This week on Beer Sessions, Jimmy puts down the beer to light up the conversation about marijuana with Max Bookman, partner at Pesetsky & Bookman, and Andrew Mutty, co-owner of Beantown Greentown. Max covers what's been holding up the establishment of dispensaries in New York City, and what you need...

We know and take for granted that foods will look and feel like we expect them to. So it’s especially disorienting when food doesn’t give us that anticipated sensory experience. This week, we’re looking at food that is not as it seems. We’re peeling back the layers of texture, taste...

Inspired by the passage of Measure 109 in Oregon and Initiative 81 in Washington D.C., this week we're exploring the state of drugs – particularly the agricultural, scientific and culinary aspects of them. Tash Kimmel explores the science behind cannabis and cravings. Ryder Bell ponders the rise and fall of...

For farmers in New York State, how does hemp stack up against hops? Laura Ten Eyck of Indian Ladder Farms and Dietrich Gehring of Indian Ladder Farms Cidery and Brewery—who grow hemps and hops are co-authors of The Hop Grower’s Handbook—join Jimmy to weigh in. Attorney Max Bookman tells the...

Hemp played an important role in America’s history—it was grown by many of the founding fathers, and the Declaration of Independence was drafted on hemp paper—but its production has been restricted since 1937. That changed with the passage of the Hemp Farming Act, which was attached to the 2018 Farm...

It’s a new year, and that means our dear friend, Michael Whiteman–aka, “the dean of restaurant consultants”–will give us his annual food trends reports. (It’s his 9th episode of Snacky Tunes.) What does Michael think we should be on the lookout for in 2019? Next-generation fast-casual restaurants, marijuana going mainstream...

We decided it was high time we did an episode about Mary Jane. Over the past few years, the legal cannabis industry has been blooming in states across the nation. From recreational use of marijuana, to the resurgence of hemp farming in the American South… weed is here to stay...

Chef Ron Silver opened Bubby’s as a one-man pie delivery service on Thanksgiving Day in 1990. He worked out of a small kitchen on the corner of Hudson and North Moore Street in Tribeca baking pies and selling them to restaurants and his neighbors. And today, Ron’s beloved restaurant and...

Mike Colameco is back from Champagne with a new episode of Food Talk! Joining him in the first half of this week's show is Warren Bobrow, a mixologist, chef, and writer known as the Cocktail Whisperer. His latest book is Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails and Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks...

On this inaugural episode of HRN News, our crack team examines how your favorite sushi might be endangered, Canada's cannabis politics, and why your memory might be linked with fat. Plus, a look at the climate's effect on beer price, and the treats to look forward to at the Olympic...