Treat yourself with stories about the finer things in life as well as some suggestions for daily delights. This episode kicks off with truffles. Michael explains why this fungus is so expensive and shares ways to use truffles in your cooking when you’re feeling opulent. Next, get Michael’s tips on...

This episode will be on foraging in the mid-Atlantic area and features two longtime foragers, Jeff Long and Tom Mueller. Jeff has been an amateur mycologist for 30 years. He has been foraging mushrooms for 30 years and truffle hunting for almost 8 years now. He is past president of...

On this episode of HRN Happy Hour, former HRN host Helen Hollyman is back in the studio! Helen is the Editor-in-Chief of Vice's food channel, Munchies. We catch up with Helen about her life since U Look Hungry, working with the legends of the food world, dealing truffles, and the...

Tahmiene Momtazi and Ian Purkayastha may be in different industries (she's a winemaker in Oregon and he sells truffles in New York with Regalis Foods), but they have similar backgrounds: both are children of immigrants and both broke into their respective industries at a young age. Tahmiene moved back home...

First up on this week's episode of Food Talk with Mike Colameco is Stanton Barrett, a professional stock car driver and Hollywood stuntman. He is also the president of Ojai Energetics, an ethics-driven health and wellness lifestyle company specializing in CBD hemp oils. Up next is Alice Loubaton of Loubaton...

This week on Cooking Issues, bartender Don Lee is sitting in for Nastassia, and he and Dave discuss the squalor of New York airports, the Star Wars prequels, truffles, the ChefSteps recipe for deep-fried glassy nuts, the status of the Spinzall, cocktails, miracle celery dreams, stripping cast iron pans, cool...

On the season premiere of Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia are joined by Dr. Charles Lefevre, a noted mycologist and truffle expert, as well as president and founder of New World Truffieres, Inc., a company specializing in truffle cultivation and the controlled inoculation of oak and hazelnut seedlings with a...

On the fall season premiere of Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia take listener questions about sugar, white zinfandel, truffles, pectin, NYC restaurant recommendations, confit, induction ovens, smoking jerky, and more. Plus, a live on-air cookie tasting, courtesy of Judy from Boston!

[audio wav="https://heritageradionetwork.org/sites/default/files/wp-uploads/2016/08/Roni-Sues-Chocolate.wav"][/audio] Rhonda Kave, owner of Roni-Sue's Chocolates in New York's Lower East Side, is serious about sourcing the best cacao while supporting small farmers. In this segment by HRN engineer Pierre Bienaimé, we learn about the bean-to-bar chocolate process, the barriers small cacao producers face to providing a consistent...

This week on Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia talk fireworks, woks, truffles, fruit trimmings, hams, induction ovens, pressure cookers, and more. Also, we're happy to report that our listener and his friends who got sick foraging for wild carrots and drinking questionable well water are alive and well!