This week Briana Kurtz is back in the studio for this week's Native and has chef/founder of Smoke in Dallas, author, and James Beard Award Winner Tim Byres on the line talking about his experiences abroad as they relate to culinary diplomacy as well as his book "Smoke: New Firewood...

On this week's episode of The Morning After, Jessie Kiefer and Jen Tullock are talking about the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy with several members of the food community. Jen speaks with Frank Winters, restaurant server and playwright, about how the storm affected his work and his upcoming theatre projects. Later...

John T. Edge from The Southern Foodways Alliance (http://www.southernfoodways.com) talks about transforming Southern culture through food and food history, and about the universal power of fried chicken.