Edna Lewis changed the perception of Southern food and remains one of the most influential American chefs ever.

Host Kerry Diamond is joined by guests Sara Franklin, Julia Moskin, Madhur Jaffrey, Lidia Bastianich, and Joan Nathan to celebrate the life of the legendary Judith Jones. The literary and cookbook editor passed away on August 2nd at the age of 93.

Throughout the month of February we are thinking about and honoring Ms. Lewis on the 7th anniversary of her passing. Edna was a woman who changed course of culinary history with her refined interpretation of Southern cuisine.

On today's episode of A Taste of the Past, host Linda Pelaccio talks about the huge craze that surrounds fried foods: fried chicken! The guest on today's show is Michael Twitty, culinary historian of African and African American foods. What makes each fried chicken dish so special?

Food historian Michael Twitty is bringing some kosher soul to this week's episode of Hot Grease. Nicole Taylor sits down with Michael to talk about the Oscars, specifically the films Django Unchained and Beasts of the Southern Wild and their inclusion of Southern food.

We're celebrating all things February this week on Hot Grease: Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day, and Black History Month! Nicole Taylor is joined in the studio by Preston Clark, Executive Chef at Resto and Cannibal.

Karen Washington and Therese Nelson are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., Inauguration Day, and black women in food on this week's installment of Hot Grease.

Bryant Terry is the author of several cookbooks including Vegan Soul Kitchen, and the recent The Inspired Vegan. On this episode of Hot Grease, Bryant Terry joins hostess Nicole Taylor to discuss the new cookbook, normalizing Afro-diaspora cuisine, and the stigma attached to the word "vegan".

This week Hot Grease gets down with North Carolina with restauranteur Curtis Brown who runs a burnin' BBQ spot in the East Village named after the state's bird: The Cardinal.