The Editor in Chief of the restaurant website Eater, Amanda Kludt, is setting the conversation around cultural topics in food that range from the serious (removing accused sexual harrasser chefs from Eater's site) to the silly (the DOH ban on activated charcoa

A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Scott Conant broke out onto the restaurant scene in his twenties, running the kitchens of famed Italian spots such as il Toscanaccio, Chianti and City Eatery, which earned glowing reviews under his leadership.

This week on HRN News, co-anchors Patrick and Erica bring the stories of stagnant vanilla production, how age is changing the Japanese diet, and why beer is about to get a lot more  – or is it less? – American. Meanwhile, Mike's stuck in L.A.

In the first half of this week's episode of Sharp & Hot, Chef Emily is joined in the studio by fellow Heritage Radio host Jimmy Carbone and Hell's Kitchen Hot Sauce owner Ron Menin to chat about the upcoming

This week on All in the Industry, Shari Bayer welcomes Caryl Chinn on the line from Los Angeles.

How did The Food Network get its start? Find out on this week's episode of Sharp & Hot as Emily Peterson is joined by Allen Salkin, author of From Scratch: Inside the Food Network.

Get up to speed on what's happening in Philadelphia on the business The Business as host Phil Colicchio is joined by Michael Klein, Editor/Producer of Philly.com/Food and the Philadelphia editor at Zagat Survey.