How sweet it is! Mexican regulations allow up to 1% of your tequila to be additives, the four most common being sugar-based syrup, glycerin, oak extract, and caramel coloring. Purists get outraged by this — it’s cheating! But we’re far more interested in what this means from a health standpoint...

Most cocktails call for a sweetener of some type. Maybe there’s a better way to make simple syrup? Learn how to sweeten your cocktail game in this episode of Agave Road Trip! We’re joined by 2019 World Class US Bartender of the Year Katie Renshaw so, you know, it’s not...

Colleen Sundlie is the creator of “Date Lady”, a distributor of whole dates, date sugar and a wide range of date based syrups and spreads. Kat Johnson got to ask Colleen about her date history, why she first started selling them, her products and the different varieties of dates that...

Hannah Fordin got to chat with beekeeper Jennifer Holmes, the founder of Hani Honey Company about how she first fell in love with honey bees, the different varieties of honey in florida, her fight against the “‘cides,” (pesticides, herbicides, etc.) and finding new ways to interact with bees. Plus, Hannah...

This week on A Taste of the Past, host Linda Pelaccio is talkin' sugar and its checkered, dark past with guest Andrew F. Smith, author of "Sugar: A Global History." It's no surprise that sugar has been on our minds for several millenia. First cultivated in New Guinea around 8,000...

This week on Cutting the Curd, host Diane Stemple welcomes Lou Di Palo of Italian Selects based in Little Italy, NYC and author of the new book, "Di Palo's Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy." Talking to Diane about his family's prominent background in the food industry (Lou's great-grandfather...

Learn about the alternative sweetener from agave called maguey sap on today's Daily Bite. Hear from Mayra Ortiz of Villa de Patos to find out what makes maguey sap different from other sweeteners. Thanks to our sponsor, Fairway Market.

What beverages are you serving to your family and friends during the holidays? Not sure yet? Well, tune into this episode of Hot Grease to learn about hard cider and the Mason Shaker! Nicole Taylor talks with Ezra Sherman of Eve's Cidery about bottle fermentation, cider and food pairings, and...

This past weekend, Let's Get Real host Erica Wides stumbled upon some wild blueberries while hiking, and was stunned by the flavor! Do the fruits that we eat actually contain the flavors that they're supposed to harbor, or has foodiness diluted them to the point that they've lost their...fruitiness? Erica...

We are programmed to enjoy sweets from birth, but how far do we have to go before crossing the line of sugar sanity? In today's world of foodiness, white lines of refined sugar and artificial sweeteners surround us and the only way to escape is by getting clean. Eat grapes...