In this episode Dave and Nastassia welcome their friend Phil Bravo, who sings us into the holiday season. They also talk about the Black Friday Booker and Dax Sale, how to extend Brownie shelf lives, and Dave disparages parsnips. He also explains his very violent-sounding Thanksgiving cooking techniques, and together...

This week on WORD OF MOUTH, Leiti meets up with John Polarkoff from The Pines restaurant in Gowanus, Brooklyn, to talk parsnips. After the break, we're joined in the studio by Daniel Burns, chef and owner of Luksus at Torst in Greenpoint, and one of Platt's Top 5 Best New...

How was the first Thanksgiving actually celebrated? This week on We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen Devito are getting historical with Lorie Danek and Kelly Araujo of the Plimoth Plantation garden! Tune into this episode to learn what types of vegetables were cultivated and introduced to the Pilgrims...

Welcome to WORD OF MOUTH with Leiti Hsu on HeritageRadioNetwork.org! Leiti, a fixture in NYC dining culture, is joined by #peoplewelike Chef Leah Cohen, owner of Pig & Khao restaurant and former Top Chef finalist. They'll talk what it was like to grow up in suburban Scarsdale, NY as a...

What is the essence of Southern food? This week on Taste Matters, host Mitchell Davis is joined by a wealth of Southern food guests from the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival. Todd L. Richards is the Executive Chef at The Shed at Glenwood, and Katie Button is the chef and...

On this week's episode of The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is joined in the studio by cookbook author Diane Morgan. After a curious trip to a Portland farmer's market, Diane was inspired to write a book all about roots and root vegetables entitled Roots: The Definitive Compendium with more than...

Nancy Grove is frequently asked why her farm is named Old Path Farm. "I chose that name because I am excited to remember the wisdom of old traditions—both in farming and in community life." Now entering her 9th season, Nancy and her two LLC partners attribute the success of their...

Today on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks talks to Erin Grimley and Steve Blabac of the Root Down Farm. The Root Down Farm is located in western New York, serving the greater Buffalo area as a mixed-vegetable C.S.A. farm. Now in its second Year, the Root Down Farm has doubled...

This week the Naturalist's Bernie Wides pays a special tribute to his late friend and avid gardener Sim Ross. With the help of Janet David they read from his 2005 essay, "My Garden and Me". On the second half of the program they explore different gardens of the city as...

This week on Cooking Issues Dave and Nastassia return to US soil to tackle more listener queries from the phone and the computer. Learn some surprising secrets to getting velvety, home-ground meat without bone chips. Learn why consumer-level vaccum sealers often can remove more moisture than the professional-quality variety. Learn...