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

Reunited and it feels so good! Damon and Sother are back together again, and this week on The Speakeasy they're joined by Shanna Farrell, an interviewer at UC Berkeley's Oral History Center, where she does many things but specializes in contemporary cocktail culture.

This week on Japan Eats, host Akiko Katayama is joined in the studio by 

On this week's episode of The Speakeasy, Katie Parla, Rome-based food and beverage educator and journalist, joins host Damon Boelte to talk about the cocktail scene abroad in Rome!

Muriel Olivares was born in Cordoba Argentina and moved to South Florida as a child with her family. She grew up in Miami studying art and eventually went on to the San Francisco Art Institute on a full scholarship.

On today's episode of U Look Hungry, Helen Hollyman is reporting from the Big Easy, as she sits down and chat with Ali Mills, the mastermind/bartender behind the hottest New Orleans pop up bartenders salon/speakeasy, Dash & Pony.

David Kaplan and Alex Day of Proprietors LLC provide bar and hospitality knowledge for clients all over the world. Leah Eden talks with Alex and David in anticipation of the 2013 Manhattan Cocktail Classic.

Lesley Blume is an accomplished journalist and author, and she's this week's guest on U Look Hungry! Lesley recently finished a book called Let's Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition that focuses on forgotten cocktails from history.

This week's episode of The Main Course finds Patrick Martins contemplating food trends. From importing cheeses to nose to tail butchery - Patrick talks about the relative age of the good food movement in the United States and its future.

This week on The Speakeasy, Damon chats with Michael Kinstliek, CEO of Coppersea Distilling. Michael talks about the rise of craft distilling in New York and the country at large and discusses how distillers have followed the model that craft breweries created in the marketplace.