Roses are indigenous to Iran and distilling the essential oils of the flower to make rose water has been practiced there for over 2,500 years. Every May, when the city of Kashan is enveloped in pink and a sweet floral scent, there is a festival that honors this ancient tradition...

Zaatar. Sumac. Laban. Intrigued? Tune in as Briana Kurtz is in studio with Ziyad Hermez, taking Native listeners through his journey as a Lebanese-New Yorker spreading the manousheh revolution throughout the Big Apple since opening his pop-up bakery, Manousheh NYC. Now with a brick and mortar space in Greenwich Village...

This week hosts Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen Devito are in studio talking about botanical beauty, a first installment of a four part series, previewing plants' deep roots in beauty regimes. From the Egyptians and Cleopatra to Ancient Rome to Indian cosmetic practices, plants (and other interesting ingredients!) have been...

A Taste of the Past is back for a new radio season with host Linda Pelaccio welcoming guest Stephen Schmidt to the studio for a thorough talk on manuscript cookbooks. Stephen is the Principal Researcher and Writer for The Manuscript Cookbooks Survey, which catalogs pre-1865 English-language manuscript cookbooks. An ongoing...

Fried chicken, waffles, and Persian desserts - what a way to celebrate summer! This week on Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor is joined in the studio by Jon Seymour, co-owner of Williamsburg's Sweet Chick. Tune into this episode to hear Nicole and John talk about the origins of chicken and waffles...

We're touching on a myriad of topics of this week's installment of The Main Course - from pit bulls to trucking! Patrick Martins is joined in the studio by Chef Bret Macris of Rose Water in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Tune into this episode to hear Bret talk about his love...

Acclaimed essayist and writer Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker joins Mitchell Davis on an especially taste-themed episode of Taste Matters. They have conversations about how taste is so deeply rooted in morality in this country and how our palates are so closely linked to our culture and experiences. Hear...