This week Food Talk is packed with guests, and today's focuses are sustainability and vegetarian cooking. Mike speaks with Bruce Frederick of Farm Sanctuary before bringing in Emily Abrams, high schooler and author of Don't Cook the Planet: Deliciously Saving the Planet One Meal at a Time.

Rule number one of being a teacher: do your research! This week on Sharp & Hot, Chef Emily Peterson tries to take the spice out of hot peppers. Tune into this episode to learn if it is possible to remove the heat from chiles when making pepper sauces, salsas, and more.

Learn how to cook with fermented foods on this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit! Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are joined in the studio by chef Thomas Harder of Blind Tiger. Tune in to hear how Thomas develops recipes based on beer! Should beer and food pairings contrast or be complimentary?

We travel to Miami, Florida on this week's episode of We Dig Plants! Alice Marcus-Krieg and Carmen Devito are speaking with garden designer and educator James Jiler.

Today On Meet Your Maker, host Rachel Wharton is joined by chef Tin Dizdarevic, the founder of Tin Mustard in Brooklyn, NY. Dizdarevic talks about the creation of his whole grain mustard recipe that has been praised as the best mustard on the market.

This week's guest on Meet Your Maker is Zach Pickens, farmer at Riverpark and founder of Rooftop Ready Seeds. Tune in to hear host Rachel Wharton ask about the origins of Zach's interest in farming and gardening, and how he came up with the idea for Rooftop Ready Seeds.

Eat your veggies! Not veggie powder or veggie juice - but actual earth grown vegetables! Our fearless host Erica Wides encourages listeners to address their food fears and put down the fake organic snacks in favor of real produce.

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 on Taste Matters, Mitchell Davis has a conversation with award-winning actress and bestselling cookery author Madhur Jaffrey. Hear her thoughts on taste, objectivity and culinary memories as she discusses what foods and cuisines excite and inspire her.

On this week's Why We Cook, Erica covers good foods gone bad; healthy foods hijacked by food industry and turned bad.