October 21, 2025
Welcome to… Taste of the Week!
Amid pumpkin spice lattes and falling leaves, Halloween is just 11 days away!
This week at Heritage Radio Network, one of your favorite shows got a fresh new look. Plus we’ve got the inside scoop on how to have the best weekend upstate (no gatekeeping here).
Tune in and see what’s cooking at HRN—because the future of food always starts with a story.
New to HRN:
The Wine List
The Grape Nation spin- off, The Wine List is a new, fast-paced podcast featuring best in-class wine guests.
Each week host Sam Benrubi asks five questions about his guest’s current wine preferences — the same five questions he’s asked everyone from day one on The Grape Nation!
He talks to winemakers, journalists, wine critics, vineyard owners, authors, sommeliers, importers and more, making the most diverse and interesting recommendations for you to try.
This week’s episode, Benrubi speaks with Lucie Pereyre de Nonancourt, a fourth-generation family member of the House of Laurent Perrier Champagne.
They talk about her family’s legacy, her grandfather’s impact on Champagne and Lucie’s role in the Champagne house.To top it off, they taste and talk about two vintages of their luxury Champagne Grand Siecle and the story behind Heritage, a reserve only Champagne.
Dropped This Past Week:
Your Last Meal
The Leftovers with Tilly Ramsay
The Wine List
Lucie Pereyre de Nonancourt
Food Rebels
The Man Who Made Us Taste With Our Ears
Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith
Karen Newby: The Natural Menopause Method Cookbook
The Build
Episode 1: Ramen 2.0 — Bigger Bowl, Bigger Stakes
In The Sauce
Building With Farmers
Japan Eats!
Nozomi Mori: A Female Sushi Chef Breaks New Ground In L.A.
Bread & Butter
Ravinder’s Culinary Routes
The Drinking Hour
Episode 235 – Olly Smith
Culinary Mechanic
Relentless Growth: Building Excellence Moment by Moment with Chef Franck Desplechin
Repertoire with Chef Sammy Monsour
S1E5 Renee Erickson
Lecker
Silk Roads with Anna Ansari: Tracing Food, Migration and Identity Across Asia
Tip of the Tongue
Episode 295: Southern Smoke
Farm to Table Talk
Messed Our Nest – Art Cullen
Pizza Quest
Tasting The Mt. Rushmore of Cheeses, with Mark Todd, The Cheese Dude
The Speakeasy
ROKC On!
Beer Sessions Radio
Beer Stories with Josh Bernstein
Cutting the Curd
Cheese Happens – Serendipity and Change
Pot Luck Food Talks
The Line Part 9: Difficult Guests & the Sacred Art of Saying “No Soup for You”
One Bite is Everything
Are we disconnected from our food? What it means & how to fix it.
Knead To Know
Bake Smarter: Simple Secrets for Perfect Cookies
Agave Road Trip
How does Mezcal find new consumers?
Business of Drinks
86: Distribution Decoded: What Every Beverage Brand Needs to Know
Brands for a Better World
Crave, Launch, Win with Lex Evan of Lexington Bakes
The Perfect Escape Upstate Awaits
There’s a strong commitment to local food in Ithaca, NY and with support from our friends at Visit Ithaca, we’re sharing the cheat code to eating (and drinking) like a local!
Spend the morning at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market, where all their produce and products are sourced exclusively within a 30 mile radius.
A community hub for the past 52 years, there’s a good chance that vendor chefs, farmers and makers will be there to tell you about their products.
No fall weekend is complete without a seasonal drink! Ithaca is home to the best wineries, breweries and cideries where fruit grown in heirloom orchards and vineyards has been brewed for generations. Taprooms are open all year.
Finish off your night in Downtown Ithaca at The Commons, a 4 block pedestrian only shopping zone with a variety of restaurants, shops and galleries to explore!
To learn more all the magical things Ithaca has to offer, check out Visit Ithaca below !
Guess Who Is Back…
A New Season of The Build Just Dropped !
Meet Rasheeda Purdie — she’s opening Ramen by Ra, the first Black-owned ramen restaurant in NYC.
