We’re revisiting some of our best conversations about cheese. From iconic English cheeses to stinky feet Crete cheese and feta cheese Greece. Plus, a special preview of our upcoming Abruzzo episode and some of the best cheese from that mountainous region of Italy. [Ep 170]

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TV host and producer Darley Newman talks about the new season of her show “Travels with Darley,” including a visit to a brewstillery, how to eat wild cattails, and learning to make real biscuits. Plus, Darley shares stories of the Civil Rights struggle in Selma and Birmingham, Alabama. [Ep 169]

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Maria Lawton is a cookbook author and host of the PBS show “Maria’s Portuguese Table.” Maria and I talk about Portuguese olives and olive oil, bushes of Bay leaves and Portuguese people who have settled in New England, California, and Hawaii. Plus, we hear from Gracie the cockapoo. [Ep 168]

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We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with a show about chocolate. Fermenting cacao beans in Costa Rica, trying new flavors in Portugal, and how chocolate hazelnut was born out of scarcity in Turin, Italy, this is one of our sweetest episodes ever! [Ep 167]

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Maria Lawton, creator and host of the TV Show Maria’s Portuguese Table, grew up in a home in Massachusetts where only Portuguese was spoken. She tells me about cooking using the sense of smell, accosting strangers in the supermarket and sharing recipes on the factory floor. She also tells me […]

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Rob Rose joins Brent for a conversation while sitting at a busy cafe near the Sao Jorge Castle in Lisbon. They talk about Rob’s recent trip to the island of Madeira, including a breakneck trip down a hill and, of course, fantastic food. Plus, Rob and Brent share their experience […]

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Lee & Mandy met while backpacking in Nepal and they’ve been traveling together on a budget ever since, sharing their adventures and tips on the “Frugal Travellers” YouTube Channel. They talk about how they can live richly on $25 a day and share some of their favorite places and dishes […]

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Evanne Schmarder is an American expat living in Portugal. When she couldn’t find the foodie info she was looking for in her adopted country, Evanne started her own magazine “Relish Portugal.” She tells us about all kinds of Portuguese tarts, why you shouldn’t get your Pastel de Nata from the […]

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We’re revisiting some of my favorite conversations about wine including Argentinian wine beyond Malbac, Port wine from Portugal, and the Italian wines of Tuscany and Lazio. Plus vineyard dogs in New Zealand! [Ep 162]

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Dogs that eat truffles and dogs that don’t eat truffles. Spanish truffles with French citizenship. And, a crazy holiday drink with black truffles. This week my guest is award winning author Rowan Jacobsen. His latest book “Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World’s Most Seductive Scent, with Dreamers, Schemers, […]

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