This week on Meat and Three we’re looking at some of the secret and unseen aspects of food. From speakeasies around New York City to what goes on underground in our soil, to little-known sweetening additives in cigarettes, there’s alway more to food than meets the eye.

Although there is archeological evidence and historical writings about olive oil in the ancient world, the popularity, demand, and production of olive oil as we know it today has a very recent history.

While creating and producing the hit series Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, David Page dove deep into the world of American food.

World-famous artisan bread authority and author Peter Reinhart recently shifted his focus to another form of yeasty dough, Pizza.

While it's enjoyed throughout the US, barbecue has long been recognized as southern cooking. But the originators of barbecue have not been given their culinary due.

There has been a resurgence in the cocktail culture of the pre-Prohibition period and the MadMen era.

Gypsies, Romani, Gitano - these are all names used to identify the ethnic group of Roma throughout Europe, of which there are more than 750,00 living in Spain.

Authentic products by artisan producers are worth protecting.

Culinary historian and foremost expert on the food and foodways of the African Diaspora, Dr. Jessica B.